Technical Team Lead (Full Stack | Agile Delivery)

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Technical Team Lead with strong Agile delivery and project management skills to lead a team responsible for transforming a monolithic web application into a modern microservices-based architecture.

This is a hybrid role that combines Senior Full Stack Engineering with Scrum Master responsibilities — ideal for a leader who can guide modernization efforts while mentoring team members and contributing high-quality code.

The team’s mission is to evolve a legacy platform into a scalable, cloud-ready enterprise SaaS application for the higher education sector. You will play a key role in breaking down complex, tightly coupled systems and enabling a modular, maintainable future.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion Agile methodologies and lead Scrum ceremonies to ensure iterative, high-quality delivery.
• Track and communicate team velocity, cycle time, risks, and blockers to stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and manage delivery risks.
• Ensure engineering excellence through:
  • Code reviews
  • Continuous Integration support
  • Test automation
  • Enforcement of development standards
• Collaborate with Architects, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers to align technical strategy and execution.
• Contribute high-quality code as a Senior Full Stack Developer.
• Design scalable backend services and reusable UI components.
• Develop integrations with external platforms.
• Partner with DevOps teams to improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Lead incident response and troubleshoot complex issues across legacy and modern systems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong Full Stack expertise in:
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • RESTful APIs
  • JPA / Hibernate
  • React (or other JavaScript frameworks)
• 2+ years of experience leading Agile development teams, including Scrum Master responsibilities.
• Proven experience transforming or refactoring legacy / monolithic systems into microservices or service-oriented architectures.
• Solid understanding of:
  • Agile practices
  • DevOps pipelines
  • CI/CD
  • Delivery metrics
• Experience working in cloud environments (preferably AWS).
• Knowledge of relational databases.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Location: LATAM
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