Team Lead Engineering Finance Automation

ZEAL Network SE is a dynamic international group of companies that has been creating exciting and innovative lottery experiences for over 20 years. As Germanys largest provider of online lotteries through our brands LOTTO24 and Tipp24 and a trusted partner of Spains ONCE the second-largest national lottery were shaping the future of the lottery industry. We are passionate about driving innovation as demonstrated by our newest brands Freiheit and Traumhausverlosung which bring fresh and exciting dreams to life. Additionally through ZEAL Ventures we invest in inspiring e-commerce start-ups like Omaze and DAYMADE fueling fresh ideas and opportunities.

Our team of 350 professionals from diverse backgrounds is united by a visionary mindset a passion for collaboration and a commitment to inspire dreams. At ZEAL we empower our people to think ambitiously and work together toward a shared purpose: helping people imagine and achieve their aspirations.

As our Engineering Team Lead (f/m/d) your teams mission is to own a brand-new Core Platform domain focused on Finance. As the Tech Lead of the Finance Automation team you will translate financial and accounting requirements into scalable platform capabilities that automate reconciliation improve data integrity and enable reliable financial operations.

• You lead a product-focused engineering team that builds and evolves Zeals core B2B platform capabilities for internal business customers

• In collaboration with your PM you act as the primary partner between Finance and Core Platform Engineering building trusted relationships and translating financial requirements into scalable platform capabilities.

• Drive the automation of reconciliation accounting workflows and financial data processing reducing manual effort and increasing operational reliability.

• Ensure the reliability integrity and auditability of finance-critical data across platform services and infrastructure changes.

• Hire Build and lead a team of 2 engineers: Hire develop and grow a high-performing team fostering an ownership-driven and reliability-focused engineering culture

• Lead technically and strategically define and drive architectural decisions together with your team

• Code as part of the team: While guiding architecture and strategy youll regularly write code contribute to features and help solve complex technical challenges together with your team

• Champion the effective use of AI in your teams engineering workflows (e.g. AI-assisted development and tooling) and explore opportunities to apply AI within the platforms capabilities

• Deliver secure robust and maintainable technical solutions while focusing on business needs

• Drive collaboration: Work closely with other teams to align APIs technical interfaces and architectural consistency

• Own and operate the domain and the teams microservices.

• Proven people leadership skills with an empowering style that enables rather than micromanages

• Ability to translate complex business and financial requirements into scalable technical solutions and platform capabilities.

• Strong and up-to-date hands-on experience working with Kotlin/Spring Boot SQL (PostgresDB)

• A You build it you run it mindset with experience in deploying monitoring and maintaining microservices on Kubernetes.

• Strong understanding of how to create and evolve Event-driven processing pipelines built on Kafka.

• Strong engineering fundamentals in building secure scalable and reliable systems including security-by-design resilience patterns and operating production systems at scale.

• Experience with agentic AI development practices and operating models.

• State-of-the-art technologies and an agile environment (Check our Tech Radar: modern dynamic culture grounded in the success of a leading-edge e-commerce company.

• A talented team of ambitious like-minded colleagues where your knowledge and ideas truly make an impact.

• Ongoing personal growth supported by an annual development budget of 1500 to invest in your professional development.

• Trust and autonomy no micromanagement just confidence in your ability to deliver and excel.

• Flexible work options with a hybrid setup focused on results.

• Unlimited vacation days in addition to your yearly 30-day vacation allowance.

• Opportunity for workations abroad using our WorkFlex tool.

• Monthly mobility allowance of 30 to use on the mobility option of your choice (e.g. the Deutschlandticket) plus access to a company bike leasing program.

• Company pension scheme provided in partnership with Degura to support your future financial security.

• Subsidized EGYM WELLPASS membership with a contribution of only 25 per month giving you access to a wide range of gyms and sports options across Germany.

• Monthly company events team activities and informal gatherings including our popular company-wide lunches provided four days a week.

Required Experience:

Manager