Lead Engineer - BrickLink

Job Description

Exciting opportunity to help shape the future of LEGO® BrickLink!

We’re looking for a Lead Engineer with a delivery mindset and the ability to navigate complex matters. You’ll guide a cross-functional team working on mission-critical services that integrate BrickLink into the LEGO Group’s digital ecosystem and elevate the experience for fans worldwide.

You’ll lead a local team with nearshore members and collaborate closely with Product and Design, and partner with teams in Billund and the US to align on strategy, architecture, and execution.

Core responsibilities

• Lead the team and set a technical direction for integrating BrickLink with the LEGO® digital ecosystem, including LEGO® Account, to ensure a coherent user experience.
• Architect, build, operate, and maintain scalable, secure solutions - applying a “you build it, you run it” philosophy.
• Build and evolve services that enable BrickLink’s online presence, including administration, compliance, and security-related services.
• Drive a modern, low-maintenance architecture and infrastructure that enables faster delivery and frequent, reliable releases.
• Understand the existing BrickLink codebase to make targeted changes and execute a smooth, incremental migration to new services.
• Champion quality, observability, and operational excellence; continuously improve code and system health from dev to live.
• Mentor engineers, set coding standards, facilitate agile rituals, and remove blockers to keep delivery on track.
• Partner closely with Product Managers and Designers; shape backlogs and delivery plans in Jira.

Play your part in our team succeeding

Join our tech team and build tools that power one of the largest and most passionate LEGO® communities in the world. At BrickLink, we combine the agility and energy of a startup with the stability, creativity, and values of the LEGO Group.

Do you have what it takes?

• Solid experience building production-grade software, with 2+ years of formal or informal leadership (tech lead, team lead, or equivalent).
• Deep expertise in either Frontend (React/Next.js) or Backend (C#/.NET).
• Hands-on AWS experience (for example: ECS, RDS, IAM, networking).
• Proficiency with relational and NoSQL databases, data modelling, and transaction handling.
• Proven experience working closely with Product and using Jira workflows (backlogs, epics, boards, reporting) to drive delivery.
• Experience with automated testing (unit/integration/E2E) and building CI/CD pipelines (build, test, deploy, release automation).
• Strong delivery mindset and the ability to navigate complex and ambiguous problems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, comfortable aligning stakeholders across time zones (Billund and California).

If you lean Frontend:

• Advanced React and Next.js (SSR/SSG), TypeScript, Testing with Storybook, Accessibility (WCAG), modern state management and web security.

If you lean Backend:

• Deep expertise in C#, .NET (Core/6+), RESTful APIs, authentication/authorization (OAuth2/OIDC), and secure web architectures.

Nice to have:

• Experience migrating monoliths to modular service architectures.
• E-commerce or marketplace experience (payments, compliance, fraud).
• Strong observability practice (logging, metrics, tracing) and SRE concepts.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CDK/Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Experience with data analytics platforms (e.g., Elasticsearch or Databricks) for search and analytics.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.