Product Engineer, Tech Lead

Clasp•Boston, MA

13d•$155,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Tech Lead to partner with our existing technical leadership to mobilize our engineering team as we scale our product to help tens of thousands more students and partner with dozens more alternative education partners, financing hundreds of millions of dollars of loans and other financial products. The ideal candidate is exceptionally strong at decomposing challenging problems, fluent in Javascript/Typescript, and opinionated about UX & APIs, but is also passionate about growing people around them and instilling in others best practices. At Clasp we run a DevOps culture where the engineers have full ownership of the code they write & the infrastructure on which it runs. Candidates should be enthused about making substantial contributions to the architecture driving the product roadmap and the Clasp business, and achieving tremendous personal growth with us along the way!

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent bootcamp or upskilling program experience
Hands-on experience managing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar) and ownership of deployment strategies, release management, and production monitoring
Experience working closely with Product teams to define technical requirements and Compliance teams to ensure regulatory adherence in financial services or similarly regulated environments.
Ability to clearly articulate technical trade-offs, align stakeholders, and make informed decisions under ambiguity.
4+ years working in a SaaS startup regularly building and owning the complete E2E technology stack for Web Application (Frontend + Backend + Cloud + CI/CD)
Deep experience with a combination of the following technologies: Javascript & TypeScript (React, NextJS, Recoil (other state management libraries)), Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI, etc.), HTML, CSS Databases: SQL (we use PostgreSQL) Cloud: AWS or Google Cloud experience Design: We use Figma; understanding of responsive design DevOps: Experience with CI/CD and modern cloud and container tooling

Responsibilities

Architect, build, and maintain a robust application management and loan repayment platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability across front-end and back-end systems
Leverage full-stack engineering skills to contribute alongside team and build a polished & accessible end-user experience that tens of thousands of students and program administrators love, and develop best of breed API on reliable infrastructure for our partners to leverage
Set best practices for code quality, system design, and security while mentoring engineers and conducting code reviews
Oversee 2-3 engineers’ day-to-day operations with the support of the Director of Engineering
Work with cross-functional stakeholders to define and prioritize work, break down large initiatives into achievable milestones, and balance technical debt with new feature development
Spec out stories with the engineering team and product leadership, and lead the team in continually reflecting on how to better deliver value and operate as a team
Foster a strong engineering culture through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
Participate in future on-call rotations and ensure by building self-healing and resilient systems and leveraging infrastructure as code and monitoring tools that our systems are highly available

Benefits

The salary range for this position is competitive and will be commensurate with the candidate's experience, qualifications, and industry knowledge, ranging between $155,000 to $190,000 annually.
In addition to the base salary, we offer an attractive equity component as part of our compensation package, providing an opportunity for eligible employees to share in the success and growth of our company.
We are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits packages to attract and retain top talent.

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