Senior Software Engineer (Perl) Team Lead - OP02108

🟢 At Dev.Pro, a US-based company, we're looking for contractors to work on projects that impact millions of people around the world. But we know it’s the people behind the tech who make it all happen, and we're looking for individuals who share our values and passion for making a difference.
We truly value what makes each person unique and are building a workplace that’s inclusive, friendly, and supportive.
We invite a Senior Software Engineer/Team Lead to join a strategic initiative focused on scaling a high-throughput payment orchestration platform. In this role, you’ll lead a cross-functional delivery team and work closely with client stakeholders to keep priorities clear and the team aligned. You’ll balance team leadership with hands-on coding, using your technical expertise and strong communication skills to deliver key features end-to-end while navigating ambiguity and bringing clarity to complex situations.
🟩 What's in it for you:
Work on mission-critical systems supporting high-volume financial transaction processing
Take ownership of end-to-end delivery in a highly visible, client-facing role
Provide technical leadership to a cross-functional engineering team in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, driving best practices and continuous improvement
Benefit from in-person collaboration with colleagues through occasional travel to our Zagreb office
✅ Is that you?
5+ years of software engineering experience
Experience leading cross-functional teams of 6+ engineers, or strong tech leadership experience, with readiness to move into people leadership
Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, with direct client-facing experience and ability to work effectively across diverse, cross-cultural teams
Ability to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, align teams, and bring clarity in ambiguous situations
Demonstrated end-to-end delivery ownership, with a proactive, accountable mindset
Ability to organize work, manage priorities, and remove delivery blockers
Experience in Agile environments with exposure to modern engineering practices (automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews)
Experience delivering high-performance, reliable backend systems in mission-critical, high-throughput environments
Strong understanding of APIs, system integration, and abstraction layers
Hands-on experience with Perl, C, or Java, or achieve technical autonomy in Perl on an accelerated timeline
Upper-Intermediate English level
Willingness to travel to our Zagreb office (twice per quarter)
Desirable:
Experience in payments, fintech, card processing, or other financial services domains
Proficiency with Java-based testing frameworks
Experience with DevOps practices and building observability, logging, and resilience into products
🧩Key responsibilities and your contribution
In this role, you’ll own end-to-end delivery of backend systems, lead a highly specialized cross-functional engineering team, and collaborate with client stakeholders to build and support high-performance payment solutions.
Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend components in Perl, integrated with C-based core systems
Build mapping, customization, and business logic layers to interface with client, gateway, and host systems
Own end-to-end feature delivery, including automated testing (Java-based frameworks), code quality, and performance stability
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and release processes as part of delivery ownership
Build and integrate observability and monitoring features to ensure low-latency and self-recovering system operations
Lead code reviews, architectural discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver features from requirements to production and monitoring
Work with client stakeholders to clarify requirements, align expectations, and help resolve technical issues
🎾 What's working at Dev.Pro like?
✔️ 30 paid days off per year — take them whenever you want for vacation, holidays, or personal time
✔️ 5 paid sick days, up to 60 days of medical leave, and 6 paid days off per year for major family events like weddings, funerals, or the birth of a child
✔️ Partially covered health insurance after the probation, plus a wellness bonus for gym memberships, sports nutrition, and similar needs after 6 months
✔️ Grow your skills with English lessons, online training, conferences, and the option to explore new career paths
Our next steps:
✅ Submit a CV in English — ✅ Intro call with a Recruiter — ✅ Internal interview — ✅ Client interview — ✅ Offer
Interested? Find out more:
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