General Information

Location
Zagreb
Job ID
9843
Job Category
Information Technology (IT)
Language Requirement
English

Description & requirements

Description
Transcom is a global community of customer experience experts powered by technology. We’re looking for a Lead Backend Developer to guide a skilled team and drive the development and maintenance of our backend systems. Ready to lead, innovate, and make real impact? Join us and build something brilliant.

Join Transcom as a Lead Backend Developer! 
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, high-performance backend systems, ensuring technical excellence through best practices and rigorous testing while fostering a strong, collaborative team culture. In this role, you will:
  • Be responsible team growth and development
  • Align technical solutions with business goals
  • Contribute to the technical roadmap and implementing continuous improvements
  • Build and maintain backend systems that meet current needs and are prepared to evolve with future demands
  • Be responsible for optimizing system performance
  • Oversee the implementation of system architecture, including databases, APIs, and microservices
  • Ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards
  • Build and lead a team of engineers across their employment journey
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including frontend engineers, product managers, and designers
  • Ensure backend systems adhere to security best practices and compliance requirements

What's in it for YOU!
  • International and inclusive environment
  • Support, and encouragement from day one
  • Continuous development through our internal learning platforms and external training
  • Modern and comfortable office and relaxing spaces to take a break
  • Flexible work schedule
  • Life-work balance
  • Hybrid working model
  • Corporate benefits and discounts

To be successful in this role, the following is needed:
  • Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) or relevant IT and work experience
  • 7+ year of software engineering experience
  • Strong experience in JavaScript, our core stack is node.js
  • REST API development experience is a must
  • Demonstrated development & deployment experience in Cloud environments, GCP is an advantage, AWS or Azure
  • Good experience with different database technologies
  • Experience following an Agile development framework
  • Detailed-oriented but able to see the big picture
  • Excellent communication skills and a team player attitude
  • A desire to lead, mentor and support the team
  • Fluency (C1) in English is a must (both written and spoken)

Please include a CV in English with your application

What Life at Transcom is like!
At Transcom, we’re relentlessly committed. To our clients and each other. Every day, someone starts their journey with Transcom. Taking the potential they have today and turning it into skills for the future. Getting recognized for working hard, being a team player, and supporting others. Championing positive, lasting change in their teams and communities. That’s just how we are at Transcom. Here we care and root for each other. You’re included, just as you are, from day one. And with the right mindset, there’s no end to how far we can go together.