C++ Team Lead

Eqvilent

Completely RemoteFull TimeInformation Technology
Posted Today

Job description

Responsibilities

  • Own communication with stakeholders and other teams, structure requirements, set priorities, and assure delivery commitments.
  • Manage the team effectively, understanding each member’s strengths and weaknesses, and assign tasks based on their abilities and development goals.
  • Own team capacity planning—tracking load, forecasting needs, and ensuring new hires, processes and tools are in place before capacity becomes a bottleneck.
  • Conduct regular 1:1 meetings, performance reviews, and implement measures to improve team performance as needed.

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading engineering teams to deliver on ambitious timelines while maintaining code quality, balancing team morale with accountability, and communicating progress and risks transparently to stakeholders.
  • Proven experience leading engineering teams.
  • A people-first leadership mindset — you genuinely care about individual growth and team well-being.
  • Strong communication - you listen deeply and act with empathy.
  • Experience facilitating performance reviews, feedback sessions, and professional development planning.
  • Experience conducting code reviews focused on maintaining quality and supporting engineers’ growth.
  • Proven experience participating in hiring and interviews to help build strong, well-balanced teams.
  • Understanding of Linux system.
  • Knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
  • Ability to design and oversee the architecture of software systems, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance.
  • Decent level of written and spoken English to work in an international environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • In-depth knowledge and expertise in real-time development with sub-microsecond latency.
  • Experience in HFT, telecommunication, game development, or any other field that works with limited resources and optimization.
  • Solid understanding of modern C++ development and engineering processes.
  • Knowledge of networks and interaction protocols.
  • Proficient in using version control systems and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools.

Benefits

  • Full focus on results with no bureaucracy
  • Great challenges with fast feedback loops
  • A welcoming group of highly qualified international professionals
  • Cutting-edge hardware and technology
  • Work remotely from anywhere in the world
  • Access any of our global offices anytime
  • Flexible schedule
  • 40 paid days off
  • Competitive salary

Skills & tools

C++LinuxAlgorithmsArchitectureCI/CDGit

What the team is looking for

Use this list as a quick fit check before you apply.

  1. 01Leading engineering teams
  2. 02People-first leadership
  3. 03Strong communication
  4. 04Performance reviews
  5. 05Code reviews
  6. 06Linux system
  7. 07Algorithms and data structures
  8. 08Software architecture
  9. 09English proficiency