Remote Software Development Team Leader @ Smartcat

About Smartcat

Smartcat is building the future of work, where human expertise meets digital teammates to drive 10x to 1000x productivity gains for the world’s leading enterprises. We’re on the frontier of an entirely new category: Agentic AI. We enable enterprises to build high-performing hybrid workforces made up of both humans and AI agents. These AI agents aren’t generic copilots. They’re fully trained digital teammates that learn from your best people, your content, and your business strategy—ready to get to work from day one. Our platform combines generative AI, human-in-the-loop workflows, and a living Enterprise Skill Graph that continuously learns and improves. Whether you’re launching a product globally, onboarding new hires, translating learning content, or aligning legal teams across regions, Smartcat turns knowledge into action and action into scale. Over 1,000 companies, including 20% of the Fortune 500, rely on Smartcat to bring their business to the world—instantly, accurately, and in every language. As a Series C company with 130% year-over-year growth, we’re scaling fast and investing in people who want to shape the future of work with us. Join us in unlocking global potential, one human and agent team at a time.

Mission 

We are seeking experienced Senior Software Development Leaders to join our team. Reporting directly to the Engineering Director, you will lead a talented team of up to 7 software developers, being responsible for one or more functional areas and leading your team to success. In addition to having full responsibility for all technical aspects of development, you will also manage the team, encompassing team development, talent acquisition, adjustments to team composition, and the promotion of team members.

Outcomes

• You’re hands-on technical leader who likes technical challenges and enjoy driving and growing your team.
• Drive the delivery of a high-quality product, exceeding customer expectations:
  • Work closely with the Product Managers to clarify requirements
  • Make architecture and technical design and decisions for the solution
  • Make estimations and be responsible to deliver on-time
  • Develop the most complex parts of the product
  • Code review of your team code
  • Work on quality and process improvements together with other teams.
• Collaborate with the other development teams to build performant and reliable product.
• Partner with the infrastructure team to transform and scale the product for 100x growth.
• You know how to use AI-driven agile development to stay flexible and deliver value to customers.
• Recruit, build, and lead a top-tier engineering team across various regions and time zones, enhancing the hiring process, offering expert technical guidance, and fostering career development.
• Drive AI-first architectural decisions and scalable system design.
• Own end-to-end delivery timelines with measurable quality metrics.
• Establish robust CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Lead technical debt reduction initiatives with quantifiable impact.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability practices.
• Mentor team on modern development practices and AI tool adoption.

Requirements 

• Minimum of 10 years in software development, with 5+ years in leadership managing teams of 5+ engineers.
• 5+ years of .NET experience.
• Proven leadership and management skills, capable of motivating and guiding teams to achieve objectives.
• Experience in scaling products during rapid growth phases.
• Expertise in managing high-load, secure, and scalable systems, ensuring robust performance under peak demands.
• Familiarity with performance optimization and system resilience strategies.
• Adaptability to thrive in a high-intensity startup environment, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Proficiency with AI-powered development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, JetBrains AI Assistan).
• Experience integrating LLM APIs and AI services into production systems.
• Prompt engineering skills for code generation, documentation, and testing.
• Receptiveness to feedback and diverse viewpoints.
• Based in an EU-friendly timezone.
• Demonstrated experience in working within international environments.
• Able to cooperate with US-based teams during US morning hours.
• Fluency in English.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Experience in building products from scratch.
• Experience with Vue.js, and MongoDB.
• Proficiency with public-cloud platforms and services.
• Mastery in using AI tools (Copilot/Cursor/WindSurf (etc, you choose), GPT APIs, LLMs) across the entire development lifecycle.

Our technologies

• PL: .NET Core, Python
• DB: MongoDB, PostgreSQL
• Hosting in the AWS
• Elasticsearch cluster, indexes for several billion documents
• ELK (EFK) for logging, VM, Prometheus and Grafana for metrics and monitoring

Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far

• Fully remote team We are a global team of 200+ enthusiastic people spread across 30+ countries. We have been fully remote since 2020, with some locations populated with more Smartcaters than others, such as Boston, NYC, SF, the Bay Area, London, and Lisbon.
• Innovating a $100 Billion industry Smartcat’s innovative approach towards multilingual content, taps into a $100B industry. Our platform enables enterprise end users to stop using traditional outsourcing methods, and start enjoying an easy-to-use, AI-powered SaaS, that delivers immediate high-quality results, at a fraction of the cost.
• High impact role enabling innovation and inclusion in organizations You will enjoy building with us. You will drive changes in how an old-fashioned global language industry operates while improving how hundreds of thousands of people work and millions of people exchange knowledge and ideas worldwide.
• Join the rocketship to scale-up 10x and beyond together We are looking for someone to become an integral part of our team and play a crucial role in the most exciting part of our journey: transitioning from a post-Series C startup to a company exceeding $100M in ARR and $1B in valuation. Our journey isn’t for the faint of heart. We are growing at 130% YoY, thanks to our strong product-market fit and high-performing team, and plan to accelerate from here.
• Smartcat Culture: Where Diversity Meets High PerformanceAt Smartcat, we are committed to building a culture that highlights respect and appreciation for each individual’s unique background and perspective, while maintaining a strong focus on results and clear, honest and direct communication. We believe in welcoming everyone and fostering an inclusive environment where team members can be their authentic selves at work. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is steadfast, and we stand firmly against discrimination and harassment.