Development Team Lead (AI)

TL;DR

Development Team Lead (AI): Leading a lean full-stack team to develop web and mobile applications with an accent on AI-generated code and automation. Focus on shaping the engineering system and culture to optimize for speed, reliability, and impact.

Location: Willingness to work around 2 to 3 days per week in the Zurich office and availability to travel to Poland occasionally.

Company

Coople connects companies and workers through a platform built for flexible work, helping businesses plan smarter and supporting people in finding jobs that fit their lives.

What you will do

• Own the architecture and technical direction across web, mobile, and APIs in a modern TypeScript ecosystem.
• Build in Cursor, setting prompting and review standards to ensure most code is AI-generated, human-validated, and production-ready.
• Keep systems fast, secure, observable, and cost-aware, driving continuous delivery.
• Partner with PMs and business stakeholders to define end-to-end vertical slices of functionality, ship and iterate quickly.
• Lead and mentor 1–2 engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, clarity, and speed.
• Establish AI-assisted dev playbooks, communicating progress, risks, and trade-offs to leadership.

Requirements

• Full-stack depth with TypeScript, js, Next.js, React Native, and AWS.
• Leadership: 2+ years leading engineers or projects in product environments.
• Operational excellence: CI/CD, testing strategy, performance, security, observability, and incident readiness.
• Product mindset: collaborate tightly with PM and business stakeholders; ship iterative value, not just features.
• Communication: express ideas clearly and effectively, both in writing and in speech.
• Fluent in English. German is a plus but not required.

Nice to have

• Java knowledge.

Culture & Benefits

• Agile, Collaborative, Empowering, Fair, and Passionate team spirit.
• Autonomy to shape both the engineering system and the culture behind it.
• Focus on AI-first development, automation, and pragmatic engineering.

Hiring process

• Prescreening call to explore background, motivations, and experience.
• Technical interview.
• Discussion with the VP of Engineering and VP Product.