Engineering Lead / Tech Lead

About the Role

Lead a cross-functional engineering team embedded with a client. You'll own technical decisions, mentor engineers, and be the bridge between product requirements and technical delivery, the person both sides trust to keep a project honest.

You'll set technical direction and architecture for the team's work, review and unblock your engineers, and translate business priorities into a delivery plan that actually holds up. Expect regular, direct communication with client stakeholders. This is not a role hidden behind a PM.

We're looking for someone who's led before and knows the difference between managing tickets and actually moving a team forward: protecting quality, calling out risk early, and keeping a steady operating rhythm.

What You'll Do

• Own technical architecture and delivery for a cross-functional engineering team embedded with a client.
• Mentor and grow engineers on the team, including code review and technical 1:1s.
• Translate product requirements into a realistic technical roadmap and delivery plan.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for client stakeholders.
• Identify and de-risk technical debt, architecture gaps, and delivery bottlenecks before they become fires.
• Set and uphold engineering standards, code quality, testing, and release practices, across the team.

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years in a lead or tech-lead capacity.
• Proven experience owning architecture decisions for a production system, not just contributing to one.
• Strong track record mentoring engineers and running effective code review.
• Comfortable communicating directly with client stakeholders, including non-technical ones.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Experience with dedicated/embedded team engagements is a plus.

What We Offer

• Remote-first: work from anywhere in Serbia. The Belgrade office is optional.
• You'll work alongside engineers with 5–15 years of experience. No babysitting, just craft.
• Top-of-market salary for Serbia, paid in EUR, reviewed annually and tied to your impact.
• €1,500/year learning budget for conferences, courses, and books.
• 25 days PTO, flexible hours, and a culture that respects your time outside work.