🚀 Join our fast-growing startup and help us revolutionize the recruitment industry by facilitating positive career changes for job seekers through modern recruiting!

👉 We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead to join our team in Barcelona. If you have a strong background in the modern JavaScript tech stack, excellent leadership skills, and a passion for delivering outstanding user experiences, we encourage you to join our team and lead a group of engineers to create a remarkable user experience for our growing product.

What is TalentBait doing in a nutshell? At TalentBait, we build unique recruiting software that automates job postings on social media platforms such as TikTok and Spotify. We employ machine learning and invest heavily in user interface design to create a superior user experience. As we expand into new products and continue to grow, we need talented developers like you to help us achieve our vision. 👉

If you're ready to be part of a dynamic team and take your career to the next level, we want to hear from you. Apply now, and let's work together to make a positive impact on the recruitment industry! 🚀

🌟 What we offer

• Remote up to 2 days per week, you will work closely with your team colleagues at the office or focusing at your home office. We will fly in (or you to us 🚁) for regular offsites in Hamburg or Barcelona.
• Salary: 60,000 – 75,000 € dependent on experience
• 1.000 € per year in social benefits (Restaurant, Kindergarten, Health Insurance)
• 1.500 € per year for your personal development (Conferences, Courses, Books)
• Flexible working hours: We understand the importance of work-life balance.
• Best gear for your needs (MacBook Pro M2)
• 25 vacation days
• A growing platform with a modern tech stack you will help to shape
• Agile software engineering – Nothing is set in stone. We improve every day.

✅ The ideal candidate for this position should have the following Qualifications:

• Strong Communication Skills: You will lead a team, which means you must have excellent communication skills. You should articulate your ideas clearly and concisely and be a good listener. You should be able to communicate in English effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
• Technical expertise: As a tech lead, you must have extensive knowledge of JavaScript and frameworks/libraries such as Node.js, React, and Express. You are the go-to person within the team when it comes to Coding and Testing.
  
• Strong understanding of software architecture: You should be familiar with common architectures and software design patterns to help us create a scalable and maintainable product.
  
• Experience in leading and mentoring a team of developers. You will coordinate team members, define processes, and make an impact on the whole organization. You can analyze complex problems, develop creative solutions, and provide guidance and direction to the team members.
  
• Agile Methodologies: You must be familiar with agile methodologies, like Scrum, Extreme Programming, and Lean. You have experience managing software development projects.

👓 It's a plus

Knowledge of security best practices: You are familiar with one or more of these topics: secure coding practices, authentication, and authorization, network security, security testing or compliance

Experience with performance optimization: You know how to speed up CI builds or get a 100/100 in Google PageSPeed Insights.

Working experience with Google Cloud Platform (Firestore, Functions, BigQuery), Heroku, DataDog, or AWS

A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field is a plus but not required.

Our current frontend stack: JavaScript, Node.js, Express, React, HTML / CSS, Styled Components, Flux & Firebase, GitHub Actions, Postman, Heroku, AWS, Google Cloud Platform

You will work with 💪

You will work with our technical founders and the technology team to build a strong engineering culture.

As a tech lead, you will provide guidance and direction to the team by helping them to make technical decisions related to the software architecture and design, choosing the right tools and technologies, and ensuring that the software is tested, scalable, and maintainable.

You’ll ensure that the software meets necessary quality standards by applying best practices for code reviews, testing, and ensuring it meets the requirements. You’ll also be responsible for communicating technical decisions and progress updates to stakeholders.

The development team comprises five people based in Hamburg, Germany, and Barcelona. Our software development process is unique in a positive way. You'll work very outcome-driven instead of just output oriented. What does that mean? We'll explain it in our first call to you.

👉 Just hit apply, and let's start the conversation. Apply now! 👈

🚀 What's next after you apply?

• We’ll schedule a 20-minute video call to get to know each other and see if we’re a good match.
• After that, we will have a video call with a deep dive into your qualifications and what the position looks like.
• Next, we'll invite you to our office in sunny Barcelona for a meet & greet with the team. There you will have the opportunity to talk to everyone and get a little insight into our everyday work.
• Finally, if everything checks out, we'll celebrate with a contract and a virtual high-five 🙌🏼