Development Chapter Lead at Telio Group

Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

14 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

People Management, Software Engineering, C#, .NET, Distributed APIs, CI/CD, DevOps, Kubernetes, Cloud Environments, Coaching, Mentoring, Stakeholder Communication, Architecture Principles, AI-Assisted Development, Performance Management, Technical Leadership

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Description

Your mission We are looking for Development Chapter Lead, to join our team based in Budapest. You will play a key role in building engineering excellence through both people and practices. You will lead and develop high-performing engineers while ensuring consistent, scalable, and modern development standards across teams. This is a hands-on leadership role, combining people management (30%), technical contribution (20%), and capability ownership (50%) to support Telio’s ongoing engineering transformation. Your profile Duties and Responsibilities Lead & Develop People Manage and mentor a team of software engineers Drive hiring, onboarding, and team composition Own performance management and career development Coach engineers toward senior and staff-level impact Foster a strong, ownership-driven engineering culture Own Development Capability Define and evolve development practices across teams Drive consistency in code quality and engineering workflows Promote knowledge sharing and continuous learning Identify skill gaps and lead upskilling initiatives Ensure Engineering Standards Drive adoption of architecture principles (Architecture Chapter) Ensure alignment with platform standards and CI/CD practices Promote strong testing strategies in collaboration with QA Act as a quality enforcement layer through coaching and reviews Collaborate Across Chapters Work closely with Architecture, Platform Engineering, and QA Contribute to cross-functional initiatives (e.g., Golden Paths) Ensure alignment and consistency across teams Hands-on Technical Contribution Support teams with complex development challenges Participate in code reviews and key technical decisions Lead by example in engineering excellence Drive Continuous Improvement Improve developer experience with Platform Engineering Identify and resolve systemic productivity challenges Support adoption of modern engineering practices Enable AI-Driven Engineering Promote AI-assisted development (e.g., copilots, LLMs) Encourage experimentation with modern tooling Help embed AI into everyday engineering workflows Required Qualifications & Experience - 5+ years in software engineering - Proven experience managing and developing engineers - Strong coaching and mentoring mindset - Strong backend experience (ideally C# / .NET) - Experience with distributed APIs - Hands-on experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices - Familiarity with cloud environments and Kubernetes - Strong stakeholder communication skills - English proficiency (written and spoken) Advantages - Experience in chapter-based organizations - Exposure to regulated environments - Platform engineering background - Telecommunications industry environment - Experience with AI-assisted development tools Why us? - Be part of a large-scale engineering transformation - Shape how modern software engineering works across the organization - Combine people leadership with real technical impact - Work on mission-critical systems with societal relevance We are offering - Professional challenges, inspiring, diverse tasks - Structured development process - Multiculture environment - Home office days (2 days/week) - Relaxed atmosphere, steady, supportive international team - Easily accessible modern office with good infrastructure About us Telio is a medium-sized, internationally active, rapidly growing company in the field of telecommunications and IT services in the prison sector. As the European market leader, we have been providing communications solutions for prisons and their inmates worldwide for over 25 years. With more than 270 employees, we are active in 23 countries and develop, install and operate communication and media systems that make an important contribution to resocialization in prisons as well as in correctional facilities.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of software engineers while defining and evolving development practices across the organization. Balance people management, technical contribution, and capability ownership to drive engineering excellence and AI-driven workflows.