Team Lead, Engineering – Gift & Loyalty (Mexico)
Join DataCandy and lead the future of customer-driven growth! DataCandy redefines how businesses connect with customers through gift card and loyalty solutions, empowering merchants to turn interactions into growth momentum. Our mission is to revolutionize small business success through our values: people first, solving impactful problems, and building a better future.
Your Role: Team Lead, Engineering – Gift & Loyalty
Step into technical leadership as a seasoned developer. At DataCandy, you will blend senior developer expertise with the responsibility of guiding, empowering, and inspiring a high-performing team. You'll set the standard for technical excellence while fostering a culture of trust, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Your Focus
Technical Leadership:
- Contribute hands-on through coding, design, and reviews using PHP, Symfony, JavaScript, and SQL.
- Lead architectural design for robust, scalable, and maintainable solutions, balancing speed and quality.
- Troubleshoot complex challenges and champion clean coding standards, automated testing (PHPUnit, Cypress), and modern DevOps practices.
- Contribute to the technical roadmap, driving modernization and long-term maintainability.
Team Leadership:
- Guide your team through agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, demos) to ensure alignment and momentum.
- Partner with Product Owners to translate business needs into actionable development tasks.
- Shield the team from distractions, remove blockers, and foster a collaborative environment built on trust and psychological safety.
- Ensure predictable delivery of high-quality, tested code while continuously refining team processes.
Planning & Delivery:
- Break down complex projects into technical tasks with realistic commitments.
- Track progress, provide visibility into risks and timelines, and collaborate with other team leads to improve cross-team initiatives.
- Drive continuous improvement in practices, processes, and technology adoption.
Performance & Growth:
- Provide timely, constructive feedback and coach team members toward their career goals.
- Identify skill gaps and advocate for training or learning opportunities.
- Lead by example with strong problem-solving skills, technical expertise, and a commitment to excellence.
Who You Are
- Experienced: 8+ years in software development with deep expertise in PHP, Symfony (or similar), MySQL, and Doctrine ORM.
- Tech-Savvy: Skilled in JavaScript (jQuery, AngularJS, or similar) and testing frameworks like PHPUnit and Cypress.
- Strong Leader: Proven experience mentoring or leading teams, with a passion for developing talent and fostering collaboration.
- Agile Minded: Solid understanding of Scrum or Kanban, with the ability to facilitate ceremonies and keep the team focused.
- Problem-Solver: Analytical, detail-oriented, and always looking for ways to raise the bar.
- Growth-Oriented: Embraces feedback, innovation, and continuous learning—for yourself and your team.
Perks & Benefits
- Compensation tied to market data
- Rewards for contribution
- Flexible Time-off
- Commitment to career development
- Work from home
Our Mission
By joining Paystone, you are joining a team that is future-focused and driven by our mission of creating Customer Driven Growth. We help clients create better customer experiences, motivating happy customers to share their experiences, driving momentum for clients to gain more happy customers. We win when our customers do.
Be curious, innovative, and ready to raise the bar. Come check us out!
About Us
Paystone is a leading North American payment and software company redefining how merchants engage customers and grow businesses. Our integrated suite of automated payment processing, customer loyalty, gift card solutions, and reputation marketing is used by brands such as Irving Oil, The Source, Global Pet Foods, Kernels Popcorn, and many MTY Food Group restaurant brands. Paystone's solutions are used at over 30,000 locations across Canada and the United States, processing over $10 billion annually. We employ over 200 employees and serve as the technology partner of choice for hundreds of partners across North America.
Paystone is an equal opportunity employer. Please let us know if you require any accommodations due to disability at the time you are selected for an interview.