Lead Software Engineer - SaaS (f/m/d)

Lead Software Engineer - SaaS (f/m/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Remote, Berlin

Description

We are a growing SaaS start-up with an international team that brings maritime workforce management into the 21st century! We are equipped with strong support from investors and several paying customers - and care deeply about people. We are passionate about solving the maritime industry’s overlooked problems. Over 90% of global trade sails on ships, and the 2 million mission-critical seafarers spend months at sea to ensure that our global economy runs smoothly. We are starting our journey by focusing on solutions that improve the crew management and crew exchange process.
Our first product targets one of the industry's key pain points. Wildly inefficient and notoriously stressful, crew logistics is a complex mesh of repurposed tools. By leveraging a variety of data sources, Tilla’s platform eliminates many mundane and error-prone processes while facilitating collaboration between operators and seafarers. By doing so, Tilla makes crew operations more humane and efficient.

Your mission

As the Tech Lead at Tilla, you will act as a player-manager for our software engineering team (currently 4 engineers). You will roll up your sleeves to deliver features of Tilla while being responsible for building a robust and delivery-focused engineering organization. You will also play a key role in making well-reasoned design decisions, guiding the team, and ensuring our product development flow is smooth from design and development to deployments and maintenance.
Key Responsibilities:

• Hands-on Technical Leadership: Make well-reasoned tech decisions and tradeoffs in your area; contribute to and guide the development across the entire codebase.
• Project Management: Take end-to-end responsibility on projects of increasing complexity and ensure timely delivery of high-quality features to QA.
• Mentorship: Mentor other engineers through pairing, code reviews; contribute to/organise team knowledge sharing and team culture.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, design, and analytics teams to drive requirements and ensure all parties' needs are considered.
• Proactive Problem Solving: Identify and address issues proactively before they escalate; seek empirical evidence through proof of concepts and tests.
• Team Productivity: Scale yourself by delegating effectively, ensuring tasks are completed without micromanaging, and maintaining the team's productivity and collective impact.
• Strategic Vision: Identify areas of strategic technical debt, provide cost/benefit analysis for eliminating this debt, and prioritize accordingly.
• Communication: Communicate effectively across functions, set clear expectations for team members, and provide frequent feedback to support their growth.

Your profile

• Tech SkillsYou…Have experience building complex SaaS apps in a front-to-back JavaScript/TypeScript stack.
• Have proficiency in React, Next.js, TypeScript, Serverless, AWS, Tailwind, GraphQL, Python
• Have strong knowledge of software engineering processes.
• Have passion for shipping high-quality software without delay
• Have experience integrating complex 3rd party APIs.
• Are comfortable making technical decisions in a fast-paced, ever-changing start-up environment.
• Demonstrate knowledge of industry trends, infrastructure, and build systems

• Personality:Comfortable going into the lead in your team, and have the experience to evaluate and improve each team member.
• Persistent in the face of roadblocks; dispatches them efficiently, pulling in others as necessary.
• See things through from start to finish.
• Able to manage yourself and the work of others well.
• Understand the importance of keeping things simple and flexible.
• Possess an entrepreneurial thinking style and the ability to inspire others.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills.
• Have a good sense of humour and are a great team player.
• Empathetic towards the users of the software you are producing and use that empathy to guide decision-making.

Why us?

• A competitive compensation package + equity.
• Opportunity to revolutionize mission-critical processes in a global key industry.
• A fast-growing startup environment with the possibility to thrive personally and professionally.
• Open to hybrid & remote work - you decide where you want to work.
• Become part of an open-minded, diverse, and fun team.
• If you prefer to work remotely, frequent chances to meet the team.
• Preferred hardware of your choice at your disposal.
• If in Germany, an urban mobility package for professional and private use.
• A ride on one of these beautiful ships, whenever they are somewhere near you

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About us

Flagship Founders is the first company builder focussed on maritime technology, logistics and shipping. Based in Berlin, we work with ambitious founders and teams to build scalable, high-growth digital ventures that will shape the future of our industry.
We believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success at Flagship Founders. We make hiring decisions based on your experience and skills. Therefore, we welcome applications from all members of society, regardless of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.
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