Tech Lead

Tech Lead (Frozen Team)

Semrush is seeking a Tech Lead to join our global team. This role involves leading the technical takeover of new products, defining technical roadmaps, and driving end-to-end implementation of adoption plans. You will guide the team through migration and stabilization, contributing code to critical components, and driving the transition of services into our standard tech stack.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical takeover of new products.
• Conduct thorough audits of codebase, infrastructure, and data layers.
• Define technical roadmaps driven by business value and cost efficiency.
• Drive the end-to-end implementation of adoption plans.
• Guide the team through migration and stabilization.
• Contribute code to critical or high-risk components (approx. 35-40% of time).
• Drive the transition of services into our standard tech stack (GCP, GKE, Go/Java, SaaS-based storages, CI/CD).
• Modernize and unify observability and alerting.
• Use metrics to track support costs versus product revenue.
• Facilitate regular team communication.
• Lead team development through 1:1s, feedback, and performance reviews.
• Hire and onboard team members.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in developing distributed systems in cloud environments.
• Ability to solve complex technical problems and make sound architectural decisions.
• Proven experience as a Senior Engineer.
• Strong proficiency in Java (Spring) or Go.
• Willingness to learn a second programming language (Go or Java).
• Solid experience with SQL databases and queue brokers.
• Solid experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD tools.
• Ownership mindset with a focus on project quality, delivery, and business alignment.
• Experience mentoring and supporting mid-level engineers.

Our Tech Stack

• Backend: Java (Spring Boot), Go, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, RabbitMQ.
• Frontend: React, TypeScript.
• Infrastructure: Google Cloud (GCP), GKE, Docker, GitLab CI, Helm.
• Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Sentry.
• QA: Allure, Playwright.

What We Offer

• Flexible working hours
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexi Benefit for your hobby
• Employee Support Program
• Loss of family member financial aid
• Employee Resource Groups
• Meals, snacks, and drinks at the office
• Corporate events
• Teambuilding
• Training, courses, conferences

Key skills/competency

• Tech Lead
• Distributed Systems
• Cloud Environments
• Java
• Go
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• CI/CD
• SQL Databases
• Architecture