Engineering Lead (Portugal, Hybrid)

Welcome to tb.lx – we are building sustainable transportation solutions in a hybrid work setup. Join us – we are looking for you!  

As an Engineering Lead, you will be the go-to person for a team running a business-critical product. You will be responsible for empowering your team to deliver their best work, of the highest possible standard. You’ll foster an environment of ownership by delegating tasks based on team members’ strengths and ambitions, inspiring them to achieve their best.

In this role, you will be working closely with stakeholders to align priorities and a product roadmap, while also advocating for team stability, software development in alignment with best practices, and overall product reliability. You will be expected to bring a challenger mindset and software engineering perspective, to enable better product discovery.

As the team’s primary representative in stakeholder meetings, you’ll communicate challenges, progress, and needs, aligning goals and next steps 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, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks, holding the team accountable for delivering high-quality work on time.

You will cultivate an open, transparent environment where team members feel empowered to share their ideas, achievements, and challenges, using feedback to redirect and reinforce behaviors. You’ll also support your team’s growth by recognizing achievements and guiding them to explore alternative solutions when facing obstacles and cultivate leadership in engineers regardless of seniority.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TEAM:

• Solid level of experience as an Engineering Lead or in a technical leadership role with team management responsibilities;
• Strong people management skills with the ability to inspire and motivate engineers;
• Experience working with Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum) and ownership of project planning, prioritization, and delivery tasks;
• A proven track record of making balanced technical decisions, manage trade-offs, and tackle complex engineering challenges;
• A passion for mentoring engineers, fostering a collaborative culture, and enabling a team to reach its full potential;
• Experience in managing and balancing stakeholders’ and team’s needs;

• Experience working in software development operations or supporting product development;
• Experience working with this team’s tech stack: Nextjs (React), Spring boot (Java or Kotlin), Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD Pipelines (Azure);
• The ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, fostering open, transparent communication across teams;
• Proactive and solution-driven, with a strong product mindset;
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

NICE-TO-HAVE:

• Experience with product discovery and the product delivery lifecycle;
• Experience as a main facilitator of growth, by helping engineers set their goals and coaching them to be accountable for it: co-define, track, celebrate.

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF…

• You are motivated by working on impactful products; 
• You thrive working in a real hybrid work setting;  
• You are open to a transparent feedback culture;  
• You have strong sustainability values;  
• You always communicate with a positive intent.

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).

Hybrid Company

• 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 personalized 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.