Lead Engineer

Role Overview

• Own delivery of critical engineering initiatives across multiple product areas
• Translate high level business objectives into clear engineering plans and milestones
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership to define technical priorities
• Help ensure projects are delivered on time and with a high standard of quality
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and execution challenges before they impact delivery
• Actively contribute to architecture, design, implementation, and code reviews
• Build scalable services and platform capabilities
• Participate in debugging, troubleshooting, and production support
• Lead complex technical initiatives and serve as a technical resource for the broader team
• Establish and promote engineering best practices across the organization
• Help recruit, interview, and onboard engineers
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance and career development
• Create an environment focused on accountability, collaboration, learning, and execution
• Help define responsibilities, expectations, and growth paths for team members
• Lead by example through both technical excellence and professionalism
• Establish consistent engineering standards and development practices
• Improve sprint planning, estimation, prioritization, and release management processes
• Help create scalable operating procedures as the team continues to grow
• Drive improvements around testing, code quality, observability, documentation, and reliability
• Ensure alignment across engineers, teams, and initiatives
• Work closely with Product Managers to refine requirements and scope initiatives
• Communicate project status, risks, and trade-offs to leadership
• Collaborate with Data, Research, Operations, and other business teams to understand needs and deliver solutions
• Help balance short-term business objectives with long-term platform investments
• Partner with the Head of Engineering on roadmap planning and resource allocation
• Help establish team OKRs and measurable success criteria
• Track execution against goals and identify opportunities for improvement
• Participate in defining the future structure and growth of the engineering organization

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 1+ years leading or managing engineering teams
• Experience operating in high-growth startup environments, ideally Series B, C, or D companies
• Experience building and maintaining production systems at scale
• Demonstrated success leading engineering projects from planning through delivery
• Expert level backend development experience using Python
• Strong experience designing APIs and distributed systems
• Deep understanding of cloud native architectures and AWS services
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, and modern infrastructure practices
• Strong understanding of system design, scalability, reliability, security, and performance optimization
• Experience working with relational databases and data intensive systems
• Proven ability to lead technical teams while remaining hands on
• Ability to build trust and alignment across teams
• Comfortable making decisions and driving accountability
• Leads through influence, collaboration, and example
• Exceptional communication skills
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts in a concise and structured manner
• Comfortable communicating with executives, engineers, product managers, and non technical stakeholders
• Strong written communication and documentation skills
• Highly organized and execution oriented
• Able to break large initiatives into manageable milestones
• Strong prioritization skills and business judgment
• Focused on finding solutions rather than simply identifying problems
• Comfortable balancing speed, quality, and long-term maintainability

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Cloud
• Distributed Systems
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Python
• Terraform

Benefits

• healthcare coverage
• flexible paid time off
• hybrid work model