Lead Software Engineer

About Laurelward Web

Hobbyists in Czechia make up most of our customers, and many have been buying since the beginning. The founders built the first version of the site in 2017 on nights and weekends.

What this job is

Our team is growing and we are hiring a Lead Software Engineer. Our operations team is six engineers and we're adding one more. Most of the work is backend services, with some internal tooling. Remote within Czechia. The team meets in Brno once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. You will need a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to work.

What you'll work on

• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana
• Keep dependencies current and patch findings from Dependabot or Snyk
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense
• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it
• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates

What you bring

• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI

Desirable

• Prior work at an early-stage startup
• Contributions to open source projects
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform

What we offer

• Private medical care
• Flexible hours
• Training budget
• Remote work allowance
• Life insurance

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Laurelward Web s.r.o..