Team Lead / Backend Developer

Giesecke+Devrient makes the lives of billions of people around the world more secure. We create trust in the digital age with integrated security technologies in three business areas: Digital Security, Financial Platforms and Currency Technology. We have been a reliable partner for our customers for over 170 years with our innovative solutions for SecurityTech! We are an international technology group and traditional family business with over 14,000 employees in 40 countries. Creating Confidence is our path to success. Trust is the basis of our co-operation within G+D.

We are seeking a Team Lead / Backend Developer, a dual-role position that combines technical leadership with hands-on backend development. In this role, you will lead, mentor, and inspire a cross-functional team of developers and quality assurance engineers, while actively contributing to the design, development, and maintenance of robust and scalable backend systems.

Working within a SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) environment, you will collaborate closely with other cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, high-quality solutions that align with organizational, project, and product objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership

• Team Leadership: Inspire and mentor a team of developers and QA engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability to achieve high-quality deliverables. Support the disciplinary manager in the personal development of team members, participate in feedback dialogues and provide input for salary negotiation.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner and collaborate with other Team Leads, to ensure seamless integration and alignment on shared goals, delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Outcome-Driven Planning: Facilitate the team’s contribution to Program Increments (PIs) by prioritizing features and technical work that maximize business value and system reliability.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and other stakeholders to align backend development with strategic objectives, ensuring outcomes meet customer and business needs.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion a culture of learning and adaptation, leveraging SAFe principles to refine team practices and deliver measurable improvements in performance
  and quality.

Backend Development

• System Design: Architect and develop scalable, secure, and efficient backend systems, and APIs that enable seamless integration with other teams’ solutions.
• Coding: Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code in languages, focusing on delivering robust functionality and adhering to security standards and coding guidelines.
• Data Management: Design and optimize database schemas and queries using SQL databases to support high-performance applications, and apply caching technologies/techniques where appropriate.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Collaborate with engineers from other teams, DevOps, and other roles to integrate backend services into end-to-end solutions, ensuring interoperability, reliability and scalability.
• Problem Resolution: Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues, contributing to system stability, security, and performance.
  

Qualifications

• Experience: 7+ years of development experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role, preferably agile environment.
• Leadership Skills:
  • Proven ability to lead and mentor technical teams while fostering cross-team collaboration
  • Strong communication skills to align technical outcomes with business and customer needs
  • Ability to identify team related issues and pro-actively address them in a collaborative and focus oriented way
• Technical Skills:
  • Proficiency in backend programming languages (e.g., Go, Java).
  • Strong knowledge of API design (REST, GraphQL)
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with security standards (e.g., OWASP) and secure coding practices
  • Experience in threat modelling, security testing and test automation is a plus
• Problem-Solving: Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical contributions to achieve impactful outcomes.
• Non-Technical Skills:
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to address complex architectural challenges
  • Excellent communication skills to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
  • Proactive mindset with a focus on innovation and continuous improvement
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with payment systems or financial platforms
  • Experience with Go
  • Knowledge of event-driven architectures and real-time data processing
  • Knowledge of PKI and cryptography are a plus

What’s great about working with us:

• Culture and diversity: Join a people-oriented environment with different nationalities and a great team spirit, flat hierarchies (everyone speaks to everyone). Equal Opportunity Employer and LGBT+ friendly.
• Team: An opportunity to shape our engineering culture and work with a passionate, mission-driven team. Collaboration with a diverse and very international team of outstanding people.
• Global Collaboration: Work collaboratively with stakeholders around the globe.
• Impactful Work: You will have the opportunity to participate in and shape a global lighthouse project in the domain of digital currencies.
• Career Development: Benefit from continuous training, coaching, and talent development programs.
• Social Benefits: Flexible compensation (transport tickets, training, private insurance), etc.
• Own canteen: Take a break with our breakfast and lunch service: choose between a wide range of menus, salad desk, and sandwiches service. Nicely priced!
• Work-Life Balance: Flexible working hours with the option for remote work (Mon–Thu 8:30 – 17:30 and Fri 8:30 – 15:30; 3 days of remote work).
• Location: El Prat de Llobregat. Easy communication by private transport or public transport: Bus 88, 110, PR4 and Metro L10S (ZAL/Riu Vell).

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