At Visual Components, we build simulation technology that powers the future of manufacturing. More than 2,400 professionals worldwide, from small factories to major global manufacturers, use our software to design, visualize, and optimize tomorrow’s production lines.
With over 20 nationalities represented in our Espoo HQ and offices in the US, Germany, and Japan, we’re truly international. We grow together, we enjoy our work, and we inspire one another. Join us and experience the difference of working with a team that’s passionate about building high-quality engineering solutions.
Engineering Lead - Product Infra team
Espoo, Tampere
Full-time
Permanent employee
Get to know Visual Components
The role and the team
We are looking for an Engineering Lead to establish and guide a new team, Product Infra. You will focus on improving the architecture of our products and improving infrastructure around it. You will ensure that our product customization, dependency management, deployment pipelines, and test infrastructures are streamlined. Your focus will be on creating reliable, scalable solutions that support a growing number of customers and use cases.
You will collaborate closely with DevOps and Quality Assurance teams while focusing on product-specific needs. This includes improving our product to support a growing number of platform customers. You will also drive improvements to our build architecture, dependency management, and test infrastructure.
We work in a hybrid model and expect team members to be onsite few days a week to support collaboration, onboarding, and team cohesion.
You will collaborate closely with DevOps and Quality Assurance teams while focusing on product-specific needs. This includes improving our product to support a growing number of platform customers. You will also drive improvements to our build architecture, dependency management, and test infrastructure.
We work in a hybrid model and expect team members to be onsite few days a week to support collaboration, onboarding, and team cohesion.
Your impact
As an Engineering Lead, you will:
Key Responsibilities
While the Engineering Lead role focuses on leading and supporting the team, we value strong technical involvement. You will stay close to the code through architectural design, reviews, and selected hands-on contributions, especially in complex or high-impact areas.
- Create an environment where people and products flourish
- Encouraging team work within the team and with other teams
- Working closely with Product Owner to define work for the team in backlog
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor the Product Infra team through regular 1:1s, focusing on wellbeing and professional growth
- Drive improvements in:
- Product customization and variation for our desktop products
- Product deployment - improve product distribution, software update mechanism
- Desktop application build system – help to improve build speed, modularity and reliability together with DevOps
- Dependency management - maintain up‑to‑date and well‑organized dependencies, and enable Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) reporting
- Test infrastructure - help to improve our custom test infrastructure for the 3D simulation platform together with QA
- Collaborate with other teams on cross-functional dependencies
- Facilitate team Scrum activities and maintain momentum toward shared goals
- Provide technical and quality oversight, including design reviews and testing strategies
- Champion continuous improvement in development process, tooling, and product quality
While the Engineering Lead role focuses on leading and supporting the team, we value strong technical involvement. You will stay close to the code through architectural design, reviews, and selected hands-on contributions, especially in complex or high-impact areas.
TECH STACK
- Languages: C++, C++/CLI, C#, WPF, Python
- Build & Deployment: AzureDevOps Pipelines, nuget and vcpkg, Advanced Installer
- Tools: Visual Studio, GIT, Azure DevOps, GitHub Copilot
The skills you will bring
- Experience leading a software development team (Team lead/Scrum master)
- Hands-on experience with C# and C++
- Strong understanding of build and dependency management
- Experience on modernizing legacy monolithic software projects
- Excellent communication, coaching, and people skills
- Familiarity with Agile and Scrum processes and the ability to effectively navigate and work in an agile environment.
- Experience working with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to improve coding efficiency, code quality, and developer productivity.
- Experience with robotics, simulation systems, or data analysis is highly beneficial
- Proficient English communication skills (spoken and written)
Perks of joining us
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to shape our platform
- Flexible working hours and remote work options
- An employer who supports in various life situations
- Safe and stable workplace
- Skilled co-workers and a supportive supervisor and team
- Low hierarchy with flexible and relaxed organizational culture
- Comprehensive benefits: extensive occupational health care and health insurance, learning platforms, lunch benefit, public transport benefit and sports/culture benefit vouchers
How to apply
Please send your application in English via the form on our career page. We cannot accept applications sent to us via email or private messages due to the GDPR. We will hire a person as soon as we find the right candidate.
Next steps with us
- screening is within 2 weeks after the application
- online introductory call with our Talent Acquisition Specialist
- technical interview with our specialists
- interview with the team
Hiring manager
Contact the hiring manager Pyry Glasin via email pyry.glasin@visualcomponents.com.