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About the Role

The Team Lead plays a critical role in Kraken’s engineering organisation, guiding product development through informed prioritisation and product objectives. This role focuses on building a high-functioning team, shipping and maintaining high-quality systems, and preserving Kraken’s culture during scaling.

Responsibilities

• Represent the team upward and outward with confidence.
• Communicate proactively, clearly, and respectfully.
• Keep the team informed about priorities and changes.
• Advocate for your team while challenging constructively.
• Stay aware of team capacity, stress, and wellbeing.
• Run 1:1s and offer coaching and mentorship.
• Nurture a collaborative, motivated team culture.
• Make and carry out difficult decisions for the good of the team and Kraken.
• Align the team to product vision and long-term goals.
• Maintain technical quality and improve systems thinking.
• Guide team planning, delivery, and retros.
• Translate large goals into achievable milestones.
• Make resource and prioritisation trade-offs.
• Contribute to hiring and talent development.
• Distribute work fairly and rotate responsibilities.
• Create clarity in ambiguous or shifting contexts.
• Oversee or delegate rituals (planning, standups, reviews).
• Connect team delivery to product-group and company-level goals.
• Partner closely with key stakeholders.
• Remove blockers — technical, process, or people-related.

Requirements

• Experience with line management of at least 3 people.
• Strong engineering background.
• Comfortable working asynchronously.
• Clear, regular communication.
• Strategic thinking and the ability to translate that to action.
• Advocacy for their team and its products.
• Commitment to mentorship and support.
• Strong organisational habits.

About the Company

• Kraken powers some of the most innovative global developments in energy.
• Kraken is a technology company focused on creating a smart, sustainable energy system.
• Kraken’s operating system for energy is transforming the industry around the world.
• Kraken is a certified Great Place to Work in France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Australia, and USA.
• In the UK Kraken is one of the Best Workplaces on Glassdoor with a score of 4.5.
• Kraken is looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic.
• Kraken’s people are its strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of its success.

Equal Opportunity

• As an equal opportunity employer, Kraken does not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute.
• Kraken considers all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.