Backbase
Financial Services
(RD)EngineeringTeamLead(ETL)
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“(RD) Engineering Team Lead (ETL) at Backbase. Skills: System design, Architecture, People leadership, Delivery accountability. Manage people. Open an IDE”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver predictably; Deliver sustainably; Build teams with right balance; Protect team cohesion; Protect delivery momentum; Optimise cycle time; Strengthen delivery predictability; Translate needs into outcomes; Improve delivery capability; Improve operating models; Improve tooling
Industry & Context.
Debugging; Unblocking technical issues; Conflict resolution; Blocker removal
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years software engineering experience, Recent production code contributions, System design grounding, Architecture patterns grounding, Modern engineering tooling grounding, Deep expertise in at least one area, Broad competence across full stack, Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Familiarity with test automation, Familiarity with observability, Familiarity with quality-focused development, Experience coaching engineers, Experience running effective 1:1s, Experience providing constructive feedback, Skilled in Agile delivery methods, Experience managing delivery risk, Experience managing stakeholder expectations
Nice to Have
T-shaped profile, Enthusiasm for AI tooling, Willingness to lead AI adoption, High emotional intelligence, Resilience under pressure, Ability to create inclusive environments, Ability to create engaging team environments, Comfortable addressing underperformance, Unblocker who translates and synthesizes, Confident communicator, Track record of building teams, Track record of scaling teams, Track record of building processes, Track record of scaling processes, Track record of building delivery capability, Track record of scaling delivery capability
What You'll Do.
Spin up agentic coding session
Debug production issue
Support customer implementation
Be captain of a squad
Ensure delivery predictability
Ensure engineering quality
Ensure engineer growth
Stay deep in technology
Take on people leadership
Take on delivery accountability
Spend time on system design
Spend time on architecture
Spend time on technical decision-making
Spend time in codebase
Calibrate performance
Participate in design reviews
Make architecture decisions
Ensure security embedding
Ensure scalability embedding
Maintain technical credibility
Understand owned systems
Champion modern engineering practices
Champion CI/CD pipelines
Champion test automation
Champion observability
Champion quality gates
Drive production-readiness
Drive robust release management
Jump in technically during incidents
Coordinate response during incidents
Lead adoption of agentic tooling
Lead adoption of LLM workflows
Lead adoption of AI automation
Experiment with code generation
Experiment with test automation
Experiment with AI-assisted productivity tools
Perform performance calibration
Perform career development
Build psychological safety
Sustain team resilience
Build healthy engineering culture
Sustain healthy engineering culture
Maintain sustainable pace
Manage hiring decisions
Build teams with right competencies
Build teams with right seniority balance
Plan for knowledge continuity
Mediate interpersonal conflicts
Mediate cross-team conflicts
Optimise idea-to-production cycle time
Strengthen delivery predictability
Remove blockers proactively
Collaborate with Product Managers
Collaborate with Domain Architects
Translate business needs
Push back on unrealistic scope
Drive improvement in delivery capability
Drive improvement in operating models
Drive improvement in tooling
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Last-mile Services teams; Staff Engineers; Product Managers; Domain Architects
Communication Scope
Confident communicator; Adjusts style for audiences; Fosters open dialogue
Process & Methodology
Agile delivery methods, Scrum, Kanban, Delivery risk management, Stakeholder expectation management
Full Job Description
The Role You are an experienced Engineer who manages people, not a manager who used to code.. If you cannot open an IDE, spin up an agentic coding session in Cursor or Claude Code, debug a production issue or support a customer implementation alongside our last-mile Services teams, this is not the right role. You are the captain of a single squad: accountable for delivery predictability, engineering quality and the growth of every engineer in your team. We are looking for technologists who want to stay deep in the technology whilst taking on genuine people leadership and delivery accountability. You will spend roughly half your time on system design, architecture and technical decision-making, with around a fifth of your time in the codebase directly through code reviews, debugging and unblocking. The remaining time is invested in your people: coaching, calibration, hiring and building a team that delivers predictably and sustainably. What you will do Hands-on Leadership: Spend ~70% of your time on development activities like code reviews , design work, and unblocking technical issues System Design and Architecture: Lead and participate in design reviews, RFCs and architecture decisions alongside Staff Engineers. Ensure security and scalability are embedded from the start. Hands-on Contribution: Maintain your technical credibility through active code reviews, debugging production issues and unblocking your team. You write code, read code and understand the systems your squad owns. Quality and Engineering Excellence: Champion modern engineering practices including CI/CD pipelines, test automation, observability and quality gates. Drive production-readiness and robust release management. Emergency Response: During critical incidents, jump in technically or coordinate the response. You are comfortable leading under pressure. AI-Native Engineering: Lead adoption of agentic tooling, LLM workflows and AI automation within your squad to accelerate the development lifecycle
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