Staff Technical Lead, Backend

HubSpot

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About The Position

As a Staff Technical Lead, you will be a player-coach, leading a team of approximately 2-4 backend engineers while remaining deeply hands-on in technical design and implementation.
This role blends hands-on engineering (~75%) with technical leadership and influence (~25%). You’ll help shape architecture in a complex and evolving domain, guide engineers through ambiguity, and ensure we are always solving for the customer first — even when the systems underneath are anything but simple.
You will work closely with Product Managers, Designers, other Tech Leads, and cross-group partners to build scalable, reliable systems that unlock growth for both our customers and HubSpot.

Requirements

• Has a strong track record of delivering high-impact, cross-team technical initiatives at scale
• Is comfortable working in high-ambiguity domains, particularly where product, data, and marketing technologies intersect
• Can understand complex system landscapes and distill them into simple, scalable architectures
• Stays deeply hands-on while also providing technical direction, mentorship, and influence beyond their immediate team
• Demonstrates pragmatic decision-making with a bias toward solving problems through technology rather than process
• Raises the bar for technical excellence and helps others do the same
• Embodies HubSpot’s engineering values and customer-first mindset

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical leader and architect for backend systems powering advanced marketing capabilities
• Design and evolve scalable, resilient architectures that integrate with complex marketing, machine learning, and data systems
• Stay deeply hands-on in code, reviews, and technical design, setting a high bar for quality and execution
• Lead and mentor engineers through ambiguous problem spaces, helping them break down complexity into clear, actionable solutions
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, ML, and Infrastructure teams to deliver cohesive, customer-centric experiences
• Drive alignment across teams and systems, identifying leverage points that unlock outsized impact
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term platform health and technical strategy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees