We are seeking an experienced, people-centric Software Engineering Team Leader to join our Data Core group - a team responsible for building and scaling the technological backbone that powers everything at 4M.
As we grow our leadership structure, this role offers the opportunity to assume significant ownership in defining technical domains and refining our operating model.
This is not a role that steps into an existing framework, you will play a central part in creating it.
This role is designed for someone who excels in fast-paced environments, thrives in ambiguity, and can quickly bring clarity, leadership, and momentum.
Your impact will span people development, technical strategy, infrastructure leadership, and driving engineering excellence across the company.
Responsibilities
Lead, develop, and mentor 4-6 software engineers; drive talent management, including hiring, growth, feedback, and performance.
Take ownership of team prioritization, decision-making, and handling of shifting priorities across multiple pods, initiatives, and stakeholders.
Drive engineering excellence - elevate standards, methodologies, and best practices within the team and across the R&D organisation.
Provide hands-on technical leadership (up to ~50% of the role):
Debugging and supporting production systems
Code and design reviews
Guiding architectural decisions
Contributing to fire-fighting and operational workflows
Partnering with the existing team leads to shaping the teams future structure (e.g., division between Collection/Base and On-Demand domains).
Own areas of technical infrastructure end-to-end and push forward improvements, standardization, and long-term scalability.
Serve as a key decision-maker in cross-company architecture forums and collaborative initiatives.
Drive clarity and prioritization for engineers, helping them focus, make thoughtful decisions, and grow their ownership.
Participate in on-call rotations to support critical systems (with full team support and documentation).
Requirements: 2+ years of proven experience as a Software Engineering Team Lead in a startup or fast-paced environment (not only corporate).
Experience managing medium-to-large engineering groups.
Hands-on software engineering background with strong Python experience (not necessarily in the most recent role, but up-to-date).
Previous hands-on work in scalable backend architectures, distributed systems, or data-oriented infrastructures.
Strong technical leadership abilities: architecture, design, reviews, best practices, and engineering process ownership.
Comfort working in high-change environments with frequent context switching and multiple parallel priorities.
A people-first mindset: empathy, strong communication skills, and a leadership style rooted in trust, transparency, and collaboration.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science / Engineering - an advantage (equivalent military experience accepted).
Experience in Data Infrastructure, orchestration tools, cloud environments (AWS/GCP), or distributed systems - an advantage.
This position is open to all candidates.