Backend Team Lead (ML)

Mayflower is a technology company building high-load products used by millions of people worldwide. Operating at the scale of one of the world's top-50 websites, it solves complex engineering challenges and creates solutions that power real-time entertainment for a global audience.

• Design and build production ML services, including APIs, microservices, and real-time systems
• Lead and grow a team of backend engineers by planning work, mentoring team members, conducting code reviews, providing technical guidance, and fostering engineering excellence
• Drive architectural decisions and ensure the scalability, reliability, and maintainability of ML services
• Integrate ML models into user-facing applications
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of ML-powered systems
• Define and implement best practices for serving, versioning, and monitoring models in production
• Collaborate closely with ML engineers and data scientists who develop models, and with the DevOps/MLOps team responsible for the platform and infrastructure
• Own the delivery pipeline for ML features into production
• Lead and mentor engineers working on ML-powered applications
• Drive architectural decisions for low-latency and high-load systems
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks between experimentation and production

• 5+ Years of backend/software engineering experience in a Lead or Senior role, including mentoring, ownership, and decision-making
• Strong commercial Python experience
• Experience leading an engineering team
• Experience designing and building production backend systems and microservice architecture
• Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and high-load systems
• Experience developing APIs using FastAPI, Flask, gRPC, or similar
• Hands-on experience with code reviews, mentoring, and technical decision-making
• Ability to drive cross-team collaboration and own complex technical integrations
• Будет плюсом: experience with real-time ML systems such as recommendations, ranking, and personalization; video streaming or high-throughput platforms; familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud/on-prem environments; feature stores, model monitoring, and A/B testing; experience working alongside MLOps platforms such as MLflow and Airflow

• EU-based employment contract
• A 3-year Cyprus work visa with full support for relocation and visa processes, including assistance for family
• Opportunity to obtain an EU passport after 4 years of residence
• Full relocation package: flights to Limassol for the candidate and family, a company-covered apartment for the first month, and relocation support
• Transparent performance reviews twice a year, with bonus opportunities and salary adjustments
• Private medical insurance for the candidate and family
• Provident fund in Cyprus, co-funded by the employee and company and available after probation
• Corporate mobile plan with unlimited service in Cyprus and roaming included
• Mindfulness and well-being support, including psychological assistance with 50% coverage
• 50% Coverage of school and kindergarten fees for children
• Fully covered sports benefits, plus access to in-house electric scooters and bike rentals
• Professional growth support through language courses, conferences, training programs, and coaching
• Peer recognition program
• Fully equipped office in Limassol city center
• Free breakfasts and lunches in the office, plus an in-house coffee bar and health bar with nutritious snacks
• Temporary remote start is possible, with future relocation to Limassol
• The interview process includes an HR interview (45 min), technical interview (90 min), live code-review interview (90 min), and final interview with the team (60 min)