Technical Lead

**The Company**

EXADS is an international software start-up specializing in ad tech. In business since 2013, EXADS is a self-sufficient, well-funded, and privately owned company with offices in Dublin and Porto. We are part of a wider group called EXOGROUP which is headquartered in Barcelona and has offices in Valencia, Madrid, Tarragona, and Buenos Aires made up of +200 talents.

At EXADS, we actively develop and maintain our own proprietary ad-serving technology platform and custom-built infrastructure enabling us to innovate and deploy new features and

functionality quickly in a fast-moving and demanding industry. We are revolutionizing the online ad-serving industry for advertisers, publishers, and networks alike.

**The role**:

- Development of modular, testable and scalable software components for core platform and Web services / APIs;
- Code optimisation for performance and scalability. Maintenance / refactoring of legacy systems;
- Research and development of new and emerging technologies;
- Contribute to team process improvement adhering to industry best practices and principles;
- Participate in regular code reviews and team knowledge sharing activities;
- Be the technical lead and mentor for a team of developers and guarantee the delivery of quality software;
- Delegate workload to team members in accordance with roadmaps and priorities;
- Provide team members with the necessary tools and background knowledge to perform the role to a high standard;
- Provide feedback to management on both a regular and adhoc basis;
- Participate in hiring process;
- Onboard and mentor new team members.

**You have:
- 6+ years object-oriented PHP development experience (preferably PHP 7+);
- Solid foundation in SQL databases and design, specifically MariaDB;
- Strong experience with caching tools and techniques (APC, Memcached);
- Strong knowledge about design patterns, security and performance concepts;
- Good understanding of RESTful architectures;
- Knowledge of Git / Github and related workflows in a distributed team environment;
- Excellent written, spoken and interpersonal communication skills (English);
- 2+ years professional experience leading an engineering team;
- Exposure to Agile methodologies (Kanban / Scrum) and related management tools (JIRA, Confluence, Slack);
- Experience with Golang & Python would be advantageous;
- Exposure to Big Data solutions would be advantageous;
- Demonstrate an ability to lead by example.

**Education & Qualifications**:
BS/MS in Computer Science/related technical discipline OR equivalent experience

**Our Hiring Process**
- HR Interview - To validate your fit for the role on a more human management aspect.
- Technical Test - A chance to put all your skills to action;
- Technical Interview - Let’s dig further into your technical skillset, and also give you the opportunity to ask all the technical questions you have
- Interview with our CTO

**Experience our benefits**
- Flexible start times;
- Private health insurance
- Remote work from home
- Home office set up budget of 500 Euros
- Your Birthday off as a paid holiday
- Access to quality trainings through Udemy platform
- Additional internal and external trainings through our EXOGROUP University program
- Up to 1500 Eur of training budget and 5 days of study leave, every year
- Flexible compensation of 500 Euros/year;
- Spanish, English, and Portuguese language lessons;
- Employee referral program bonus - Earn 2500 Euros by referring someone
- Subsidized gym
- Exciting team buildings in locations such as Ibiza
- Calm App subscription
- Office Perks
- Meal card
- Relocation Package

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