Team Lead

The Team Lead is responsible for leading a cross-functional engineering team with a focus on delivering operational excellence, fostering team growth, and aligning delivery efforts with business objectives. This is a foundational leadership role that ensures team effectiveness through strategic planning, performance management, and strong collaboration with technical and business stakeholders. The Team Lead acts as a force multiplier, enabling individuals and the team to succeed.

Responsibilities

Organize and manage the daily operations of the team, including workload planning and delivery execution; Facilitate key team rituals such as sprint plannings, stand-ups, retrospectives, and grooming sessions; Act as the primary resolver of team-level blockers and escalate issues when appropriate; Track key performance metrics and ensure alignment with business expectations; Lead recruitment efforts in collaboration with the hiring team; participate in interviews and decision-making; Own onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure smooth transitions; Set clear goals for team members and conduct regular one-on-one meetings to discuss performance, growth, and well-being; Drive motivation and engagement by fostering a positive team culture and identifying risks of burnout; Develop and review individual career plans; provide timely and constructive feedback; Conduct performance reviews and participate in compensation and promotion discussions; Oversee task decomposition and estimation; Distribute and monitor progress on tasks, ensuring alignment with project goals and team capabilities; Balance urgent needs with planned initiatives and drive prioritization discussions with stakeholders; Manage sprint priorities and ensure team members understand focus areas; Act as a central point of contact for product managers, project managers, and other team leads; Coordinate cross-team tasks and dependencies to reduce delivery friction; Communicate breaking changes and key updates to relevant teams in a timely manner; Foster transparency and efficiency in cross-team workflows; Monitor and mitigate team-level risks including bus factor, knowledge silos, and delivery blockers; Proactively address risks related to team structure (e.g., attrition, promotions, reassignments); Collaborate with Technical Leads to identify and plan for technical risks and maintenance efforts; Provide input into workforce planning and hiring priorities; Track and analyze team-level and product-related metrics; define and maintain baselines; Challenge the validity and usefulness of existing metrics and propose improvements; Implement and adapt new team processes, assess adoption, and collect feedback to iterate; Pilot process innovations at the team level and support broader adoption if successful

Requirements

6+ years in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership or management role; Experience leading cross-functional teams (engineers, QA, product/design if applicable); Proven success in delivering projects on time and aligned with business goals; Familiarity with agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), ability to adapt processes; Prior involvement in recruitment, onboarding, and performance reviews; Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, architecture, and engineering best practices; Ability to decompose tasks, estimate workload, prioritize effectively, and track progress; Experience defining, tracking, and improving delivery, quality, and cycle time metrics; Ability to identify delivery, knowledge, and people-related risks, and plan mitigation strategies; Experience managing dependencies, communicating changes, and ensuring alignment across stakeholders; Ability to implement new processes, measure adoption, and iterate based on feedback; Ability to foster a positive culture, maintain morale, and prevent burnout; Skilled in goal-setting, career planning, coaching, and giving constructive feedback; Able to mediate disputes, handle underperformance, and maintain productive dynamics; Strong communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders; Balances immediate delivery needs with long-term improvements and business objectives; Comfortable adjusting processes, priorities, and focus in changing environments; Takes ownership of delivery and team health; Proactive in identifying problems before they escalate; Acts as a force multiplier, enabling others rather than micromanaging; Challenges assumptions (processes, metrics, plans) constructively; Demonstrates transparency and fairness in decisions around performance, compensation, and promotions

Benefits

EU-based employment contract and a 3-year Cyprus work visa with full support for relocation and visa processes, including assistance for family; EU passport opportunity after 4 years of residence; Full relocation package: flights to Limassol for you and your family, company-covered apartment for the first month, and full relocation support; Transparent performance reviews twice a year, with bonus opportunities and salary adjustments; Private medical insurance for you and your family; Provident fund (Cyprus) co-funded by employee and Company (available after probation); Corporate mobile plan (unlimited in Cyprus with roaming included); Mindfulness & well-being support, including psychological assistance with 50% coverage; 50% coverage of school and kindergarten fees for children; Fully covered sports benefits, access to in-house electric scooters and bike rentals; Professional growth support: language courses, conferences, training programs, and coaching; Peer recognition program; Fully equipped office in Limassol's city center; Free breakfasts and lunches in the office and in-house coffee bar with health bar; Strong engineering culture: international teams, corporate events, team buildings, and hackathons