Engineering Lead (Portugal Hybrid)

As an Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for driving the team’s focus on delivering well-architected, high-quality products. Your team will be empowered to ship code that is stable, scalable, and secure, with a strong emphasis on accountability and clarity around deliverables. 

In this role, you will ensure alignment of priorities by consistently refining and organizing the roadmap and delivery plans in collaboration with the Product Manager. Together, you will create an ambitious, purpose-driven mission for the team, integrating the engineering perspective into product strategy and bringing a product mindset into the engineering team’s work. 

As an Engineering Lead, you are accountable for the entire team’s performance and development. You’ll foster an environment of ownership by delegating tasks based on team members’ strengths and ambitions, inspiring them to achieve their best. At tb.lx, we believe in a culture of support and openness, where we celebrate shared success and commitment to high standards. 

As the team’s primary representative in stakeholder meetings, you’ll communicate challenges, progress, and needs, advocating for the team and aligning goals with cross-functional partners. You’ll participate in architectural decisions, coordinate with principal engineers, and drive cross-team alignment on shared priorities. 

Proactive communication and structured organization are key to this role. You’ll manage a refinement-heavy board, ensuring that tasks are prioritized effectively to maintain a well-organized workflow that keeps projects on track. You will also oversee task prioritization and resource allocation to maintain high productivity and team well-being. 

On a day-to-day basis, you’ll engage in regular syncs with the team to review progress, address blockers, and refine tasks, while one-on-one meetings provide a space for personal development and feedback. You will cultivate an open environment where team members feel empowered to share their ideas, achievements, and challenges. You’ll also support your team’s growth by recognizing achievements and guiding them to explore alternative solutions when facing obstacles. 

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TEAM:  

• Proven track record as an Engineering Lead or in a technical lead role with direct management responsibilities. Strong people management skills with the ability to inspire and motivate engineers.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum) and a strong grasp of project planning, prioritization, and delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to make balanced technical decisions, manage trade-offs, and tackle complex engineering challenges.
• Passionate about mentoring engineers, fostering a collaborative culture, and enabling the team to reach its full potential.
• Solid experience in machine learning, data science, or a related field, with proficiency in Python, and a firm understanding of machine learning algorithms, including supervised and unsupervised learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and natural language processing.
• Experience with Azure environments, platforms such as Databricks, and familiarity with big data tools and frameworks (such as Spark).
• Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and foster open, transparent communication across teams.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

NICE-TO-HAVE: 

• Experience with MLOps practices and tools for model versioning, monitoring, and automated deployment.
• Experience with time series forecasting, computer vision, or other specialized domains.
• Experience with JVM languages.
• Experience with OpenAI and/or LLMs.

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF…  

• You dream of working at a tech company.
• You dream of a real hybrid work setting.
• You are open to transparent feedback culture.
• You have strong sustainability values.
• You always communicate with a positive intent.
• You get a kick from working on impactful products.

BENEFITS 

Financial  

• You’ll receive a fair salary that reflects the job market, your experience, and your impact.
• A monthly remote allowance to help you cover additional expenses due to working from home.
• A lunch allowance that can be used for meals with your colleagues, shopping in the supermarket, or having dinner out with friends.
• We have two flexible vacation days for cultural and religious holidays that aren't included in the Portuguese holiday calendar, and in your first year, you will have up to 24 vacations days.
• A flexible monthly budget to spend on benefits of your choice (varying from childcare and elderly support, streaming, music subscriptions, books, or even plane tickets, and more).

• You’ll have work-life flexibility: we are a hybrid company. This means we trust you to choose where you work best: from our office in Lisbon, from your home, or from any other place in the world (as long as it has a stable internet connection);
• We equip you with the proper working tools: a MacBook and an iPhone, and everything you need to work comfortably from wherever you are (monitor, laptop support, etc.);
• You’ll have relocation assistance if you live outside Portugal (and we can help you with a Tech Visa);
• When you're working from our office in the heart of Lisbon, you'll find free healthy snacks and drinks available;
• We also want to keep our people-centric culture alive, so we do in-person team events sometimes, which you’re welcome to join whenever you want!

Career Development 

• As an Engineering Lead, you’ll be closely supported by your People Partner and People Manager throughout your leadership journey, which includes being enrolled in our Leadership Program, and joining our internal Leadership meetups.
• You’ll have people investing and working alongside you on achieving your personal and professional goals, through the creation of your own Personal Growth Plan.
• You’ll have access to training materials and a training budget, so you can follow a personalised learning path that meets your needs.
• You can join our internal Mentorship Program (either as a mentor or mentee).
• You’ll have access to a professional coach if you need some help along the way.
• At tb.lx, we keep our internal mobility possibilities open, so you can be creative when you think about your career progression.

Wellbeing & Family 

• You and your family will receive private health insurance.
• Mental Health: we provide access to professionals in the field, as well as the possibility to use your monthly, flexible budget for other expenses like mindfulness apps and gym subscriptions.
• Family Care: your monthly flexible budget can also be used for childcare or elderly support.
• Work-life empathy: we understand that as individuals, we all have our needs in all the dimensions of our lives, so we give you the flexibility and autonomy to organize your working hours and dedicate time to the other dimensions of your life.