Software Engineering Team Lead

• Lead and manage a cross-functional team, including frontend, backend, and QA specialists
• Define the technical direction and ensure alignment with product and business goals
• Oversee the development and delivery of new features and enhancements
• Ensure high-quality code through best practices and regular code reviews
• Mentor and support the professional growth of team members
• Optimize workflows, adjusting team schedules to improve efficiency
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance, driving continuous improvement

About pdfFiller team:

We are a passionate and ambitious team of 120+ people on a mission to succeed with our online PDF creator and editor –  pdfFiller.

pdfFiller empowers over 10 million users every month to create and edit PDFs, send them for signing, and securely store documents within a single application. Offering unlimited storage, unlimited templates, and cross-platform integration, pdfFiller is the only PDF editor needed to get your document done.

And now, we are looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead who is prepared to contribute to the next chapter of our company's growth. Our Editor Unit focuses on delivering seamless and efficient document editing capabilities within the pdfFiller product. The team enhances user experiences related to document creation, editing, and collaboration, ensuring reliability, speed, and scalability.

Tech Stack

Frontend: React, Redux, Webpack, Websocket

Backend: Node.JS, PHP

Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, Elasticache, RDS, S3 and others)

Tools: Atlassian products, Github + Github Action, Grafana & OpenSearch, Argo CD

• 5+ years of experience in software development, focusing on web applications
• 2+ years of leadership experience managing cross-functional engineering teams (from 4-5 people)
• Proven expertise in frontend (React, Redux) or backend (Node, Redis, Go) technologies
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure tools like Kubernetes (K8S)
• Track record of delivering high-quality, scalable, and performant applications
• Strong knowledge of modern development practices, including CI/CD, testing, and monitoring
• Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Experience in mentoring and developing engineers at different levels of seniority
• Proficiency in English (B2 or higher), both written and spoken
• Knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian

Nice to have:

• Experience in SaaS
• Knowledge of PHP