Tech Lead

Tech Lead

What You’ll Do:

• Lead, mentor and inspire a team of software engineers who take pride in ownership and delivering impact.
• Ensure operational excellence through proactive monitoring, automated processes, and a culture of continuous improvement with strong accountability.
• Drive a strong quality-first mindset, embedding it into the development lifecycle—from design to deployment.
• Drive technical leadership through architecture reviews, code guidance, and solving critical platform challenges.
• Build and operate multi-tenant, distributed backend systems at scale.
• Act as a technical leader—you’ve operated at least at Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Principal Engineer level in your career.
• Champion a culture of high accountability, clear ownership, and high visibility across engineering and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Collaborate deeply with Product, Program, Support, and Business functions to drive alignment and execution.
• Embed principles of observability, reliability, security, and auditability into all aspects of the platform.
• Inspire the team to pursue engineering excellence, driving best-in-class implementations and visible results.
• Define and track data-driven KPIs to ensure operational efficiency, performance, and team effectiveness.
• Take end-to-end ownership of product lines, ensuring on-time delivery and customer success.
• Contribute to team growth, hiring, and building an inclusive, learning-focused engineering environment.

What We’re Looking For:

• 9+ years of experience in backend or systems software development.
• 2+ years in a formal or informal Engineering Manager, Sr. Engineering Manager, or Tech Lead role in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Progression through senior IC roles like Tech Lead, Staff, or Principal Engineer.
• Strong experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and multi-tenant platforms.
• Proven ability to drive cross-team collaboration with product, support, business, and program teams.
• Demonstrated ability to drive accountability, set clear goals, and raise the performance bar for the team.
• Expertise in system design, scalability, performance optimization, and cost control.
• Proven track record of mentoring engineers, guiding architecture, and leading impactful initiatives.
• Clear communicator, adept at both strategy and execution.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with data engineering platforms, ETL systems, or database internals.
• Exposure to product-driven companies, especially in infrastructure, SaaS, or backup/data systems.
• Demonstrated history of fast-tracked growth or high-visibility impact.
• Led or contributed to re-architecture or greenfield systems at scale.

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