Engineering Lead (Portugal, Hybrid)

Hey there,

Welcome to tb.lx – we are building sustainable transportation solutions in a hybrid work setup. Join us - We are looking for you!    

As an Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for driving the team’s focus on delivering well-architected, high-quality products. You’ll be responsible for supporting and empowering your team to ship code that is stable, scalable, and secure, with a strong emphasis on accountability and clarity around deliverables. 

In this role, you will ensure nothing falls through the cracks, holding the team accountable for delivering high-quality work on time. You will manage a refinement-heavy board, keeping tasks well-prioritized, neatly organized, and aligned with project goals. Your structured approach to the codebase will provide the team with a clear, organized vision of development priorities. 

Proactive communication and structured organization and planning are key to this role. As the team’s primary representative in stakeholder meetings, you’ll communicate challenges, progress, and needs, advocating for the team and aligning goals with cross-functional partners. You’ll participate in architectural decisions, coordinate with principal engineers, and drive cross-team alignment on shared priorities.

In your day-to-day you are expected to promote a knowledge sharing and regular feedback culture, that cultivates ownership in engineers of any role and seniority within the team. You should also have a challenger mindset, bringing an engineering perspective to product discovery and proactively identifying edge cases. You’ll stay mindful of the product’s architecture and technologies, with a strong focus on quality and user outcomes.

 
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TEAM:

• A p roven  track record  of success  as an Engineering Lead or in a technical lead ership  role with direct management responsibilities ;
• Strong people management skills with the ability to inspire and motivate engineers ;
• Experience working with software  operations to support a product ;
• Experience with this tech stack: Angular, C#, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD Pipelines (Azure) ;
• The capacity to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders ,  foster ing open, transparent communication across teams ;
• Experience working with Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum) and a strong grasp of project planning, prioritization, and delivery ;
• Demonstrated ability to make balanced technical decisions, manage trade-offs, and tackle complex engineering challenges ;
• A passion for mentoring engineers, fostering a collaborative culture, and enabling the team to reach its full potential ;
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

 
NICE-TO-HAVE: 

• E xperience creating a brand-new team from  the  ground up ;
• E xperience with  the  product discovery and delivery lifecycle ;
• Experience  facilitating  team growth by helping engineers set goals and coaching them to reflect on and take accountability for them.  You’ll  co-define goals, track progress, and celebrate achievements.

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF…

• You are motivated by working on impactful products; 
• You thrive working in a real hybrid work setting;  
• You are open to a transparent feedback culture;  
• You have strong sustainability values;  
• You always communicate with positive intent.

BENEFITS 

Financial

• You’ll  receive a fair salary that reflects the job market, your experience, and your impact;
• A monthly remote allowance to help you cover  additional  expenses due to working from home;
• A lunch allowance that can be used for meals with your colleagues, shopping in the supermarket, or having dinner out with friends;
• We have two flexible vacation days for cultural and religious holidays that  aren't  included in the Portuguese holiday calendar, and in your first year, you will have up to 24 vacations days;
• A flexible monthly budget to spend on benefits of your choice (varying from childcare and elderly support, streaming, music subscriptions, books, or even plane tickets, and more).

 
Hybrid Company 

• You’ll  have work-life flexibility: we are a hybrid company. This means we trust you to choose where you work best: from our office in Lisbon, from your home, or from any other place in the world ( as long as  it has a stable internet connection);
• We equip you with the proper working tools: a MacBook and an iPhone, and everything you need to work comfortably from wherever you are (monitor, laptop support, etc.);
• When  you're  working from our office in the heart of Lisbon,  you'll  find free healthy snacks and drinks available;
• We also want to keep our people-centric culture  alive , so we do in-person team events sometimes, which you’re welcome to join whenever you want!

 
Career Development 

• As an Engineering Lead,  you’ll  be  closely supported  by your People Partner and People Manager throughout your leadership journey, which includes being enrolled in our Leadership Program, and joining our internal Leadership meetups;
• You’ll  have people investing and working alongside you on achieving your personal and professional goals, through the creation of your own Personal Growth  Plan ;
• You’ll  have access to training materials ,  so you can follow a personalized learning path that meets your  needs ;
• You can join our internal Mentorship Program (either as a mentor or mentee);
• At tb.lx, we keep our internal mobility possibilities open, so you can be creative when you think about your career progression.

Wellbeing & Family 

• You and your family will receive private health insurance;
• Mental Health: we provide access to professionals in the field, as well as the possibility to use your monthly, flexible budget for other expenses like mindfulness apps and gym subscriptions ;
• Family Care: your monthly flexible budget can also be used for childcare or elderly support;
• Work-life empathy: we understand that as individuals, we all have our needs in all the dimensions of our lives, so we give you the flexibility and autonomy to organize your working hours and dedicate time to the other dimensions of your life.

About us

tb.lx by Daimler Truck is a tech company, based in Lisbon, Portugal. With strong software engineering skills and a product mindset, we are building digital products in the transportation industry with one of the largest commercial vehicle manufacturers in the world.

Our vision is to live in a world of sustainable and connected transportation. To achieve this, tb.lx is building digital transportation solutions in the areas of electric mobility and connectivity, supporting all of Daimler Truck’s global brands. These brands include Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, and Setra. Our digital transportation solutions form a holistic ecosystem around trucks and buses to improve their efficiency, reliability, sustainability, safety, and simplicity of vehicles for their users.

tb.lx is also challenging the status quo of work, with its people-centric culture, by pioneering hybrid work models, and creating a benchmark work environment for our team.

Website: tblx.io

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