Team Lead - Developer (Growth Team)

As a Team Lead - Developer at Wati, your responsibilities include hands-on coding primarily focused on back-end services, designing scalable and secure systems, managing and prioritizing tasks for your team, and guiding engineers to ensure their professional growth. You’ll also collaborate with other departments to align technical solutions with the overall business strategy.

To apply for the Team Lead - Developer position at Wati, you should have strong experience in back-end development using languages such as Golang, C#, or JavaScript. Proven leadership experience, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively are essential. Familiarity with cloud platforms like GCP or AWS and a good understanding of front-end technologies would be great assets.

Wati stands out as a unique workplace due to its emphasis on innovation, rapid growth, and a diverse team of talented individuals from around the globe. You’ll be leading a team that is dedicated to creating cutting-edge solutions that simplify business communication, all while working in a hybrid environment that fosters both collaboration and independence.

The Team Lead - Developer plays a critical role in Wati's success by driving technical excellence and ensuring that our development efforts align with business objectives. By mentoring team members, implementing best practices, and designing scalable systems, you’re not only shaping the future of our product but also helping the company meet its growth targets.

Essential skills for success as a Team Lead - Developer at Wati include strong back-end development skills with languages such as Golang, C#, or JavaScript, excellent communication abilities, leadership experience, and a solid understanding of system design. Familiarity with Agile methodologies and cloud platforms can also enhance your effectiveness in this role.

In answering this question, highlight specific projects where you utilized these languages. Discuss the challenges you faced, the solutions you implemented, and how your contributions impacted the project's success. Show your enthusiasm for back-end development and continuous learning in the field.

Discuss your approach to prioritization by explaining how you assess project urgency, team capacity, and business impact. Mention tools or methodologies you use, such as Agile or Kanban, and provide examples of situations where your prioritization skills made a difference.

Describe your mentoring approach, emphasizing the importance of regular feedback, setting individual goals, and providing opportunities for professional development. Give examples of successful mentor-mentee relationships you've cultivated in the past.

Explain your process for maintaining code quality, such as conducting code reviews, implementing coding standards, and using automated testing tools. Share examples where focusing on quality improved overall project outcomes.

Share a specific example of a technical challenge you encountered, detailing the methods and thought processes you utilized to arrive at a solution. Highlight the impact of your solution on the project and what you learned from the experience.

Discuss your proactive communication strategies, such as regular stand-ups, utilizing collaboration tools, and being an active listener. Offer specific instances where your efforts facilitated better teamwork to achieve common goals.

Talk about your commitment to continuous learning through technical blogs, webinars, conferences, or online courses. Mention any specific areas you're excited about and how they might benefit the team at Wati.

Share your understanding of Agile principles and offer insights into how you've implemented Agile practices in past projects. Discuss the positive changes you've witnessed in team dynamics and project outcomes as a result.

Explain your familiarity with GCP, mentioning any specific services you have used, such as Cloud Functions or App Engine. Share experiences where you effectively utilized cloud solutions to enhance system performance or scalability.

Highlight key factors such as load balancing, redundancy, and microservices architecture. Provide examples from previous experiences where your designs successfully handled increased traffic or user demands.