swap - Engineering Team Lead

Remote - Netherlands, Israel, United Kingdom1mo ago

Remote Staff EMEA E-commerce Team Lead JavaScript Node.js Cross-functional Collaboration TypeScript REST

Requirements

• Proven experience leading or tech-leading an engineering team, including cross-functional collaboration and ownership of architectural decisions. • 5+ years of backend or full-stack engineering experience, with strong TypeScript/JavaScript and Node.js skills. • Experience designing versioned APIs (REST/OpenAPI and/or GraphQL with schema governance). • Experience working in platform or infrastructure engineering roles — comfortable with work whose primary customer is other engineers. • Ability to navigate ambiguity: you can ship a pragmatic V0, articulate why it's the right trade-off, and iterate toward a stronger long-term model. • Excellent communication skills — you can translate complex technical standards into clear guidance for product engineers. • Experience with eCommerce systems, partner integrations, or multi-tenant platforms is a strong plus. • Passion for systems that outlast individuals — documentation, ownership, and tooling are first-class concerns for you. • A BSc in Computer Science or Mathematics (or equivalent experience). • Enjoy working in a fast paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small, focused team with the autonomy and clarity to build foundational infrastructure. • Define, publish, and version canonical domain models for Swap's core entities. • Own the delivery of schemas and OpenAPI definitions. • Establish and maintain a lightweight governance pipeline: review process, ownership model, versioning policy, and deprecation strategy. • Translating software requirements into working, high-performance software. • Playing a key role in architectural and design decisions, building toward efficient architecture. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams; work closely with product managers, and other engineers and team leads to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications. • Hire, mentor, and grow the team as scope expands.