Tech Lead - ComparaJá

Team Lead | Engineering - ComparaJá

ComparaJá

TEAM LEAD | ENGINEERING - COMPARAJÁ.PT – LISBON (HYBRID) JOB SUMMARY We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Team Lead to guide our development team in delivering high-quality software. You will own the delivery process end-to-end, ensuring that our products are built to modern development standards while fostering a culture of excellence and velocity. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development, experience in coaching and mentoring teams, and a passion for optimising processes to drive efficiency. This is an office role based in Alvalade, Lisbon with flexibility to work remotely. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Own the delivery of high-quality software: Lead the technical direction of projects, ensuring that software is delivered on time, meets business requirements, and adheres to the highest standards of performance, security, and scalability. * Optimise development processes: Continuously review and improve the development lifecycle to increase efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and enhance productivity. * Coach and mentor developers: Provide hands-on technical guidance, mentorship, and support to the development team. Foster professional growth and engineering excellence through regular feedback, training, and knowledge sharing. * Ensure modern development standards: Promote and implement best practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code reviews, and clean coding principles. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to align technical decisions with business goals and ensure a shared vision across the product lifecycle. * Technical leadership: Make critical decisions around architecture, tools, and frameworks, ensuring long-term scalability and maintainability of the codebase. * Stay updated with industry trends: Continuously explore new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to ensure the team is up-to-date with the latest advancements in software development. Especially concerning the ability to rapidly prototype ideas using AI. ABOUT YOU * Proven experience as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, Senior Software Engineer, or similar role. * Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with teams across the organisation. * You have an analytical mindset to develop the best-fit technical solution. * You have excellent leadership and decision-making skills, and knowledge of project management principles. * You have an understanding of IT infrastructure, architecture, as well as a good understanding of non-technical parts of the business. * You are comfortable working in an international environment. Skills Required: * Experienced working through the design, development, release cycle, and delivering software products to market, with a track record of successful delivery of software applications as an individual and tech leader * Experience with managing the development of SaaS and cloud-based applications * Our stack is: C#, Python, Nuxt/VueJS, PostgreSQL, all on AWS. The more experience in each the better, but all definitely not necessary. * Fluency in Portuguese and English is required. Why Join Us: * Own the technology team. This is a great opportunity to truly own a delivery team and be responsible for a development organisation. You will be taking part in an international organisation and be able to learn from your peers in other countries and the Group CTO * Competitive salary and benefits Start date: as soon as possible ABOUT US ComparaJá.pt is a leading platform for aggregating and comparing financial products and services in Portugal. Founded in 2015 as part of Samlino Group (samlinogroup.com) we are operating across three European markets, our group empowered over 10 million users last year alone. At ComparaJá.pt, our mission is to help Portuguese consumers make informed, confident decisions across all areas of personal finance—whether banking, insurance, or utilities—by providing easy access to unbiased, accurate information and free comparisons. Our vision is to become the go-to personal finance platform for consumers, partners, media, and other stakeholders, helping people identify and choose the best solutions for their needs—saving time and money in a simple and transparent way. WHAT WE OFFER * ❤️ Health insurance * 🍽️ Meal card * 🚉 Transport subsidy * 🚀 Opportunity to work on meaningful projects that power internal operations * 🤝 A supportive, fast-moving, and collaborative team environment #LI-HYBRID

Engineering Manager - ComparaJá

ComparaJá

ENGINEERING MANAGER | COMPARAJÁ.PT – LISBON (HYBRID) JOB SUMMARY We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Engineering Manager to guide our development team in delivering high-quality software. You will own the delivery process end-to-end, ensuring that our products are built to modern development standards while fostering a culture of excellence and velocity. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development, experience in coaching and mentoring teams, and a passion for optimising processes to drive efficiency. This is an office role based in Alvalade, Lisbon with flexibility to work remotely. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Own the delivery of high-quality software: Lead the technical direction of projects, ensuring that software is delivered on time, meets business requirements, and adheres to the highest standards of performance, security, and scalability. * Optimise development processes: Continuously review and improve the development lifecycle to increase efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and enhance productivity. * Coach and mentor developers: Provide hands-on technical guidance, mentorship, and support to the development team. Foster professional growth and engineering excellence through regular feedback, training, and knowledge sharing. * Ensure modern development standards: Promote and implement best practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code reviews, and clean coding principles. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to align technical decisions with business goals and ensure a shared vision across the product lifecycle. * Technical leadership: Make critical decisions around architecture, tools, and frameworks, ensuring long-term scalability and maintainability of the codebase. * Stay updated with industry trends: Continuously explore new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to ensure the team is up-to-date with the latest advancements in software development. Especially concerning the ability to rapidly prototype ideas using AI. ABOUT YOU * Proven experience as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, Senior Software Engineer, or similar role. * Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with teams across the organisation. * You have an analytical mindset to develop the best-fit technical solution. * You have excellent leadership and decision-making skills, and knowledge of project management principles. * You have an understanding of IT infrastructure, architecture, as well as a good understanding of non-technical parts of the business. * You are comfortable working in an international environment. Skills Required: * Experienced working through the design, development, release cycle, and delivering software products to market, with a track record of successful delivery of software applications as an individual and tech leader * Experience with managing the development of SaaS and cloud-based applications * Our stack is: C#, Python, Nuxt/VueJS, PostgreSQL, all on AWS. The more experience in each the better, but all definitely not necessary. * Fluency in Portuguese and English is required. Why Join Us: * Own the technology team. This is a great opportunity to truly own a delivery team and be responsible for a development organisation. You will be taking part in an international organisation and be able to learn from your peers in other countries and the Group CTO * Competitive salary and benefits Start date: as soon as possible ABOUT US ComparaJá.pt is a leading platform for aggregating and comparing financial products and services in Portugal. Founded in 2015 as part of Samlino Group (samlinogroup.com) we are operating across three European markets, our group empowered over 10 million users last year alone. At ComparaJá.pt, our mission is to help Portuguese consumers make informed, confident decisions across all areas of personal finance—whether banking, insurance, or utilities—by providing easy access to unbiased, accurate information and free comparisons. Our vision is to become the go-to personal finance platform for consumers, partners, media, and other stakeholders, helping people identify and choose the best solutions for their needs—saving time and money in a simple and transparent way. WHAT WE OFFER * ❤️ Health insurance * 🍽️ Meal card * 🚉 Transport subsidy * 🚀 Opportunity to work on meaningful projects that power internal operations * 🤝 A supportive, fast-moving, and collaborative team environment #LI-HYBRID

Technical Lead

WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.  We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.    We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.   Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.    For more information, visit WPP.com.   Why we're hiring: We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to join our development team in a hands-on engineering and solutions role. This position requires a unique blend of technical expertise and leadership skills, combining individual contribution with team management, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will drive technical excellence while fostering a collaborative environment that enables the team to deliver high-quality solutions.     What you'll be doing: * Drive technical strategy and roadmap planning in collaboration with product and stakeholders   * Establish and maintain coding standards, best practices, and development processes   * ConducTechnical Leadership   * Lead by example through hands-on coding and architectural decisions   * Design and implement scalable solutions for complex technical challenges  * t thorough code reviews and provide constructive feedback   * Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their potential impact on our platform     Team Management & Mentorship * Lead and mentor a cross-functional engineering team of varying experience levels   * Provide technical guidance and career development support to team members   * Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture focused on continuous learning   * Conduct regular one-on-ones and performance reviews   * Identify skill gaps and create development plans to address them   * Facilitate knowledge sharing sessions and technical discussions     Cross-Functional Collaboration   * Partner with product management, design, and other engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions   * Collaborate with global teams across different time zones and cultural contexts   * Work closely with leadership teams to align technical initiatives with business objectives   * Participate in cross-team architectural discussions and technical decision-making   * Act as a technical liaison between engineering and non-technical stakeholders     Solution Architecture & Problem Solving   * Analyze complex business requirements and translate them into technical solutions   * Design robust, scalable, and maintainable system architectures   * Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across the platform   * Optimize system performance and reliability   * Ensure security best practices are implemented throughout the development   What you'll need: Core Technologies  * Python: Expert-level proficiency with modern Python frameworks (e.g., Fast API) and libraries, building Microservices   * React.js: Strong experience building complex, interactive user interfaces, Microfrontend architecture familiarity, creating reusable component libraries and use existing ones   * TypeScript: Solid understanding of type systems and modern JavaScript/TypeScript patterns   * API Development: Extensive experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and GraphQL   * Database Management: Proficiency with PostgreSQL, including query optimization and database design     Cloud & Infrastructure   * Google Cloud Platform: Experience with GCP services (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, etc.)   * Amazon Web Services: Familiarity with AWS services and cloud architecture patterns   * DevOps Practices: Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure as code   * Monitoring & Observability: Experience with logging, metrics, and distributed tracing     Development Practices * Version control systems (GitHub) and collaborative development workflows   * Testing frameworks and test-driven development practices   * Agile/Scrum methodologies   * Performance optimization and scalability considerations   * Security best practices and vulnerability assessment     Required Leadership & Communication Skills   Leadership Capabilities   * Proven track record of leading technical teams (5+ years of leadership experience)   * Experience mentoring engineers at different career stages   * Ability to make difficult technical decisions and stand behind them   * Strong project management skills with ability to deliver on time and within scope   * Experience with hiring and building high-performing engineering teams     Communication Excellence   * Exceptional written and verbal communication skills   * Experience working with global, distributed teams across multiple time zones   * Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders   * Strong presentation skills for leadership and cross-functional audiences   * Cultural sensitivity and adaptability for international collaboration   * Fluency in English (additional languages are a plus)     Preferred Qualifications   Experience   * 15+ years of software development experience   * 5+ years in a technical leadership role   * Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems   * Background in scaling engineering teams and processes   * Previous experience in a similar tech stack environment     Education & Certifications   * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)   * Cloud certifications (GCP Professional Cloud Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, etc.) is preferred   * Relevant technical certifications or continued education     Who you are: You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working. You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected. You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.   What we'll give you: Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work. Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry. Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge? #LI-Hybrid We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. PLEASE READ OUR PRIVACY NOTICE (HTTPS://WWW.WPP.COM/EN/CAREERS/WPP-PRIVACY-POLICY-FOR-RECRUITMENT) FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW WE PROCESS THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE.