Engineering Team Lead

ABOUT US

Chiliz - the world's leading sports-focused blockchain Tech company, is leading the charge into Web3, building a global ecosystem where fans don't just watch the game, they become a part of it. If you're ready to put on your jersey and get to work alongside a dynamic global team, this could be the perfect match.

OUR BRANDS

Chiliz:
The backbone of our ecosystem, creator of Chiliz Chain - the Layer 1 blockchain that powers our vision of Web3 for sports and entertainment.

Fan Tokens:
Official Digital Assets for more than 70 of the world's biggest sports teams, including giants like Paris Saint Germain, Man City, FC Barcelona
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The Web3 Fan Token Wallet and home of Fan Token rewards.

THE ROLE

Due to the continued growth of Chiliz & we're now looking to recruit an Engineering Team Lead to join our Tech team. Made of 130 talented individuals, divided into 19 features teams (each composed of 5 to 10 members) you will have the chance to meet great people from across the globe for whom building the best product is the main goal.

Responsible for leading a team of enthusiastic and gifted engineers, the chosen individual will be working closely in chapters with other team leaders in an autonomous and empowering environment where everyone's opinions are valued.

Ultimately this position will be responsible for building our products with quality and great user experience in mind while working with helpful and motivated people that love sharing their successful findings and mistakes along the way.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• As a Team Lead you will be managing one of our multi-chapter feature teams to deliver features across our products
• Be a scrum master for the team, leading and managing scrum rituals. Ensuring smooth planning of the sprints, unblocking team members, ensuring fair play for both business and tech. sides of the team and stakeholders.
• Your main responsibilities are going to be wellbeing and performance of the team
• You will be having regular 1-to-1s with all of the team members building trust between yourself and the team to ensure a stable and healthy work environment.
• You will be conducting the performance review and follow probation periods of your team members.
• Care for the human behind each employee and seek for continuous personal growth and career progression.
• Leading and empowering people with a servant leadership approach in mind while coaching them to fulfill their duties without impediments.
• Making sure that any personal or technical disputes are resolved before turning into conflicts between the members, be that of your team or across other teams.
• Meet stakeholders to understand the "why" of the feature, to be able to better understand and guide team members on what is being built.
• Work with (FE/BE/QA) Tech Leads, Product Owner and engineers of your team and train them in better communication and alignment
• Making sure that knowledge sharing in the team is actively promoted.
• Help maintain clear product backlog with User Stories following Definition of Ready and Definition of Done rules

Requirements:

• Have at least 3 year of experience in a similar role or at least 5 years of experience in either Frontend, Backend or QA senior engineering position with experience of mentoring people.
• Adopt a servant leadership approach, guiding and enabling team success while reserving assertive, directive leadership for critical situations.
• Have a good understanding of agile and scrum methodologies.
• Be a leading figure that people are willing to listen to and follow in a team consisting of different nationalities, from different places around the world working remotely.
• Have empathy toward your colleagues and team members.
• Have very good verbal and written communication skills.
• Be prepared to make tough decisions.
• Have a very good understanding in rare cases, when authoritarian leadership is needed over servant leadership.
• Have basic knowledge of human psychology to be able to understand people better
• You are very outcome oriented and will make sure that team performs in a similar fashion.
• Organize team building activities for your team to bring them together

What We Offer

The chance to join a global community of sports blockchain enthusiasts spanning 6 countries and over 40 nationalities, committed to building a vibrant, exciting Web3 future for sports alongside some of the biggest names on the planet. We're looking for team players who are happy to try, fail, and bounce back, because a great team is all about the comeback.

We believe the interview process is a two-way street. Think of it as a draft where we're both trying to make the best pick. Our competitive salaries, wellness allowance, healthcare, and pension plans are just the tip of the iceberg. You'll be joining a diverse, global team, where flexibility and challenge are part of the playbook.

Ready to play? Let's get to work.