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title: 'Staff Engineer - Tech Lead, ePOS at Teya'
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# Staff Engineer - Tech Lead, ePOS at Teya

- **Company:** [Teya](https://feeny.ai/companies/teya)
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/teya/cad3e246-cb27-4bac-81b8-d5ce891532ee

## Job description

Hello. We’re Teya. Teya was founded on a simple belief: local businesses deserve better. They are the cafés, restaurants, salons, shops and entrepreneurs that bring character to our high streets, create jobs and keep communities moving. Yet for too long, financial services has made life harder for them - with clunky tools, poor support and complexity that gets in the way of running a business. Teya exists to change that. We’re building a financial platform for local businesses across Europe - one built around simple tools, thoughtful design and real human support. Our Members rely on us to help them run their business with confidence, and that responsibility shapes the way we work. We move fast. We care about quality. We stay close to the detail. And we believe great performance and genuine hospitality should go hand in hand. If you want to build meaningful products, solve real problems and make a genuine difference for local businesses, we’d love to hear from you

## Your role

As a Staff Engineer and Tech Lead for the ePOS team at Teya, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our product experience that merchants across Europe rely on every day. You’ll lead a small group of engineers, owning technical delivery while staying close to the code and contributing to coding and architecture when needed. This role blends deep, hands-on technical work with emerging people leadership. You’ll guide your team through complex engineering challenges, mentor and coach engineers through their growth, and foster a culture of technical excellence. You’ll also partner closely with stakeholders across product, engineering and the wider business, and with a strong mobile-focused wider team, to deliver reliable, high-quality features. On a short time, you’ll have a clear path to grow into a people leader. We’re looking for someone curious, thoughtful and pragmatic: someone who enjoys being hands-on, is excited by the challenge of building products that work in the real world, and wants to grow towards Engineering Management.

## Your Mission

- Lead a small team of engineers as their technical lead, owning technical delivery end to end
- Stay hands-on, contributing to coding, code reviews and architecture
- Mentor and coach engineers on technical and architectural decisions, empowering them to solve complex problems independently
- Support the growth and development of your team through regular feedback and coaching, building towards a people management role
- Manage stakeholders across product, engineering and the wider business, aligning priorities and communicating progress and trade-offs clearly
- Bridge mobile and backend, working closely with the wider backend and mobile focused team to design solutions that work across the stack
- Drive high standards for clean architecture, reliability, automation and maintainability
- Contribute to roadmap definition and continuous improvement of development processes
- Participate in recruitment, onboarding and capacity planning as the team grows

## Your Story

- Strong hands-on software engineering experience, with a track record of leading engineers technically
- Experience mentoring and coaching engineers
- Ideally around one year of people management experience, or experience leading a team functionally with a genuine interest in moving into people management
- Mobile development experience (preferred), with a solid understanding of backend systems
- Proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin
- Experience in systems design and making architectural decisions in production environments
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to explain technical trade-offs to diverse audiences
- Comfortable with Agile methodologies and owning delivery in a fast-paced environment
- A pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset with a bias for action and ownership

## Nice to have

- Familiarity with edge devices and IoT

Teya is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or background can thrive and do their best work. We believe that a diverse team leads to better ideas, stronger outcomes, and a more supportive workplace for all. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process whether for interviews, assessments, or other parts of the application—we encourage you to let us know. We are committed to ensuring that every candidate has a fair and accessible experience with us.

## About Teya

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Teya provides integrated payment processing, business accounts, and funding solutions to help small, local businesses across Europe manage, grow, and thrive.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series Unknown; $1.1B in total funding)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (formerly known as SaltPay)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Fintech, Payment Processing
- **Target customers**: Small and local businesses (B2B, SMB)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Proud to serve small, local businesses" — Teya exists to make business smoother, simpler, and more rewarding for the people who keep communities alive.

## Products & Services
- **Card Machines & Terminals**: In-person payment terminals with industry-leading transaction speeds, lifetime warranty (covering theft and water damage), and integration with 50+ EPOS systems.
- **Teya Tap**: A software point-of-sale solution that turns a smartphone into a card machine, enabling contactless payments via Apple Pay, Google Pay, and major cards.
- **Teya Business Account**: A free e-money business account with no account fees, domestic transfers, direct debit setup, a debit card with 0.5% cashback on all spending, and instant settlement options.
- **Pay by Link**: A remote payment solution allowing businesses to send payment links to customers.
- **Cash Advance**: Flexible, transparent funding for businesses, repaid directly from card machine sales.
- **Teya App & Web Portal**: Real-time sales tracking, expense management, and transaction monitoring tools.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$1.1B** across 4 rounds; Annual Revenue estimated at **$100M** [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/teya-global)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly detailed, but the company has raised $1.1B in total funding [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/teya)
- **Growth Signals**: Over **75,000 active members**; processed over **609 million transactions** in 2025; provided over **£68 million in cash advances**; operates in **27 countries** across Europe; employs **~1,000 people** total with **400+ in Product & Tech** [teya.com](https://www.teya.com/) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya)

## Competitive Advantages
- **All-in-one platform**: Combines card machines, a business account, cash advances, and expense management in a single, integrated solution — reducing the need for multiple vendors.
- **Fair and transparent pricing**: No hidden fees, simple rates, and a free business account with 0.5% unlimited cashback.
- **Lifetime warranty on hardware**: Covers theft and water damage, a strong differentiator in the physical terminal market.
- **Speed and reliability**: Industry-leading transaction speeds and instant settlement options.
- **Deep focus on small, local businesses**: A clear, mission-driven niche that differentiates them from generalist fintechs and large banks.

## Strategic Focus
- **European expansion**: Already operating in 27 countries, Teya is focused on deepening its presence across Europe.
- **Product ecosystem growth**: Moving beyond payments into a full suite of business management tools (business accounts, cash advances, expense tracking, EPOS integrations).
- **Customer-centric innovation**: Building features like instant settlements, tipping, split payments, and integrated calculators directly requested by small business owners.
- **Talent acquisition**: Actively hiring across Sales, Engineering, Product, Data, and Operations to scale the platform and customer base.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: Teya is deeply focused on supporting small, local businesses, which gives employees a strong sense of purpose.
- **Hybrid work model**: Encourages at least three days a week in the office to foster collaboration, with flexibility to work from home [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya).
- **Global, diverse team**: 1,000 total employees across 15+ offices in 27 countries, including London, Lisbon, Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, Reykjavik, Porto, and Braga [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya).
- **Strong engineering culture**: 400+ Product & Tech employees; technology stack includes modern tools; hosts Lunch and Learns and supports employee-driven initiatives [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya).
- **Perks and benefits**: Pension plan, paid holidays, free snacks and drinks, quarterly engagement surveys, promotion from within, and resources for team camaraderie [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya).
- **Work environment**: Hybrid model (3 days in-office per week); offices in London, Bratislava, Lisbon, Budapest, Prague, Reykjavik, Porto, Braga, and more [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya).

## Sources
1. [teya.com](https://www.teya.com/)
2. [teya.com/careers](https://www.teya.com/careers)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya)
4. [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/teya-global)
5. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/teya)

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