Full Stack Lead Developer for Fintech Development Team

BrainRocket is a global company creating end-to-end tech products for clients across Fintech, iGaming, and Marketing. Young, ambitious, and unstoppable, we've already taken Cyprus, Malta, Portugal, Poland, and Serbia by storm. Our BRO team consists of 1,300 bright minds creating innovative ideas and products. We don’t follow formats. We shape them. We build what works, launch it fast, and make sure it hits.

We're looking for an experienced Team Lead Full Stack Developer with strong technical expertise in Node.js & React and a solid background in leadership, to join our growing fintech development team in Lisbon, Portugal. You will lead a cross-functional team working on a payment integration platform, contributing directly to architecture, delivery, and team growth.

✅ Responsibilities:

✔️ Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes

✔️ Hiring and training technical personnel

✔️ Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team

✔️ Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals

✔️ Liaising with team members and management to ensure projects are completed to standard

✔️ Motivating staff and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns

✔️ Delegating work and assignments to team members

✔️ Collaborating with their team to identify and fix technical problems

✔️ Lead the development of our in-house fintech platform with a focus on performance, scalability, and security

✔️ Build and manage complex payment API integrations with banks, PSPs, and third-party services

✔️ Contribute to full-stack development, ensuring consistency and stability across the product

✔️ Actively participate in developing new features from concept to production

✔️ Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders in agile workflows to ensure technical feasibility and business alignment

✔️ Support the evolution of the architecture towards modern patterns (microservices, messaging systems, and scalable infrastructure)

✅ Requirements:

✔️ At least 8+ years of professional experience in the IT field

✔️ 3+ years of experience in leadership positions

✔️ 3+ years of commercial experience with Node.js & React

✔️ 5+ years of commercial experience in web development

✔️ Knowledge of JavaScript and the ECMAScript 6 standards

✔️ Commercial experience in implementing REST and WebSockets

✔️ Experience with Git version control system

✔️ Experience with commercial databases, MySQL

✔️ Experience with RabbitMQ

✔️ Experience with Redis

✔️ B2 level of English

✔️ Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills

✔️ Strong leadership and organizational abilities.

✅ We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to:

✈️ Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for 2 weeks).

📚 Opportunity to develop language skills and partial compensation for the cost of language classes.

🎾 Partial compensation for tennis lessons.

🏥 Global coverage health insurance.

🎁 Birthday celebration present.

🏝 Time for proper rest and 24 working days of Annual Vacation.

🍲 Breakfasts and lunches in the office (partially paid by the company).

Bold moves start here. Make yours. Apply today!