Freelance Software Developer Team Lead

**Hi** **Nice to meet you** Vertrical is an international, Germany based software development and consulting company for cloud platform solutions mainly in the digital health sector. We are a community of like-minded people who have effective relationships with satisfied and loyal clients. We are a young yet solid start-up company which is constantly growing. (That's why we need you ) As a diverse company, we are aiming to create a highly empathetic environment and diversity in gender, sexual orientation, culture, religion, race, ethnics, and any other groups. Working with multiple timezones, we are able to learn a lot from each other, which we enjoy in our everyday working life. With our company values and people representing diversity, we make sure everybody is heard. **Your Role** As an experienced** Lead Fullstack Developer **you will be leading one of our Engineering teams and working together with multiple departments. Regarding the work, it's a 100% remote job and our teams are sized in a way they are flexible enough to work at comforting and happy pace. But what does leading a team mean for us? We are big fans of new leadership, which is based on **trust and appreciation** between manager and employee. A good leader should **take responsibility** for the personal and professional development of their team members, ensuring that they are in a positive, learning environment which helps to get the best out of them. As a **lead **you should be the first person that a team member can turn to when they require **help**, may it be for technical or personal reasons. We would definitely expect you to **organize your team** which also includes innovate with your own processes and sharing your ideas with the wider company and also maintaining **healthy teamwork**. **Communication** is an important topic for us. Not only the way of communicating with each other but a **lead **should also be the pivot of communication between their **team** and the rest of the **business**. You should be able to handle minor issues by yourselves and escalate bigger issues where necessary. This also means: Be available for the **client** regarding any questions and concerns. **Meetings. **You will be required to **lead daily meetings **and encourage involvement from your team. Your role will be a part of the **architectural decisions **of the product and translate product requirements to technical solutions. Your role should aim to be involved in any planning, refinement, and evaluation sessions for their projects, and convey useful information to any developers who were unable to attend along with **helping team members on technical decisions**. This role will also be responsible for organizing team sprints together with PO and team, along with t**eam development and reviews.** **What about code?** Yes. Of course you will be involved in the development work and attempt to complete tickets to try and remain in touch with the codebase. **About you** You are a Lead Fullstack Developer, of course, but you are also a leader who likes to enable and empower people. You are a person with positive energy, who is able to step back from their own ego and does not confuse leadership with bossing. You are humble and open for a great feedback culture and continuously look for possibilities to improve. You are open for changes and like to challenge yourself. We do not think in rigid requirements, but here are a few things you can impress us with: - Profound knowledge in **JavaScript **(TypeScript, React, Node.js, Functional programming paradigms)**: - Profound knowledge in **AWS and/or Azure** (nice to have: certification) - Nice to have: Good knowledge in **Python (Django)**: - Good knowledge in **CICD **Tools - Knowledge in **TDD**: - Excellent non-violent communication skills in **English **(other languages are of course a plus) - Not being afraid of failing and learning on the go - **Trust your team **to do the work, and do it correctly **without **being "micro-managery" - Readiness to constructively criticize and feedback the C-Level and colleagues - Willingness to enable your team and **embrace their feedback **as well as **client’s feedback**: - **Open minded **towards diversity and equality, meaning: cultural, racial, religious, gender and sexual orientation. - Driven by technology and empowerment of team members - Readiness to work in a 100% remote company with a lack of rules and status within the team **About working at Vertrical** We all don’t like cheap talk, right? We could try to explain at great length about our really fantastic and talented team, flexible working hours and our outstanding positive company culture. But instead we are open to chat about everything you are interested in with you. Just reach out and we will be happy to get in contact. But what is seriously very important to us and therefore should not go unmentioned: We're all about building a workplace for the future here at Vertric