Job Location & Compensation

Location : Portugal
Compensation Package : €70,000 - €90,000 base + bonus + share options + benefits
Ways of Working : Remote with quarterly visits to our London office

About the role

We're looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to help shape the future of Zego's platforms and services. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex problems, working at scale, and acting as a technical leader within a cross‑functional product team.

As a Lead Engineer at Zego, you'll bring deep backend expertise driving delivery, influencing architecture, and mentoring others. You'll play a key role in evolving our microservices ecosystem and ensuring we build software that's resilient, scalable, and impactful.

What you will be doing

• Lead multiple engineers working in the same team or workstream and guide their work to deliver user value and pursue business opportunities...