Are you the type of practical technical leader that is passionate about solving complex technical challenges while making a meaningful impact? Join Tumba Solutions as a Technical Lead, where your expertise will impact how medtech professionals learn and analyze.
The Opportunity
Lead the development of a healthcare data platform for a global medical technology leader. You will architect and drive a modern cloud-native system that processes data at scale. Working with a talented team, you will shape the technical direction and the team’s growth at the intersection of cloud computing and healthcare innovation.
What we are primarily looking for is a track record of building things that work and passion to make a better product.
Main Responsibilities
- Drive technical decisions and system architecture that balance scale, security, and usability.
- Design and implement cloud-native solutions that enable rapid innovation.
- Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of engineers.
- Guide infrastructure evolution and cloud strategy.
- Contribute hands-on to core system development.
- Drive adoption of new technologies and best practices.
- Define and drive both strategic and tactical team goals.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
- Lead by example through hands-on contribution.
- Drive successful delivery through effective stakeholder management.
- Break down system requirements into subsystem’s functional and performance specifications.
- Ensure product quality and exceptional user experience.
- Take ownership of technical direction and team growth.
Core Requirements
- 2+ years of technical leadership experience.
- 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
- Advanced knowledge of cloud-native application development and distributed systems.
- Advanced knowledge of software engineering principles incl. requirements gathering, software design, source control management, build processes, code reviews, testing methods.
- Advanced knowledge in two or more of the following languages: Python, JavaScript, Kotlin, Java.
- Advanced knowledge of relational databases incl. performance optimization, complex querying, and scaling strategies.
- Solid understanding of NoSQL databases and when to use them for specific scenarios.
- Solid understanding in at least one of the following cloud providers: AWS, GCP, Azure.
- Solid understanding of security best practices.
- Practical experience with data modeling and schema design for large-scale applications.
- Practical experience with infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and DevOps practices.
- Self-organized, proactive, and excellent communicator.
- Customer-focused mindset with business acumen.
- Backend hands-on experience with Python on AWS is considered a plus.
