Engineering Team Lead

Firefly is a trailblazing force in the tech industry, propelling the future of Cloud Asset Management. Our solution empowers DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering teams to master their cloud landscape, detect drifts, invoke policy-as-Code, and maintain a codified cloud across Multi-Cloud and Kubernetes clusters. We specialize in providing comprehensive asset inventory, insights, and Infrastructure-as-Code information. Firefly is a fast-growing startup recognized as an emerging innovator in the DevOps community.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Engineering Team Lead to join our talented R&D department. As an Engineering Team Lead, you will play a role in leading and managing a group of skilled engineers to deliver high-quality software products that meet the needs of our customers. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Architects, and Platform Engineers.

If you embrace dynamic environments, modern programming and have a solid understanding and deep knowledge of technologies and infrastructure - Your place is with us. 

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, providing guidance and support in their technical and professional development.
• Work in a scrum environment.
• Work with our high-performance, high-scale infrastructure on top of cloud resources using multiple 3rd party modern development tools, such as Golang stack, K8s and multiple databases.
• Collaborate with the Product Management team to define and prioritize product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• Manage the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and delivery.
• Ensure the team follows best practices in software development, coding standards, and quality assurance processes.
• Participate in our service development and cloud-based environments within R&D.
• Take part in infrastructure and system design.
• Use the latest technology to enhance development processes and increase team productivity.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to define project scope, timelines, and resource allocation, and ensure successful project delivery.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability within the engineering team.

• Have at least 10 years of experience of at least 2 different server-side programming languages (GoLang is an advantage) - a must
• Have significant experience creating and utilizing scalable performance systems - a must
• Have a deep understanding of cloud architecture and modern system design principles - a must
• Have strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate a team.
• Have proven experience in leading a team of at least 4 engineers.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• A track record of delivering high-quality software products by giving accurate estimations.
• Have experience working in a SaaS company
• Have experience in infrastructure tools: K8s, Elasticsearch, Logstash - an advantage
• Have experience with DevOps practices and technologies such as Terraform and Helm Chart - an advantage
• Have experience working with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, and Elastic - an advantage

Firefly is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Firefly is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.