Technical Lead
Telia Company2 months ago
Vilnius, LithuaniaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the platform’s technical architecture.
- Design scalable, resilient, and maintainable distributed systems.
- Lead architectural decisions and drive long-term platform evolution.
- Solve challenging production and performance problems.
- Improve reliability, observability, security, and developer experience.
- Reduce technical debt and simplify existing systems through partnership with engineering teams.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, technical discussions, and hands-on collaboration.
- Partner with Product and Engineering Managers to balance technical sustainability with business delivery.
Requirements
- Extensive experience building, modernizing, and operating distributed backend systems within the Java technology ecosystem.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, performance, observability, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience incrementally modernizing large systems rather than relying on large rewrites.
- Ability to evaluate technical solutions and make pragmatic trade-offs.
- Experience influencing technical direction across multiple teams.
- Passion for writing simple, maintainable software and helping others do the same.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools effectively while maintaining high engineering standards.
Benefits
- Additional health insurance and pension plans.
- Work from anywhere in the EU for up to 30 days per year.
- Up to five additional vacation days based on tenure.
- Discounts on Telia services, including free home internet.
- Partner offers and discounts for spas, cafes, and events.
- Telia Kids Club summer camps for employees’ children.
- Company-supported sports activities including yoga, basketball, and running.
- Internal training, leadership programs, and job-shadowing opportunities.
- Monthly gross salary of 5400–6900 EUR plus annual performance bonuses.
- Applications are requested by October 15, 2026, and the position may close earlier.
About Telia Company
Telia Company builds and operates mobile and fixed networks, broadband, TV, and related IT/IoT services for consumers, businesses, and wholesale partners across the Nordics and Baltics. It earns revenue from subscriptions, connectivity, and enterprise solutions, including managed network and cloud services. The company is publicly listed (Nasdaq Stockholm) and headquartered in the Stockholm area, with national operations in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.