Java Team Lead
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 7, 2025. Guardsquare scores C on the Alion truth index.
Summary
Guardsquare is looking for an R&D Team Lead to join us in our Leuven office and lead one of our Leuven based Java teams.
In this role you will be responsible for a team of about 5 to 7 Java Software Engineers working within an agile software development environment. The ideal candidate started their career technically and has a good understanding of software engineering within a high-tech start/scale-up, and grew into or is now ready for a team lead role.
Your key responsibilities will be:
- Own the results delivered by your team. You lead day-to-day development; assign tasks, track progress, ensure timely delivery and high quality.
- Mentor engineers, foster collaboration, and motivate the team to reach company and personal objectives.
- Set coding standards and best practices for maintainable solutions.
- Work with product teams to translate business needs into technical specifications.
- Implement and enforce testing practices to deliver reliable software.
- Encourage new ideas and own engineering processes to drive continuous improvement.
- Represent Guardsquare’s R&D values, its products and its culture.
Requirements:
- Masters in computer science with 5+ years of experience, of which at least 3 as a Team Lead
- Proven track record of achieving results with teams
- Experience setting performance goals and performing appraisals
- Strong programming fundamentals
- Previous experience with low level programming is an asset
- Deep knowledge of Java is also a nice plus
- A no-nonsense and pragmatic attitude, continuously raising the bar
- Excellent English communication
- Understanding the value of in-person leadership in a hybrid work environment
What Guardsquare offers you
- A full time job with a competitive salary package
- You are provided with the tools & flexibility to develop yourself successfully
- An international environment where you will interact with motivated & open colleagues with different backgrounds
- A workplace where you can share and implement your ideas
- A hybrid work policy, which helps guarantee an excellent work-life balance
At Guardsquare, we take pride in being a diverse and multicultural company with team members representing numerous nationalities. We value different perspectives and opinions throughout the business which has contributed to our being the market leader in mobile application security.
You will be part of a dynamic team that strives for excellence and focuses on continuous education and enhancement in skills. We encourage & empower our trusted colleague s to share their opinions, actively collaborate, and continue to learn and grow.
Do you want to make a difference? What are you waiting for? Join us!
You can apply for this opportunity by filling out the application form below!
About Guardsquare
Guardsquare offers the most complete approach to mobile application security on the market, delivering the highest level of protection, with ease. Guardsquare integrates seamlessly across the full development cycle, from mobile app security testing and code hardening to real-time threat detection and API security. Guardsquare provides enhanced mobile application security across the entire development process.
More than 1,000 customers worldwide across all major industries rely on Guardsquare to help them identify security risks and protect their mobile applications and SDKs against reverse engineering and tampering in the ever-evolving threat landscape.
Guardsquare is based in Leuven (Belgium) with offices in Ghent (Belgium), Boston (USA) and Munich (Germany).