Backend Team Lead

Rakuten Viber is a popular messaging app seeking a Backend Team Lead for its Ads group. The role involves leading a team of senior backend developers, hands-on coding, and building high-traffic microservices systems.

• Lead, mentor, manage and inspire a diverse agile team of backend developers across different locations, alongside hands-on coding
• Actively participate in the design, development, and maintenance of backend systems and applications while analyzing business requirements to create scalable, high-performing, and testable solutions
• Collaborate closely with product managers, client developers, scrum masters, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions
• Effectively manage and integrate the contributions of a full-stack web developer within the backend team’s scope.

• At least 3 years of experience as a team leader
• At least 8 years of hands-on experience in server-side development
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience with Go lang
• Proven experience in developing large-scale systems using cloud services and NoSQL databases (such as GCP or/and AWS, Couchbase)
• Experience with microservices architecture, Docker, and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) & CI/CD
• Experience with Agile methodology
• Ability to quickly understand complex systems and drive solutions.
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills