Team Lead Backend Developer (Node.js) - Fintech Solution (Portugal)
We are looking for an experienced Team Lead Backend Developer (Node.js) to join our development team in Lisbon. This is a highly hands-on role: you will lead a cross-functional team, actively writing and reviewing code, shaping architecture, and driving technical excellence. You will play a key role in building high-performance payment systems, ensuring scalability and security for real-money transactions. Your Mission: Lead a cross-functional team of engineers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and timely releases for our in-house payment gateway. You will be deeply involved in coding, architectural decisions for microservices, and system improvements, all while mentoring your team and fostering a collaborative, transparent, and growth-oriented environment within the fintech domain.
- Manages a cross-functional team of engineers by conducting activities such as periodic feedback, one-to-one sessions, performance evaluations, and preparing individual development plans for direct reports.
- Helps manage resources within the team, assigns tasks, and ensures a balanced workload among engineers.
- Personally engages in product development, writing and reviewing code, and delivering periodic product improvements.
- Leads the development of the in-house fintech platform with a focus on performance, scalability, and security.
- Builds and manages complex payment API integrations with banks, PSPs, and third-party services.
- Participates in agile ceremonies (Scrum/Kanban) to ensure team alignment and adherence to agile best practices.
- Improves platform quality by refactoring code, identifying and resolving technical debt, and optimizing architecture for high-load integrations.
- Creates solution designs and determines technical implementations for product changes, specifically regarding microservices and messaging systems.
- Supports Engineering Managers in creating new guidelines and ensuring domain knowledge of payment flows is well documented.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 8+ years of professional experience in IT, with 3+ years in leadership positions.
- 2+ years of experience in Fintech, banking, or financial systems (experience with real-money transactions is highly preferred).
- 3+ years of commercial experience with Node.js and strong proficiency in TypeScript.
- Hands-on experience with RabbitMQ, Redis, MySQL, and MongoDB.
- Expert knowledge of REST, GraphQL, and WebSockets for secure financial integrations.
- Experience with Kubernetes, microservices architecture, and secure development practices.
- Advanced level of English.
- Learning and development opportunities and interesting, challenging tasks.
- Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for up to 2 weeks, and visa relocation support for our employees and their family members).
- Opportunity to develop language skills, with partial compensation for the cost of English and Portuguese language classes (for localization purposes).
- Partial compensation for tennis and padel lessons.
- Urban Sport membership benefit (the most diverse sports and wellness offering in Europe, with more than 50+ activities).
- Private medical coverage, including inpatient, outpatient, dental care, annual check-ups, and maternity support.
- Time for proper rest, with 24 non-business days per year and an additional 6 paid sick days.
- Transport compensation - 200 euros net per month.
- Competitive remuneration level with annual review.
- Teambuilding activities.
BrainRocket is a software development and design company founded in 2020 and headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus. It builds end-to-end technology products across industries including iGaming, fintech and marketing, covering platform development, payments, CRM, data and AI. The company employs more than 1,300 people, with additional offices in Malta, Poland, Portugal and Serbia, and has delivered over 100 products across 20 markets. BrainRocket positions itself as a full-cycle technology partner engineering software built for scale and performance.
