We're looking for a strong people leader with experience as Engineering Team Leader to join Sage and lead a multidisciplinary team of software engineers, test engineers and BAs working on mission-critical API and Web UI components. This is a hands-on leadership role reporting to the Director of Engineering, combining leadership, team management, technical delivery, and cross-functional collaboration in a global environment.
You'll provide strong technical direction while also supporting the professional growth of a team of software engineers, quality engineers and business analysts. The ideal candidate brings a background in software development (strong Java and ideally Ruby on Rails), cloud platforms (AWS (preferred)/GCP/Azure), and experience managing high-performing teams in an Agile environment.
This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days per week in our Barcelona office.
First 90 Days
30 days – Get familiar with Sage's technology stack, architecture, and team structure. Meet your engineers, product and architecture peers, and begin shadowing delivery processes.
60 days – Begin driving sprint execution, establish team rituals, provide technical leadership on key features or services, and start owning delivery outcomes.
90 days – Shape roadmap delivery in close collaboration with product and begin mentoring engineers and business analysts to elevate delivery standards.
Meet the Team
You'll report to the Director of Engineering and lead a cross-functional squad based in Barcelona, working closely with product managers, architects, cloud ops, QAs, BAs and engineering counterparts across the UK, Europe, the US, and South Africa. Your team consists of engineers (from graduate to senior) and business analysts. You'll also collaborate with product enablement and cloud ops to ensure solutions are scalable and supportable.
How Success Will Be Measured
Consistent delivery of high-quality, maintainable, and scalable solutions
Effective team leadership and mentoring
Strong adherence to architectural principles and engineering best practices
Cross-team alignment and stakeholder satisfaction
Support and improvement of production environments
Skills You\'ll Gain
Technical leadership across APIs and UI cloud-native systems deployed globally at a large scale, in mission-critical applications
Deeper expertise in global product delivery at scale
Stronger capabilities in coaching, mentoring, and performance management
Broadened stakeholder engagement and roadmap ownership
Snapshot of Your Day-to-Day
Lead sprint planning, execution, and retrospectives
Own technical delivery and architectural direction
Lead, mentor and support engineers and analysts
Collaborate with product and design to scope features
Ensure operational excellence through monitoring and third-tier support
Stay hands-on by participating in code reviews and complex debugging when needed
Qualifications
Strong software engineering background with experience in Java
Ruby on Rails experience is not required, but a strong willingness to learn and work with it is essential
Experience designing and delivering complex, high-scale solutions, APIs and web services
Familiarity with frontend frameworks such as React
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure); ideally AWS services like ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, SQS/SNS
Experience managing and developing technical teams, including coaching and performance reviews
Excellent problem-solving, estimation, and communication skills
Comfortable working in Agile environments and across global teams
Fluent in English; Spanish is a plus
Computer Science degree (or equivalent qualification); contribution to open-source projects is a bonus
Benefits and Well-being
Flexible benefits: exchange part of your salary and make tax savings on health insurance, meal and transport vouchers, childcare, and training.
Well-being: Free access to the Calm app (for up to 5 users), 24/7 counseling, and emotional support from our Healthy Mind Coaches. We also offer self-care and parenting resources through the Cleo app.
Flexible working: flexibility of working one hour in, one hour out, shortened workdays on Fridays and during the summer, and the opportunity to work from over 40 countries for up to 10 weeks per year through our Work Away program.
Annual leave: 23 working days of vacation, 5 paid days per year for volunteering, and 5 additional paid days annually for personal or professional development.
Extended leave: 7 extra days of maternity leave and 5 extra days of paternity leave, on top of the legal allowance, available after one year of service.
Financial support: Life and disability insurance, salary advances of up to 3.5 times your net monthly pay, a €300 net marriage bonus, and access to Sage\'s employee stock purchase plan at a discounted rate.
Health & Safety responsibilities
Fostering the safety culture, by leading with your own example.
Ensuring a safe work environment by implementing and monitoring preventive measures, that is crucial for maintaining productivity and employee well-being.
Regularly reviewing and updating safety protocols will help prevent workplace accidents and ensure compliance with regulations.
Participating in safety training sessions and adhering to preventive guidelines and procedures, the objective is minimizing risks and protecting yourself and the rest of your colleagues.
Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Software Development
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