(RD) Senior Engineering Team Lead

Madrid Until 9/23/2026 5+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted July 25, 2026 Last posted July 25, 2026
Job description

The Sr.ETL is the "Captain" of a single squad. This is a squad leader role focused on delivery predictability, technical excellence, and day-to-day execution. You are a Senior+ Engineer who manages people, not a manager who used to code; if you cannot open the IDE and debug a production issue, you cannot perform this role.

Meet the Job

  • Delivery Mastery: Optimize the team’s "Idea to Production" cycle time and strengthen delivery predictability.
  • BS Detector: Use your technical depth to spot unrealistic estimates, fragile designs, or risk blind spots.
  • Hands-on Leadership: Spend ~50% of your time on system design and ~20% on hands-on development like code reviews and unblocking technical issues. 
  • Conflict Resolution: Mediate interpersonal or cross-team conflicts early to protect team cohesion and delivery.
  • Talent Density: Team growth performance calibration, involved in hiring , and succession planning for your squad of 6–9 engineers.
  • Emergency Response: During critical incidents, jump in technically or coordinate the response effectively.
  • AI-Native Engineering: Lead the adoption of agentic tooling, LLM workflows, and AI automation within your team to accelerate the development lifecycle.

How About You?

  • You have 5+ years of experience and have shipped production code recently. Web, Mobile, Backend (Angular, Kotlin, Swift, Python, …)
  • You have an explicit desire or experience leading people but remain an active technical contributor.
  • You possess high emotional intelligence and resilience under pressure.
  • You are a strong unblocker who translates and synthesizes rather than just relaying messages.
  • You are based in Madrid and open to coming into the office once a week.
About this role

Summary

Lead a technical team, oversee delivery, system design, and AI adoption.

Job title

Senior Engineering Team Lead

Experience level

5+ years

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Madrid, office once a week, remote work not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

leadershipsystem designproblem solvingcommunicationAI workflows

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

leadershipsystem designAI automationtechnical depthteam management
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Madrid, Spain

Hybrid City