Backend Team Lead/Site Lead

Backend Team Lead/Site Lead This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

BackEnd Team Lead/Site Lead Location: Galway Ireland Type: Permanent Full Time Job Description Summary Backend Team Lead & Site Lead We're looking for a strong, hands-on Backend Team Lead with a passion for technical excellence and leadership. In this role, you serve as the technical owner of one or more domains within the product—driving architecture, design, and code quality while mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. You'll lead both by influence and through direct people management—partnering closely with Product Leads and Domain Architects to ensure scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions. You'll balance hands-on technical work with guiding others, setting engineering standards, and shaping the technical roadmap. As Site Lead, you'll also serve as the onsite leader, responsible for all Zerto employees at the location. Beyond your technical domain, you'll help establish the site's culture, act as the local point of contact across functions, and ensure a productive, engaged, and collaborative work environment as the site grows.

Technical Leadership Own the technical quality, design, and roadmap for your domain(s). Make AI adoption one of the core principles of the new team by championing the practical use of AI tools and practices in day-to-day engineering to improve productivity, quality, and continuous learning. Drive engineering best practices through design reviews, code reviews, and technical mentoring. Contribute to architectural discussions and cross-domain alignment. Tackle technical challenges—performance, fault-tolerance, and live production issues. Foster a culture of learning, innovation, and technical excellence. Delivery & Project Management Plan and deliver features, ensuring resources are appropriately allocated and that goals and timelines are met in line with organizational roadmaps. Collaborate with Product Leads on prioritization, backlog, and feasibility decisions. Proactively identify process improvement and cost-reduction opportunities, achieving operational excellence through metrics and continuous learning. Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, setting expectations regarding deliverables, quality, schedules, and costs. People Management Provide direct and ongoing leadership for a team of individual contributors designing, developing, and sustaining products, enhancements, and updates. Participate in recruiting and hiring for the new team, helping assess technical capabilities, ownership mindset, and cultural fit. Own people management for your team—including onboarding, performance goal setting, coaching, and career development. Build a best-in-class engineering team that delivers excellent results. Site Leadership As Zerto’s first group in Ireland, operating as an extension of the Israeli office, serve as the on-site leader for all Zerto employees at the new site. Represent the company locally, foster a positive and inclusive site culture, and take responsibility for