Team Lead Backend Engineering (m/f/d)

Job Description

At the earliest date possible we are looking for support for our #teamsonnenClean and affordable energy for all is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Sonnen has been committed to this mission since 2010 and is now represented in Europe, the USA and Australia with over 1,000 team members globally. In Germany, our offices are located in the beautiful Wildpoldsried (Allgu) and the vibrating heart of Berlin Kreuzberg.At sonnen, we are building the energy system of the future. To this end, we are developing new technologies and business models that have not existed before. Whether intelligent power storage, virtual power plants or digital services - we set the trends of a new energy world. That means, among other things, the inexpensive production and storage of renewable energy and the intelligent networking of producers and consumers. sonnen thereby gives people around the world the opportunity to become independent of fossil fuels and conventional energy supplier.We are growing steadily and are looking for people who want to join us in our vision of clean and affordable energy for all while making a positive impact on climate change.As the Team Lead Backend Engineering, you will lead a team of backend engineers, guiding them in making the best architecture and design decisions to help sonnen scale. Your role is to mentor and support your engineers, ensuring their professional growth and team well-being.What you will do to help drive the energy transition

• Guide and support engineers in your team to overcome challenges and improve their skills.
• Oversee hiring and growth of the team, focusing on people development and career paths.
• Coach your team to enhance quality, improve outcomes, and drive technical alignment and growth.
• Advise on architectural decisions to ensure robust and scalable solutions.
• Get involved in solving bugs, addressing quality issues, and conducting code reviews.
• Lead the implementation and adoption of the design system to maximize collaboration between designers and engineers.
• Work closely with the VP Customer Experience Development and other team leads in product, engineering, and creative teams.

What you will need on that journey

• 5+ years of experience leading backend engineering teams and owning the development of APIs, backend services and web applications with a large codebase.
• Excellent communication skills to mentor and coach team members, with the ability to motivate your team to grow and perform using an Eyes on, Hands off mentality.
• Strong understanding of developing backend and API services with technologies such as Ruby, Node.js, REST, JSON-API, GraphQL, using AWS, Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub.
• Strong understanding of microservices, clean code, clean software architecture, security best practices, and event-driven, functional, and reactive programming.
• Hands-on experience with growing systems across products, familiarity with DesignOps, GitLab, and GitHub, and proficiency in various testing strategies and CI/CD processes for applications and components.
• Ability to comfortably express your ideas and arguments in good spoken and written English; additional languages are beneficial.

You feel we are a match Apply now and help us to shape the energy transition together. We look forward to welcoming you to #teamsonnen!sonnen - energy is yours!

Keyskills :
clean software architecture event-driven DesignOps English reactive programming testing strategies CI/CD clean code security best practices JSON-API Github Graphql Functional Node.js Microservices Jenkins REST Gitlab Ruby AWS

About Company

sonnen GmbH

Job Source: jobs.sonnen.de