Back End Team Leader

Shield is a global startup, with offices in Tel-Aviv, New-York, London, and Lisbon. 

We’re growing and looking for another important piece of the puzzle. 

Is it you?

We are looking for an experienced Software development Team Leader to lead one of our Application teams in Portugal, and be a significant part of our super professional R&D department. The team includes 2 BE developers, 2 FE developers, and 1 QA automation engineer. This is a great opportunity to engage in engineering challenges, cool technologies and take our fascinating product to the next level. On top of the formal requirements written below, we are looking for a positive person with a can-do attitude who wants to take full ownership and be responsible for scaling up Shield’s product and the team.

Let’s get down to business.

 What you’ll do: 

• Help recruit and mentor FE and BE developers
• Lead Full-stack development team
• Design and implement feature requests
• Work closely with the product team, architects, and other development teams in the R&D department.
• Support and maintain the production environment

Experience and Skills:

• 1-3 years of experience leading a team (3-5 members) – MUST
• At least 5 years of software development experience, out of which at least 3 in Java and Spring – MUST
• Experience with Python and Angular- Advantage.
• Working experience with SQL Databases and NoSQL DBs
• Experience with Automation Tests – Advantage
• Experienced in designing and implementing Restful APIs
• Experience with Hibernate
• Experience in RabbitMQ and Kafka
• Ability to successfully work under tight deadlines. 
• Passionate about learning and always seek opportunities to expand your knowledge
• Not afraid to roll up your sleeves and have a “Can Do” attitude
• BSC in Computer Science or relevant field

Oh hey, you made it all the way here! 

So, in case you were wondering, Shield is how compliance teams in financial services can finally read between the lines to see what their employee communications are really saying. We are a post-Series B startup with some of the largest financial organizations in the world as investors and customers.

Our platform analyzes digital interactions to fight financial crimes and mitigate a toxic workplace environment. 

Shielders listen more intently. Pay closer attention to the details. Make the extra effort. Care. It’s what we do at Shield every day. And not just for our customers, but for everyone we work with. It’s all about creating a world where people understand and trust each other.

Shield is set to do good in the world, we help protect market integrity and people’s financial assets.