Engineering Team Lead (Ecommerce)

TL;DR

Engineering Team Lead (Web Ecommerce): Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team building scalable web applications for online lottery and dream home lottery products with an accent on architecture, technical strategy, and hands-on coding. Focus on defining architectural decisions, contributing to codebase, bridging product/UX needs, and ensuring maintainable solutions under business pressures.

Hybrid in Hamburg, Germany

Company

hirify.global is a leading international provider of online lottery products, operating brands like LOTTO24, Tipp24, and Traumhausverlosung, Germany's largest digital lottery operator.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and develop engineers, including performance management, feedback, and professional growth.
• Define and drive architectural and technical decisions collaboratively with the team.
• Contribute hands-on to code, features, and complex technical challenges.
• Partner with product management and UX to shape product and technology strategies.
• Bridge architecture, product, and UX for robust solutions aligned with customer experience and business goals.
• Foster cross-team collaboration on APIs, interfaces, and consistency while prioritizing pragmatically.

Requirements

• Proven people leadership with experience managing engineering teams in cross-functional contexts.
• Strong hands-on background in modern web technologies (TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind).
• Experience deploying, monitoring, and maintaining web applications ("you build it, you run it" mindset).
• Background in e-commerce environments and translating business requirements to technical solutions.
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and communication skills for aligning stakeholders.
• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset in dynamic settings.

Culture & Benefits

• State-of-the-art technologies and agile environment (see Tech Radar).
• Modern, dynamic culture with talented, ambitious team and real impact.
• Annual €1,500 development budget, trust, autonomy, no micromanagement.
• Flexible hybrid setup focused on results, unlimited vacation plus 30 days allowance, workations abroad.
• Mobility allowance €30/month, company bike leasing, pension scheme with Degura.
• Subsidized EGYM WELLPASS (€25/month), monthly events, team activities, company lunches 4 days/week.