Software Engineering Lead (Player-Coach)
About The Position
Do you love shipping great software and helping engineers do the best work of their careers? We’re looking for a Software Engineering Supervisor who will spend ~50% of their time hands-on—designing, coding, reviewing, troubleshooting—and the other 50% leading people, process, and delivery. You’ll partner with Product and QA to turn ideas into scalable, reliable services while nurturing a culture of craftsmanship, accountability, and fun. What We’re Looking For In general, someone who: Is passionate about serving others—customers, teammates, and the business. Thrives in healthy conflict and direct feedback. Thin skin need not apply. Embodies Humble, Hungry, Smart (Patrick Lencioni vibes welcome). Rolls up sleeves—pairing, profiling, debugging, and jumping on incidents when needed. Takes ownership and continuously improves people, process, and product. Specifically for This Role, Someone Who Spends ~50% hands-on: designs services, writes code, creates tests, reviews PRs, and leads technical spikes. Leads 5–8 engineers with clear goals, regular 1:1s, coaching, and career growth plans. Drives delivery: capacity planning, sprint execution, risk/issue management with Product and QA. Upholds engineering excellence: code reviews, testing standards, CI/CD, observability, security-by-default. Collaborates across teams (Product, QA, SRE/Cloud, Support) to turn requirements into robust, scalable solutions. Communicates crisply—translating technical detail for stakeholders and leadership.
Requirements
- 6–8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a team lead, tech lead, or supervisor capacity.
- Proven track record delivering production software with Node.js and service-oriented back-end architectures.
- Demonstrated strength in hands-on coding, design, and debugging—plus people leadership (mentoring, feedback, hiring).
- Solid grasp of secure coding, reliability, and scalability best practices.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree optional; we value experience, outcomes, and a growth mindset.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a SaaS environment and with high-throughput, mission-critical services.
- Hands-on with AWS cost optimization, SQL performance tuning, and production incident leadership.
- Familiarity with compliance-minded development (e.g., SOC 2 evidence hygiene).
Responsibilities
- Design and implement back-end services/APIs (primarily Node.js/TypeScript).
- Write automated tests (unit/integration), optimize performance, and harden security.
- Own critical features end-to-end from design to production rollout and monitoring.
- People & Performance: Run 1:1s, deliver candid feedback, recognize wins, manage performance fairly.
- Delivery & Execution: Own team plans, commitments, and on-time releases; remove blockers quickly.
- Architecture & Quality: Guide designs that are secure, maintainable, and scalable; champion testing culture.
- Operations: Partner with SRE/Cloud on readiness, incident response, postmortems, and reliability metrics.
- Stakeholder Management: Keep Product and leadership aligned with clear, data-driven updates.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
