Technical Lead, Budapest

Technical Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the design and delivery of modern, production‑grade web applications using contemporary UI technologies and frameworks.
• Architect solutions that balance user experience, performance, scalability, and delivery constraints.
• Set technical direction and standards, ensuring consistency, quality, and long‑term maintainability across the system.
• Actively manage software quality, testing strategy, and delivery velocity, even when you’re not directly writing code.

Team Leadership & Leverage

• Lead and mentor engineers across one or more workstreams, helping them grow technically and professionally.
• Delegate effectively, manage priorities, and create clarity so the team can execute with confidence.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a role model for how to think, communicate, and act as a senior consultant and engineer.

Client & Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner directly with client stakeholders as a trusted technical advisor.
• Translate business and user objectives into clear technical strategies and delivery plans.
• Communicate trade‑offs and recommendations clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Build strong, durable client relationships that support successful delivery and future work.

Practice Contribution

• Contribute to the growth and maturity of Lab49’s Interactive Practice by sharing expertise, shaping standards, and mentoring future leaders.
• Support business development efforts by contributing to pitches, solution design, and technical storytelling where appropriate.

What Success Looks Like

In your first 6–12 months, success means:

• Your teams consistently deliver high‑quality software that meets user and client objectives.
• Engineers around you are growing, more autonomous, and more effective because of your leadership.
• Clients trust your judgment and rely on you for technical direction and clarity.
• You demonstrate strong ownership of outcomes, not just tasks, and proactively address risks before they become issues.
• You can step back from the keyboard when needed without delivery or quality suffering.
• Support innovation initiatives involving modern engineering tools, AI/LLM‑based solutions, automation, or engineering accelerators.

• 10+ years of experience designing and building complex, commercial‑grade software systems.
• Proven track record of leading and driving the UI development stream for large-scale, multi-year greenfield projects from conception to deployment.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript, with one or more modern UI frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, etc.).
• Strong understanding of end‑to‑end web application architecture, APIs, data flow, and performance considerations.
• Experience with AI/LLM tooling, automation frameworks, or engineering agents
• Solid grasp of SDLC practices, CI/CD, automated testing strategies, and quality management.
• Strong professional experience within banking, payments, or financial services
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical and non‑technical stakeholders.