Tech Lead

XUND is a leading digital health scale-up that enables healthcare companies to digitize patient interactions and translate data into actionable insights.

It's our vision to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare by bringing together medicine, technology, and a human-centered mindset. But we cannot do it alone: we need leaders, doers, and innovative minds to turn our vision into reality.

That is why we are looking for an ambitious, highly committed, and entrepreneurial team player who shares our values of putting patients first, building an inspiring and open environment and challenging the status quo.

The Role

Join us as a Tech Lead, where you will lead and guide one of our development teams to build simple yet powerful solutions for complex problems in the healthcare space. Working closely with our talented product and medical teams, you will define the technical direction, drive execution, and directly contribute to our company's mission to drive innovation in digital healthcare. It's a key leadership position that blends hands-on coding, architectural oversight, and team mentorship, offering significant impact and room for growth.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead the technical vision for your team's domain, defining architectural strategy and ensuring the solutions are robust, scalable, and maintainable.
• Develop and contribute high-quality code directly, setting the standard for the team and actively engaging in the implementation of core features.
• Force technical simplicity by challenging complex requirements and designs, ensuring the team develops the most elegant and minimal solutions possible.
• Mentor and coach a team of 3-6 developers, conducting regular 1:1s, providing constructive feedback, and supporting their professional growth.
• Establish and enforce modern engineering practices, including rigorous code reviews, comprehensive testing strategies, and efficient CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers and other stakeholders to refine requirements, estimate effort, and prioritize the team's roadmap for maximum business impact.
• Drive operational excellence by monitoring application performance, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing improvements to service reliability and deployment speed.

Your Profile

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is expected.
• 5+ years of practical experience in software development, with significant expertise in building and deploying complex applications.
• 2+ years of experience in a leadership capacity, such as a Tech Lead, Team Lead, or Engineering Manager, guiding and managing a team of developers.
• Expertise in applying software architecture patterns to design robust, scalable systems and the ability to articulate trade-offs effectively.
• Strong knowledge of agile development and agile planning best practices, in addition to technical standards like Clean Code, design patterns, and testing methodologies.
• Demonstrated product thinking, with the ability to understand business context and translate user needs into technical solutions that deliver measurable value.
• Deep experience developing in TypeScript or JavaScript, as our primary language for development is TypeScript.
• Proven ability to simplify complex problems, demonstrating a track record of implementing straightforward and maintainable solutions.
• Excellent communication and mentorship skills, with the capability to lead technical discussions and foster a high-performance team culture.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the challenges and constraints of regulated industries, particularly healthcare or MedTech.
• Prior experience working in a fast-paced, scale-up or startup environment.

Your Benefits

• Embark on a journey with one of Europe's fastest-growing digital health scale-ups and make a real impact in a purpose-driven environment
• Take on exciting challenges while working in a dynamic space where creativity and fresh ideas are always encouraged.
• Benefit from a dedicated training budget and professional development time, because we believe in growing together and supporting your skill-building journey.
• Enjoy the flexibility to work from wherever suits you best – whether that's your cozy home office, a café down the street, or one of our offices in Vienna, Budapest, or London.
• Join regular team events at each office and several company-wide celebrations throughout the year to connect with colleagues, share experiences, and create lasting memories.
• Be part of a vibrant, open culture with flat hierarchies and direct communication, where your voice matters and everyone's ideas are heard.
• Plus, office dogs They're here to keep the vibes chill and remind us all to take a paws and relax.

The reference gross salary for Hungary is HUF / month. Willingness to overpay is given and depends on the respective qualification and experience. On top of that, we also let all our employees participate in our Virtual Stock Option Plans (VSOPs), ensuring that they can directly benefit from our collective success.

At XUND, we know that innovation happens when different perspectives come together. Whether you're a coding whiz, a health enthusiast, a spreadsheet guru, or a creative problem-solver, we value what you bring to the team. If you're excited about this role but feel like you don't "check all the boxes," don't worry – we still want to hear from you We're committed to fostering an inclusive space where everyone's contributions are valued and respected, and we encourage candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to apply. If you're eager to make an impact, we'd love to hear from you