Picnic
E-Commerce
TechLead(Java)
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“Tech Lead (Java) at Picnic. Skills: Java, Spring Boot, Back-end development, Team leadership. Lead one of the teams. Empower teams to deliver solutions”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver high-quality solutions; Deliver secure solutions; Deliver performant solutions; Achieve business goals; Grow people faster
Industry & Context.
Complex challenges
Relocation support, Free Dutch classes
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's or Master's Degree, 7 years of experience, 2 years of experience leading projects, Profound understanding of back-end development, Solid problem-solving skills, Based in or happy to relocate to the Netherlands, Great English skills
Nice to Have
Computer Science degree, Artificial Intelligence degree, Information Technology degree, Computer Engineering degree
What You'll Do.
Lead one of the teams
Empower teams to deliver solutions
Drive roadmap discussions
Design technical solutions
Estimate technical solutions
Responsible for project delivery
Translate requirements into solutions
Make right trade-offs
Achieve business goals
Realize technical vision
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with stakeholders; Work with business; Collaborate with colleagues; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Communicate views; Technical mentorship
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Prioritization, Estimation
Full Job Description
In a nutshell Picnic operates more than 40 product tech teams that each provide an integral part of our customers' experience - from the point they start the app until the moment they hold their groceries in their hands. As Tech Lead you will be leading one of these teams and empower them to deliver high-quality, secure and performant solutions for the business we're building. Together with the Product Owner you will evaluate initiatives and drive roadmap discussions. You'll design and estimate technical solutions for the presented challenges together with your team. You will be responsible for the delivery of projects and for developing the skills and strengths of the people working in your team. As a Tech Lead, you'll lead by example, not by title. We don't hide what we do. Instead, we open-source with the community that helped us grow. Here's proof: http://picnic.tech Tricks of the trade Shaping: As a Tech Lead in one of our domains, you'll work with stakeholders from tech and business to translate requirements into scalable and resilient solutions. Leadership: You help the team plan, prioritize and make the right trade-offs. Ensuring business goals are achieved while also realizing your long-term technical vision. Expertise: You're the go-to for your product domain – both for your own team and for others who want to build on what you own. Collaboration: You are able to communicate your views both when specifying new features with stakeholders and while providing technical mentorship to your colleagues. Mentorship: You invest in your people. Through real conversations, honest feedback, and hands-on coaching, you help them grow faster than they would anywhere else. Ownership: You build it - you run it - you love it. You own the health of your product and the support model behind it. Our tech Our Tech: Java 21/25 (Spring 6 with Spring Boot 3.5, Reactor, Immutables), Maven, RabbitMQ, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Git, Docker, AWS, Helm, Terraform, Kubernetes, Vault, D
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