Join Our Team as a Technical Lead at Simployer!
At Simployer, we are dedicated to simplifying work-life for our clients by delivering innovative solutions that enhance their everyday business operations.
We’re looking for a Technical Lead who’s eager to help us build and scale a world-class platform. As part of our growing team, you’ll work hands-on with modern technologies and lead the technical direction of our services. Your work will impact thousands of organizations across Europe as we continue to innovate with AI-powered tools, intuitive HR systems, and seamless user experiences.
This is more than a hands-on coding role – it's an opportunity to take ownership of architecture decisions, guide a skilled team, and shape the future of our product.
What We Offer
- Collaborative Culture: Join a supportive, dynamic team dedicated to learning and growth.
- Professional Development: Access opportunities to expand your skills and grow within the organization.
- Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a market-aligned salary and benefits package.
- Real Impact: Make a significant impact on our products, clients, and business.
What You Will Do:
- Lead the technical development of core backend features, from architectural decisions to implementation.
- Build new features from scratch, improve existing code, and ensure it remains clean, scalable, and efficient.
- Contribute to system architecture design, ensuring stability and scalability as the product evolves.
- Act as a technical mentor for other engineers, supporting their growth and driving best practices within the team.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to define and deliver solutions that align with business goals.
- Take an active role in system design, scalability, performance improvements, and technical decision-making.
- Balance coding responsibilities with strategic leadership to ensure high-quality, maintainable code across the codebase.
- Contribute to a strong engineering culture with a focus on clean code, innovation, and continuous improvement.
What You Will Bring to the Team:
- Hands-on knowledge of our stack: Nest.js, Redis, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Jest, and related tools.
- Solid experience with Node.js and TypeScript as a backend engineer in a product environment
- Deep understanding of API design (REST/GraphQL), system architecture, and distributed systems.
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure, and container orchestration with Kubernetes.
- Experience working with and adoption of AI/ML technologies, particularly in backend implementations.
- A strong track record of leading projects or engineering teams – either formally as a lead or informally as a go-to tech driver.
- A delivery mindset; you believe in shipping early, iterating fast, and continuously improving based on real feedback.
- A passion for building innovative software and contributing to a thriving, AI-enabled, delivery-driven development culture.
- A bias for action, you're comfortable working in short cycles, breaking down big problems, and prioritizing progress over perfection.
- Ability to facilitate collaboration and communication across teams and stakeholders
What we see as a bonus
- Background in SaaS or HR tech products.
- Experience with React.
- Experience with test-driven development (TDD), integration testing, and building resilient software.
Our Tech Stack
- Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, MongoDB, GraphQL, REST API, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, GCP, Jest
Message from the Hiring Manager:
“Hi! I'm Oscar, the Engineering Manager for the Experience team. As our new Tech Lead, you’ll work closely with me and an ambitious, supportive team of developers. We value trust, ownership, and learning – and we believe in giving people the freedom to challenge how things are done. I’m excited to welcome someone who’s ready to lead, mentor, and build great things with us.”
Why Join Simployer?
By joining Simployer, you’ll be part of a dynamic, inclusive, and innovative workplace. You’ll have access to unlimited resources and extensive industry experience while working with a variety of exciting products. We’re building something big — join us and be part of a culture that values your growth and success. Together, we’ll change the HR tech game!
Our Hiring Process
- Introduction meeting: A brief chat with our recruiter for us to understand your background better, and for you to learn more about us and the role (approx. 30 minutes).
- Technical Screening: Meet with the hiring team for a technical discussion to assess your experience and skills (approx. 45 minutes).
- Personality & Logic Test: A short assessment to help us understand your problem-solving abilities and cognitive strengths via Alva Labs.
- Technical Interview: A deeper dive into your technical expertise with our team and other tech leaders, and for you to get a feel for our team (approx. 60 minutes).
- Informal team chat: Meet the other from product or other departments and learn more about your future colleagues.
- Informal HR Interview: Before making an offer, we’ll have a final informal chat to answer any last questions and ensure everything feels right on both sides (approx. 30 minutes).
With summer right around the corner, we’ll be reviewing applications on a rolling basis throughout the holiday period. But, interviews will begin in mid August, so feel free to apply now – and enjoy a well-deserved summer break in the meantime!
We can’t wait to meet you.
At Simployer, we believe in empowering our employees to achieve their best. Join us and contribute to a workplace where your skills and ideas can truly make a difference. If you're ready to guide, mentor, and help build the future of HR tech, we’d love to hear from you.
