Tech Lead - Position Management

Are you passionate about building scalable microservices and crafting elegant solutions that make a real difference? Do you thrive as a hands-on developer and enjoy guiding a highly capable team towards technical excellence? We're looking for an experienced Tech Lead to drive the technical direction of our exciting new Position Management module. CatalystOne is a leading HCM vendor, committed to helping our customers build better workplaces. To achieve this, our new Position Management solution enables organisations to structure their workforce based on positions rather than individuals, empowering them to better plan, manage, and optimise their workforce.

We have a dedicated, agile, and highly capable team working to create this critical product from the ground up. Now, we’re looking for a hands-on, passionate Tech Lead to help the team excel.  What You'll Be DoingIn this role, you'll: Shape and build our Position Management capabilities: think microservices, vacancy dashboards, lifecycle tracking, and workforce simulations. Help architect scalable, secure solutions using Java/Spring Boot and React. Write code alongside your team. Be the technical mentor: foster technical excellence, share knowledge, promote clean code. Refine development practices: CI/CD, tests, automation—keep the process smooth and efficient.

Why You'll Love This RolePursue Craft Excellence: You’re not just making decisions; you’re participating, coding clean, quality microservices every day alongside your peers. Influence, Without the Paperwork: This isn’t a team-lead role—you won’t be writing performance reviews or HR documents. Instead, you’ll be the technical anchor: setting architecture, guiding trade-offs, and ensuring excellence. Small, Talented Crew: Join a tight-knit group of skilled developers, product managers, and UX designers who thrive on good ideas, solid code, and mutual respect. Build Something Real:

Our Position Management module solves core strategic issues—vacancies, planning, internal mobility, organisational design. You’ll create features that actually matter. Flexible & Friendly Culture: A hybrid work setup, supportive colleagues, and a Scandinavian ethos—no rigid rules, just trust and autonomy. Who You AreSomeone who’s happiest writing elegant code. Experienced in building and deploying microservices to production. Keen to guide technical directions and architectures without the weight of formal management. Experienced with Java/Spring Boot (React is a nice-to-have). Pragmatic and quality-focused: testing, CI/CD, maintainability matter to you.

A clear communicator who can explain decisions concisely and coherently. Benefits As well as your salary, you’ll receive:   Financial and Health Security: Benefit from a comprehensive pension and insurance package, plus private healthcare.   Your Well-being, Your Way: Take advantage of our wellness contribution to stay on top of your health.  Tech Tools for Efficiency: Get the job done with a choice of laptop (mac / PC), mobile phone & subscription, and a home internet allowance. Easy Commuting: Offset your commute costs with our public transport allowance. Lunch Made Easy: Skip the hassle and grab a bite at our staff canteen.

  Flexible Work Setup: Hybrid for your life-work balance. CatalystOne does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. CatalystOne will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to the specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to CatalystOne on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.  Please note: Due to the summer holiday period, our recruitment process may take a bit longer than usual.

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