About The Position
At Dev.Pro, we work on projects that impact millions of people around the world — but we know it’s the people behind the tech who make it all happen. We truly value what makes each person unique and are building a workplace that’s inclusive, friendly, and supportive. We invite a Senior Software Engineer/Team Lead to join a strategic initiative focused on scaling a high-throughput payment orchestration platform. In this role, you’ll lead a cross-functional delivery team and work closely with client stakeholders to keep priorities clear and the team aligned. You’ll balance team leadership with hands-on coding, using your technical expertise and strong communication skills to deliver key features end-to-end while navigating ambiguity and bringing clarity to complex situations.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience leading cross-functional teams of 6+ engineers, or strong tech leadership experience, with readiness to move into people leadership
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, with direct client-facing experience and ability to work effectively across diverse, cross-cultural teams
- Ability to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, align teams, and bring clarity in ambiguous situations
- Demonstrated end-to-end delivery ownership, with a proactive, accountable mindset
- Ability to organize work, manage priorities, and remove delivery blockers
- Experience in Agile environments with exposure to modern engineering practices (automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews)
- Experience delivering high-performance, reliable backend systems in mission-critical, high-throughput environments
- Strong understanding of APIs, system integration, and abstraction layers
- Hands-on experience with Perl, C, or Java, or a strong willingness to quickly learn Perl
- Upper-Intermediate English level
- Willingness to travel to our Zagreb office (twice per quarter)
Nice To Haves
- Experience in payments, fintech, card processing, or other financial services domains
- Proficiency with Java-based testing frameworks
- Experience with DevOps practices and building observability, logging, and resilience into products
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend components in Perl, integrated with C-based core systems
- Build mapping, customization, and business logic layers to interface with client, gateway, and host systems
- Own end-to-end feature delivery, including automated testing (Java-based frameworks), code quality, and performance stability
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and release processes as part of delivery ownership
- Build and integrate observability and monitoring features to ensure low-latency and self-recovering system operations
- Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver features from requirements to production and monitoring
- Work with client stakeholders to clarify requirements, align expectations, and help resolve technical issues
Benefits
- 30 paid days off per year — take them whenever you want for vacation, holidays, or personal time
- 5 paid sick days, up to 60 days of medical leave, and 6 paid days off per year for major family events like weddings, funerals, or the birth of a child
- Partially covered health insurance after the probation, plus a wellness bonus for gym memberships, sports nutrition, and similar needs after 6 months
- Grow your skills with English lessons, online training, conferences, and the option to explore new career paths
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
