Squad Lead

About the role One of our clients required a contract‑based Squad Lead. As a Squad Lead, you will lead a cross‑functional development team, ensuring the successful execution of sprint deliverables with high code quality and strong collaboration. You will serve as the key coordinator between your squad and the technical leadership, aligning technical execution with business priorities. This role demands a balance of technical expertise, leadership capability, and clear communication skills to drive team performance and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage a squad of frontend and backend engineers to achieve sprint goals and project milestones.

Facilitate and ensure consistency in Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Translate business requirements and technical directions into clear, actionable tasks for the squad.

Uphold code quality standards through structured code reviews, mentoring, and enforcement of best practices.

Identify and resolve technical blockers, dependencies, and workflow inefficiencies.

Monitor and report squad performance, progress, and challenges to the Engineering Manager / Tech Lead.

Mentor squad members in technical growth, fostering problem‑solving capabilities and knowledge sharing.

Build and maintain a collaborative, accountable, and continuously improving team culture.

Collaborate with other squads, QA, DevOps, Product Team, and stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery and integration.

Create a Technical Documentation for planning purposes which act as a guideline for the frontend and backend engineers when working on the project.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

Min 4+ years of experience in software development.

Min 1+ year in a leadership or squad lead role.

Strong understanding of the SDLC, Agile methodologies, and version control systems (e.g., Git).

Practical experience with automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and code quality monitoring tools (e.g., SonarQube, ESLint).

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non‑technical stakeholders.

Strong analytical and proactive problem‑solving mindset.

Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines.

Familiarity with microservice and event‑driven architecture.

Familiarity with MongoDB, Redis, and RabbitMQ.

Familiarity with instrumentation tools such as OpenTelemetry, Elastic APM, etc.

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