Development Team Lead

Location: Remote from Serbia or Romania

Company

hirify.global provides IT consulting and services across cloud solutions, software engineering, security, and data and AI, delivering technology augmentation, outcome-based projects, and managed teams.

What you will do

• Line manage developers across technologies through one-to-ones, objective setting, development planning, feedback, and career conversations.
• Coach developers, support onboarding and probation reviews, and create a supportive environment with clear growth opportunities.
• Provide technology-agnostic technical leadership across design, quality, maintainability, testing, security, and delivery decisions.
• Partner with senior engineers, architects, practice leads, and subject-matter experts when deeper technical guidance is needed.
• Monitor capacity, delivery risks, wellbeing, and development needs; escalate concerns and follow through on actions.
• Promote consistent engineering practices and knowledge sharing, contribute to recruitment and assessment, and support delivery as appropriate.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering experience in one or more technology stacks, with the judgement to lead across technologies.
• Demonstrable experience mentoring, coaching, or supporting the development of other engineers.
• Clear, adaptable communication skills and confidence giving feedback, handling difficult conversations, and aligning people around practical outcomes.
• Understanding of modern engineering practices, including code quality, testing, source control, secure development, continuous delivery, and operational ownership.
• Ability to understand unfamiliar technical contexts, ask effective questions, and involve the right specialist instead of relying on one preferred technology.
• Fair, consistent, people-focused approach with strong organisation and reliable follow-through.
• Formal line management experience is helpful but not essential; leadership potential and a genuine commitment to developing others are required.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote and home working.
• Opportunity to move into a formal people leadership role and influence engineering teams and technology stacks.
• Ongoing leadership, coaching, and technical development opportunities.
• Exposure to complex global client engagements.
• Opportunity to shape engineering standards and career development.
• Fun budget for team events.