Technical Lead

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent employee

Schedule: Full-time

Seniority: Experienced

Location: Bucharest, Remote (Romania)

• Serve as the technical authority within the team, driving architectural decisions, setting coding standards, and ensuring engineering excellence while remaining a hands-on individual contributor.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager and Product Designer to refine, estimate, and detail epics and features, translating business requirements into well-defined technical solutions.
• Support the Engineering Manager in mentoring and coaching team members, conducting code reviews, and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Actively use and champion agentic AI tools across the software development lifecycle, establishing best practices and driving adoption within the team.
• Coordinate with other Technical Leads, architecture, and cloud teams to ensure alignment on technical direction, shared standards, and cross-team dependencies.
• Actively participate in customer support escalations, providing technical expertise to diagnose issues and drive their resolution.
• Design and implement scalable, maintainable solutions for complex technical challenges, contributing significantly to the team’s codebase.

MUST HAVES 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in an applicable field, such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of professional experience in software development, with demonstrated technical leadership within a team.
• Strong proficiency in one or more of the team’s core technology stack areas (.NET, MSSQL, modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks).
• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and computational complexity with ability to apply them to real-world performance problems.
• Strong knowledge of concurrency, multithreading, and asynchronous programming patterns.
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems for high-load scenarios, including architectural patterns, API design, and performance optimization.
• Proven track record of building production systems with clean code principles, comprehensive testing practices, and well-designed RESTful APIs with optimized database interactions.
• Fluency with CI/CD pipelines and version control workflows (Git).
• Ability to break down complex requirements into actionable technical tasks and provide reliable effort estimates.
• Effective communication skills to articulate technical concepts to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and best practices.

NICE TO HAVE 

• Solid understanding of cloud-native application development and PaaS (preferably Microsoft Azure).
• Experience working in teams with established DevOps culture.
• Experience with enterprise software development and IT Service Management (ITSM) platforms.
• Experience with customer-facing technical support and incident resolution processes.
• Practical experience with agentic AI tools like Claude Code, Google Gemini CLI, or OpenAI Codex.

• At Matrix42,you'll lead engineering within cross-functional product squads that tackle complex challenges for our customers and business— building solutions that make a real difference in how organizations manage their digital workspaces.
• We actively invest in engineering productivity by embracing agentic AI tools as a core part of our development workflow. As a Technical Lead,you'llchampion the adoption of agentic AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code,establishingbest practices that multiply your team's impact and keep our engineering at thecutting edge.
• If you thrive on solving complex technical problems, enjoy guiding a team through technical excellence rather than formal management, and want to shape how modern engineering practices evolve within a product organization, this role offers the ideal platform for both technical depth and leadership impact.

• Work from (almost) anywhere – Want to change your scenery? Go on a workation and take your job with you.
• Time for growth – A career framework to support your professional and personal growth with up to 6 extra days off per year for your development.
• Social Day – One paid day per year to give back to your community or support a cause you care about.
• Extra sick days, no questions asked – Get 2 paid sick days per year, no doctor’s note needed.
• Private medical care – Covered through Regina Maria, because your health matters.
• Pick your perk – Choose what works for you via the Benefit Online platform: private pension, meal tickets, travel vouchers, courses, gifts - you name it.
• Work-from-home allowance – Whether you're at your desk or at home, we've got you covered. The allowance adjusts based on your time in the office.