Team Lead Software Engineering

bonial helps you save time, money and paper

We are a digital advertising partner for offline businesses - we support retailers in their marketing activities and help them find a new audience. Would you like to join and be a part of digitalisation of retail?

Bonial is part of Axel Springer SE and is disrupting the retail landscape as the leading "Drive to Store" partner in Germany and France. Through our platforms "kaufDA" and "MeinProspekt" in Germany, and "Bonial" in France, we connect millions of users with their favorite shops and brands—driving real impact every single day.

We are in the midst of an exciting growth phase, scaling fast and transforming the way people discover retail. At Bonial, we thrive in a high-performance, fast-paced environment fueled by motivated, results-driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference. If you're looking to be part of a dynamic team that's shaping the future of retail, we'd love to meet you.

bonial welcomes both full- and part-timers

INTRODUCTION

In the Client Facing Platforms department we build systems and platforms that allow our Operations Managers create content and manage campaigns for our clients, effectively and at scale

In the Traffic Management team, we focus on effective campaign fulfilment by providing the right tools and solutions, and automating different steps of the process to ensure achieving the best possible results for both our users and clients.

Some of the technologies we use are: java, python, postgresql, diverse aws services, spring boot, kubernetes, terraform, spinnaker…

Your responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading a team of talented engineers
• Work closely with Product & Development teams on company initiatives by building easy to maintain and scalable solutions
• Ensure product/system availability, quality of service, stability, compliance and security
• Responsible for having a reliable on-call process in place and being part of the rotation as an active member of the team
• Ensure technical decisions are taken at the right time, peer-reviewed and challenged
• Your main tasks will be the coordination of projects, ensuring our quality standards and the further development of our products in cooperation with other departments
• Responsible for the growth of team members
• Maintain and improve team performance and quality of life
• Create a healthy team culture and transparent communication
• Providing coaching and counselling via mentoring and one-to-one meetings
• Build a culture of trust within the team
• Individual performance management, expectations and continuous feedback
• Identify opportunities for improvement and help the team to reach goals
• Act as a delivery manager: ensure the projects are delivered on time and resolve the blockers on the way

Your profile:

• Experience in leading a team or ambition to lead a team
• Proven experience as a software engineer
• Willingness to work with both java and python. Expertise only required for one of these languages
• Agile mindset and experience with modern development practices
• A constructive, helpful mindset, enjoying a functional developer support role
• A strong sense of ownership and integrity
• Leader leader mindset: you understand everyone is a leader on their own scope
• Communication skills

Ability to explain complex domains or systems to non-technical people

Ability to clearly transmit vision and ideas

What we can offer you:

Diversity - proud to be an equal opportunity workplace where we aim to enable everyone to show up as their full selves. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and to being a safe space regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender, gender identity or gender expression.

Development - strong support for your professional development, backed-up by a feedback culture to help you identify your strengths and opportunities.

Wellbeing - we believe mental health is as important as being fit. That's why we're giving you free access to , a mental health app. In terms of physical training, other than our awesome gym in the office, we also cover part of the subscription to the Urban Sports Club. We can also offer you a corporate pension scheme so you don't have to worry about your retirement.

Sustainability - together with our Green team, we offer you the opportunity to engage in projects that promote sustainability, environmental development and the impact that we make on our planet.

Flexibility - at the moment, we offer flexible hours, a hybrid setup, and the option of working from abroad. We offer 28 days of holiday, additionally, you get an extra day for each calendar year (up to 30 days) and other occasions (moving, working on a social project, etc).

Modern office - Zen Rooms where employees can pray, relax or simply have some quiet time; fully equipped gym in the office, and a roof terrace for amazing social events.

Free lunch – whenever you're at the office, we offer you different lunch options – and it's all on us Enjoy your lunch at a nearby restaurant that partners with us Hot and cold drinks, fruit, regular varied and healthy breakfasts and other snacks at the office are, of course, always available for free for our employees.

Social Culture – which encourages people to start conversations, build relationships and participate together in the community through regular team events.

Visa Sponsorship – we provide visa sponsorship for those of you who are eager to join us from outside of Germany.

If you think you could fit the bill, we'd love to hear from you

You can check out our bonial_people Instagram or read more about bonial culture and tech on Medium.