What You'll Do
Provide Technical Leadership & Guidance: Offer deep technical leadership, actively participating in coding, architectural design, and complex problem-solving to ensure high standards of code quality, scalability, and system reliability.
Lead & Grow Engineering Teams: Lead, mentor, and grow R&D engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, hands-on problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
Drive Ownership & Accountability: Instill strong ownership, accountability, and a builder mindset within the engineering organization, empowering teams to execute with velocity and autonomy.
Solve Complex Challenges: Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical and organizational challenges to ensure smooth operations and delivery.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Collaborate closely with Product and other cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions and align engineering efforts with company objectives.
Optimize Processes: Optimize engineering processes, methodologies, and tools to support rapid growth and evolving business needs.
Reduce Leadership Load: Strategically contribute to reducing the technical and operational load on current leadership, taking on key initiatives and areas of ownership.
We are seeking a true builder and active coder who can lead by technical example and significantly contribute to our engineering culture and output. We value a technical leader with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Must-Haves:
Experience: 7+ years in software development, with at least 3-5 years in an engineering leadership role (e.g., Director, Senior Manager, or Group Lead managing a team).
Hands-on Technical Expertise: Proven exceptional proficiency in core technologies like TypeScript, Node.js, React, Python and deep understanding of high-performance SQL/NoSQL database design and K8S.
Experience working with message queue technologies (e.g., Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ) to build scalable and reliable data pipelines.
Startup Scaling Experience: Proven experience having scaled or built R&D teams in startup environments.
Adaptability & Accountability: Comfortable with ambiguity, quick execution, and high accountability in both leadership and coding capacities.
Strong Ownership & Leadership: Demonstrates strong ownership and leadership without needing external structure, both in managing teams and driving technical solutions through code.
Partner Mindset: An open communicator who actively gives and receives feedback, fostering a collaborative environment.
