Teamlead Software Development

Your mission

The Bikeleasing Group is one of the leading employer‑benefit and mobility solutions groups in Germany. With several specialized companies and strong, profitable growth, we are shaping the modern world of benefits for companies and their employees. Our technology plays a key role in this: we modernize legacy systems, build domain‑oriented services, and continuously professionalize our engineering organization.

As a Team Lead Software Development, you bring seniority, structure, and quality to our people‑leadership layer. You directly manage engineers, set standards for excellent people management, and work closely with our Head of on organizational, cultural, and architectural topics. This role is not positioned above, but alongside the existing team leads—as an experienced peer who leads through expertise, clarity, and role modeling. With the organization’s growth, the position offers a clear development perspective.

Does this sound like you? Then we look forward to receiving your application!

• • You take on direct people management responsibility for 8–9 engineers across multiple product teams, including 1:1s, performance reviews, and career and compensation discussions.
  • Together with the tech leadership team, you define tech OKRs and support our developers in achieving them.
  • You place a strong focus on people development and improving the developer experience (DevEx).
  • You actively participate in hiring by contributing to interview loops and continuously improving onboarding and growth experiences for new engineers.
  • With approximately a 50% hands-on component, you stay close to the codebase, contribute to architecture reviews, and support the modernization of our systems.

Your profile

• Several years of experience as an Engineering Manager or Team Lead plus a strong software‑engineering background
• Confidence working in matrix organizations with separated product and people leadership
• Proven ability to handle feedback, performance management and career development
• Strategic thinking on organizational and cultural topics
• Strong technical credibility in architecture discussions
• High emotional intelligence and clear communication skills
• Fluent German and professional English

Why us?

• For our tech roles, we additionally offer you a modern tech environment (including Kotlin, TypeScript, PHP, Python; Spring Boot, Vue.js, React, NestJS, Symfony; AWS & Terraform), high‑quality hardware with free choice of operating system, access to further training via Udemy, regular tech conferences, and internal tech talks
• You will be part of a growing company, can actively help shape things, and continue to develop within a clear career perspective
• You will receive appropriate technical equipment from us, with the freedom to choose your operating system (Windows or macOS)
• Back to the office? Not with us: as a team lead, in addition to occasional on‑site meetings, you can expect maximum flexibility thanks to our modern flexible working hours model and our workation policy
• We live true sparring with open communication, honest feedback, and collaboration on equal footing
• Via Probonio, you receive a monthly €50 voucher of your choice, as well as €60 annually for your birthday
• In addition to attractive insurance conditions for your occupational pension plan, you also benefit from capital‑forming benefits
• And of course, you can lease up to two bicycles or pedelecs through us.

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