Engineering Lead
Bjak · Remote · Ireland ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Fully remote (Global)
- Engineering Lead
- Hands-on coding role
- English required
- Fast hiring process
As an Engineering Lead at KIRA, you will own the technical design and execution for major products serving millions of users. You will balance hands-on coding with architectural decision-making, ensuring systems are scalable, reliable, and secure while mentoring other engineers.
What you'll do
- Own technical design and execution for major products and engineering initiatives
- Design scalable backend, frontend, API, database, and infrastructure systems
- Write code, prototype, review pull requests, and debug production issues
- Drive architecture decisions balancing speed, scalability, and cost
- Translate ambiguous product problems into clear technical solutions
- Improve engineering quality through better testing, security, and observability
- Mentor engineers and lead technically critical initiatives
What you'll need
- At least 7 years of software engineering experience shipping production systems
- Deep expertise in backend, frontend, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure
- Strong system design skills for complex or high-scale environments
- Proven ability to remain hands-on with coding tasks
- Track record of leading major engineering projects from design to production
- Ability to make sound technical trade-offs and solve complex problems
- Strong English communication skills for global collaboration
Nice to have
- Experience scaling engineering teams or systems during significant growth
- Background operating across multiple products, markets, or countries
How you'll work
- Fully remote position with global hiring
- Collaborate across multiple countries and time zones
- Requires comfort working in a distributed, fast-moving international team
Hiring process
- Online assessment or practical task
- Technical interview
- Final round with CEO
- Goal to complete process and offer within one week