Team Lead Software Engineering (TypeScript & Java) (Software Engineering)

Location: Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania. Hybrid work; associates may work from home up to four days per month or one day per week, with roles primarily office-based.

Company

hirify.global develops products and core cloud platform services that support outdoor activities and internal business operations.

What you will do

• Lead, support, and develop a team of Software Engineers working on internal full-stack applications and services.
• Set objectives, provide feedback and coaching, conduct performance evaluations, and support career development.
• Plan and prioritize work with the Technical Lead, product partners, and stakeholders.
• Manage team capacity, assignments, dependencies, delivery commitments, risks, and blockers.
• Coordinate engineering, product, business, and platform stakeholders while supporting technical planning and feasibility assessments.
• Promote software quality, reliability, scalability, security, maintainability, operational readiness, knowledge sharing, recruitment, onboarding, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• At least 2–3 years of experience leading a software engineering team, including performance management, objective setting, feedback, coaching, and career development.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, including experience managing team capacity, priorities, dependencies, delivery risks, and stakeholder expectations.
• Ability to build a collaborative, accountable team environment focused on professional development and continuous improvement.
• Strong software engineering background with experience developing full-stack applications using technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, Node.js, React, Vue, Django, Angular, or Flask.
• Ability to understand software architecture, system design, technical dependencies, implementation trade-offs, and delivery risks.
• Experience coordinating complex software engineering deliverables using Agile or Scrum practices.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to explain technical topics, align priorities, and negotiate delivery expectations in English.

Nice to have

• DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation experience.
• Knowledge of web application performance, scalability, and security.
• Experience with configuration management, build systems, debuggers, emulators, and simulators.
• Familiarity with agentic AI patterns, including tool-using agents, function calling, and multi-step workflows.
• A structured approach to validating and reviewing AI-generated outputs.

Culture & Benefits

• 24 days off annually, extra vacation days based on tenure, and compensation for legal holidays.
• Health package, yearly glasses budget, meal tickets, and monthly sports and wellbeing budget.
• Local and global career development programs, mentorship, e-learning access, and support for technical conference attendance.
• Loyalty, holiday, and personal-event bonuses.
• hirify.global product discounts, employee stock purchase plan, retirement plan contributions, and access to products for testing and borrowing.
• Wellbeing, sports, community events, hackathons, classes, and parties.