About the job
F24 is Europe's leading crisis management and emergency notification SaaS provider, trusted by more than 5,500 organisations across 100 countries. From governments and airlines to banks and critical infrastructure providers, our technology helps organisations communicate and respond when every second matters.
We're building the next generation of our Emergency Notification Services (ENS) platform, the foundation of F24 for more than 25 years. ENS enables organisations to communicate instantly during critical situations through SMS, voice calls, email, push notifications, and conference bridges. As demand grows for large-scale public alerting and crisis response capabilities, we're investing heavily in modernising the platform through cloud-native architecture, enhanced security, and scalability.
As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll take ownership of the Portal development team, responsible for the core web platform that powers ENS. This is not a management-only role. We're looking for a technical leader who enjoys leading from the front, remaining hands-on in the code while mentoring engineers and shaping technical direction.
You'll work closely with Software Architects, Product Owners, QA Engineers, UX Designers and fellow engineering leaders as we continue building our new technology hub in Zagreb. This is an opportunity to help shape both the future of a mission-critical platform and the engineering culture behind it.
Why F24?
We're building the next generation of our Emergency Notification Services (ENS) platform, the foundation of F24 for more than 25 years. ENS enables organisations to communicate instantly during critical situations through SMS, voice calls, email, push notifications, and conference bridges. As demand grows for large-scale public alerting and crisis response capabilities, we're investing heavily in modernising the platform through cloud-native architecture, enhanced security, and scalability.
As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll take ownership of the Portal development team, responsible for the core web platform that powers ENS. This is not a management-only role. We're looking for a technical leader who enjoys leading from the front, remaining hands-on in the code while mentoring engineers and shaping technical direction.
You'll work closely with Software Architects, Product Owners, QA Engineers, UX Designers and fellow engineering leaders as we continue building our new technology hub in Zagreb. This is an opportunity to help shape both the future of a mission-critical platform and the engineering culture behind it.
You
This is an opportunity to:
- Lead the development of a mission-critical platform used during real-world emergencies and major incidents
- Shape the technical direction of a modern cloud-native platform serving thousands of organisations globally
- Remain hands-on with development whilst mentoring and growing a high-performing engineering team
- Drive engineering excellence through architecture, quality standards, and best practices
- Influence product strategy and technical decision-making across a critical business platform
- Join a rapidly growing engineering hub with significant investment and long-term career opportunities
- Help modernise and scale a platform that millions of people may rely on during critical situations
What You'll Bring
Leadership & Engineering Experience
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Previous experience leading software engineering teams within a SaaS or product-led environment
- Proven track record of mentoring engineers and helping teams grow and succeed
- Experience delivering complex, scalable software platforms into production
- Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills across Product, Architecture, QA and Engineering
Technical Expertise
- Strong commercial experience with Java and the Spring Boot ecosystem
- Expertise building and supporting Angular applications
- Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and distributed systems
- Strong understanding of secure software development and modern authentication practices
- Experience working with cloud-native architectures and containerised environments
- Familiarity with messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ and WebSockets
- Strong knowledge of relational databases, performance optimisation, and scalable system design
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and engineering best practices
Leadership Mindset
- Passion for technical leadership through coaching, mentoring and problem solving
- Ability to balance delivery, technical debt, innovation and long-term platform sustainability
- Strong decision-making skills and comfort navigating ambiguity
- Commitment to creating an inclusive, collaborative and psychologically safe team environment
- Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development tools
Tech Stack
Java | Spring Boot | Hibernate | Spring Security | Spring Data JPA | Angular | TypeScript | SASS | RabbitMQ | Hazelcast | WebSockets | Docker | Kubernetes | CI/CD | REST APIs | SQLThis position is paying up to €55K (Gross) annually.