Your mission
- Serve as the technical authority within the team, driving architectural decisions, setting coding standards, and ensuring engineering excellence while remaining a hands-on individual contributor.
- Collaborate with the Product Manager and Product Designer to refine, estimate, and detail epics and features, translating business requirements into well-defined technical solutions.
- Support the Engineering Manager in mentoring and coaching team members, conducting code reviews, and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
- Actively use and champion agentic AI tools across the software development lifecycle, establishing best practices and driving adoption within the team.
- Coordinate with other Technical Leads, architecture, and cloud teams to ensure alignment on technical direction, shared standards, and cross-team dependencies.
- Actively participate in customer support escalations, providing technical expertise to diagnose issues and drive their resolution.
- Design and implement scalable, maintainable solutions for complex technical challenges, contributing significantly to the team’s codebase.
Your profile
MUST HAVES
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in an applicable field, such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 7+ years of professional experience in software development, with demonstrated technical leadership within a team.
- Strong proficiency in one or more of the team’s core technology stack areas (.NET, MSSQL, modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks).
- Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and computational complexity with ability to apply them to real-world performance problems.
- Strong knowledge of concurrency, multithreading, and asynchronous programming patterns.
- Experience designing scalable distributed systems for high-load scenarios, including architectural patterns, API design, and performance optimization.
- Proven track record of building production systems with clean code principles, comprehensive testing practices, and well-designed RESTful APIs with optimized database interactions.
- Fluency with CI/CD pipelines and version control workflows (Git).
- Ability to break down complex requirements into actionable technical tasks and provide reliable effort estimates.
- Effective communication skills to articulate technical concepts to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and best practices.
NICE TO HAVE
- Solid understanding of cloud-native application development and PaaS (preferably Microsoft Azure).
- Experience working in teams with established DevOps culture.
- Experience with enterprise software development and IT Service Management (ITSM) platforms.
- Experience with customer-facing technical support and incident resolution processes.
- Practical experience with agentic AI tools like Claude Code, Google Gemini CLI, or OpenAI Codex.
Why us?
- At Matrix42,you'll lead engineering within cross-functional product squads that tackle complex challenges for our customers and business— building solutions that make a real difference in how organizations manage their digital workspaces.
- We actively invest in engineering productivity by embracing agentic AI tools as a core part of our development workflow. As a Technical Lead,you'llchampion the adoption of agentic AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code,establishingbest practices that multiply your team's impact and keep our engineering at thecutting edge.
- If you thrive on solving complex technical problems, enjoy guiding a team through technical excellence rather than formal management, and want to shape how modern engineering practices evolve within a product organization, this role offers the ideal platform for both technical depth and leadership impact.
Our Benefits
We could tell you about the great coffee, 25 vacation days, and flexible hours. Or that hybrid and remote work are part of the deal. But honestly? That’s just standard. Here’s what makes working with us in Bucharest extra special: - Work from (almost) anywhere – Want to change your scenery? Go on a workation and take your job with you.
- Time for growth – A career framework to support your professional and personal growth with up to 6 extra days off per year for your development.
- Social Day – One paid day per year to give back to your community or support a cause you care about.
- Extra sick days, no questions asked – Get 2 paid sick days per year, no doctor’s note needed.
- Private medical care – Covered through Regina Maria, because your health matters.
- Pick your perk – Choose what works for you via the Benefit Online platform: private pension, meal tickets, travel vouchers, courses, gifts - you name it.
- Work-from-home allowance – Whether you're at your desk or at home, we've got you covered. The allowance adjusts based on your time in the office.
Hybrid work is a natural part of how we operate, but we also believe in the power of coming together. That’s why we regularly connect in the office - whenever it makes sense. And that’s just the beginning. Ask us what else is waiting for you!
Your contact person
Send us your application, including your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, directly through our online portal via the "APPLY NOW" button. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Irina Neculae. We ask for your understanding that MATRIX42 can only accept applications online via the applicant portal in connection with our applicant management system due to the currently valid EU data protection regulations.How to apply
This role is published on Matrix42's own careers page and is listed here so European professionals can find it. Applications are handled by the employer directly, with no third party in between.
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