Founded by Arianna Huffington in 2016, Thrive Global is a leading behavior change technology company with the mission to improve productivity and health outcomes – one Microstep at a time. Thrive helps individuals and organizations improve well-being, performance and mental resilience with its AI-powered behavior change technology platform. Thrive’s Microsteps – small, science-backed steps to improve health and productivity – have been adopted by employees at more than 200 organizations in over 160 countries, from frontline and call center workers to executives at multinational companies. For more information, visit www.thriveglobal.com.

As a Technical Lead, you will lead one of the teams that designs, builds, and innovates within Thrive’s products. You will partner closely with Product, Design, Customer Success and other stakeholders within Thrive. You will build & grow the Thrive experience that brings real improvement in health and productivity through science-backed behavior change to our users.

We need a kind and caring team player who takes responsibility for organizational outcomes and is ready to collaborate with Business, Product, and Technology partners.

If you’re not sure that you’re 100% qualified, but this sounds like a role you would Thrive in – we want you to apply! We believe skills are transferable and passion for our mission goes a long way.

How You'll Contribute:

• Lead the team building services & UI that implement new business features or improve existing functionality
• Cultivating a high performing team, delivering technical feedback and excitement for a small, autonomous team of engineers. In this role you will be managing people and be directly responsible for their success!
• Take responsibility for planning, execution and success of complex projects
• Take part in technical & peer reviews, collaborative design sessions, production issue troubleshooting, business requirement gathering and other organizational processes.
• Partnering with product, design, and data peers to create the team’s technical roadmap and be the voice of engineering as a part of the team’s leadership
• Working with external partners and deep-diving into the integration platform to bring the best Thrive experience to users
• Working closely with platform teams to own, operate (build, deploy, monitor) and troubleshoot production software systems
• Helping develop and streamline our operational and engineering support systems and workflows

Must Haves:

• Several years experience leading & growing Product teams, preferably in a startup environment
• Passion for working and leading people & technology, inspiring them to perform at their best.
• 5 or more years of software engineering experience; Production development experience in Kotlin, Java, or Scala, B2C platform or service experience is a plus
• Experience building, running, and debugging scalable and reliable microservice-based applications
• Strong understanding of systems design and its impact on application architecture

What We Offer:

• Being part of a mission-driven company that’s truly making a difference in the lives of people around the world
• Ability to develop within the company and shape our growth strategy
• A human-centric culture with a range of wellness perks and benefits
• A competitive compensation package
• Medical, dental and vision coverage + pension program with company match
• Generous paid time-off programs

Compensation for this role depends on level, and will likely fall in the 105,000-135,000 EUR range. We provide a competitive mix of salary, performance bonus, and equity.

Thrive is deeply committed to creating a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment so that all employees can bring their whole selves to work.

Thrive is proud to ensure equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Thrive is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. Please inform Thrive’s Recruiting team if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.