Development Team Lead - Limassol or Barcelona

Location: Limassol or Barcelona At OQtima, we’re expanding, and we need passionate and professional individuals to join our growing in-house Technology team! The Role Lead a small, capable team (DevOps, QA, Full-Stack Engineer) to keep our platforms secure, available, and evolving using ReactJS, GatsbyJS, Typescript,NestJS and NodeJS (and/or other programming languages as needed). This is a hands-on development leadership role focused on delivery coordination across in-house work and targeted vendors. You’ll also be required to engage in pragmatic AI/automation to boost reliability, developer productivity, and support efficiency. Key Project Maintain, enhance and improve existing websites, client area, CRM and CI/CD to accommodate growing business needs. Responsibilities: Own the IT websites Development strategy & roadmap and report progress to the CEO. Oversee the CI/CD pipeline & release cadence; coordinate delivery with the internal development team and vendors. Plan and supervise enhancements (and targeted refactors where needed) to the websites, client area, CRM, and supporting services. Oversee continuous automation and maintenance of our AWS based environments (development, UAT and production systems) Evaluating of new website technologies, tools and development principles Ai Enablement (huge plus): Identify, pilot, and roll out AI-driven tooling across ops and delivery (e.g., incident summarization, log analysis, change-risk checks, CI/CD guardrails, code review assistants, documentation generation, Tier-1 support chatbots). Define light AI governance (data access, privacy, model usage), track adoption and ROI, and train the team. Skills and Qualifications: Fluency in English language, both written and verbal University degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent field. At least 3 years of experience working with an online-first business (Forex, Gaming, e-commerce etc.) as a DevOps engineer Proven website development management (ops-focused) experience with hands-on depth. Comfortable leading DevOps/QA/Full-Stack and coordinating outsourced backend Deep knowledge of Development practices and CI/CD principles Experience with multi-tier architectures: caching, web servers, app servers, load balancers, databases, networking Experience with Github and version control, SaaS deployment tools and Cloud solutions Strong understanding of source code management Huge plus: Hands-on experience with modern AI tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot/CodeWhisperer, M365/Atlassian AI, Azure/OpenAI services), scripting to integrate tools (PowerShell/Python), solid prompt-writing; familiarity with patterns like RAG and responsible AI practices. Nice to have: Previous experience in Customer Area development will be considered an advantage Previous experience in financial or gaming industry will be considered an advantage At OQtima, we believe that people perform at their best when they feel supported, valued, and trusted. As part of our team, you will enjoy: Competitive salary package aligned with experience and performance Hybrid working options and flexible working hours Modern office facilities with high-quality equipment and resources A supportive, collaborative, and multicultural working environment Stability and growth within a rapidly expanding international organization Daily lunch provided by the office All-day snack selections and coffee stations Relaxed dress code Ready to Join OQtima? If you’re looking for a challenge and a chance to make a real impact, we want to hear from you.