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Lead Engineering Execution

• 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.

Remain a Strong Individual Contributor

• 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.

Grow and Develop the Team

• 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.

Improve Engineering Processes

• 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.

Partner Across the Business

• 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.

Contribute to Organizational Planning

• 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.

Experience

• 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.

Technical Skills

• 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.

Leadership

• 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.

Communication

• 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.

Problem Solving

• 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.