Engineering Backend Team Lead (Data Platform)

We are monday.com, a global software company transforming how businesses run. Our product suite can adapt to the needs of diverse industries and use cases within one powerful platform, empowering ~245,000 customers worldwide to reimagine how work gets done, drive greater efficiency, and scale like never before.

With over 2,500 employees across the globe, we grow by prioritizing transparency and knowledge sharing. We care about the impact you make, not the hours you clock, so we encourage initiative, ownership, and fresh thinking. We back our people with flexible work, wellness and mental health support, and a work environment built on collaboration.

We’re seeking an Engineering Backend Team Lead to guide and mentor a talented team of engineers, own critical tier-1 services, and help scale Monday's platform data architecture to new heights.

The Data Group is responsible for building and evolving the platform’s data foundation that powers our products and impacts millions of users daily.

We believe that the most effective teams are built on skills and passion, which is why in our recruitment process, in addition to learning about your background and experience, we really want to understand who you are and what empowers you.

• Build, lead, and mentor a team of backend engineers, fostering professional growth and collaboration.
• Enhance monday data layer to create a dynamic, customizable layer that supports any application and use-case.
• Evolve our architecture and engineering to support the ever growing scale of users, features and data.
• Design and build critical tier 1 services capable of serving ten thousand requests per second with a four-nine availability level.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data solutions seamlessly into the platform and support diverse use cases.
• Our stack - node.js, Cassandra, Kafka, CDC, MySQL, Ruby on Rails

• Experience managing a team and leading projects hands-on from start to finish
• Extensive experience with backend development, particularly in designing and maintaining scalable, high-performance systems and APIs.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of effectively conveying technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A growth mindset, including strong analytical, inquisitive, and data-driven experiences
• Adept at working in fast-paced, dynamic environments, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and requirements
• Proven problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex requirements into actionable tasks.

Engineering Backend Team Lead (Data Org)