Team Lead, Software Development (Demand Response)

Spare•Vancouver, BC

128d

About The Position

The way software gets built is changing. Developers today aren't just writing code to someone else's spec — they're talking to customers, making design decisions, and owning problems from discovery through shipped solution. AI has dramatically expanded what a single developer can deliver, and the best teams are the ones that lean into this shift. As Dev Team Lead, you'll lead a team of strong, cross-functional developers. You hold the technical vision for the product — architecture, reliability, system health — and you're accountable for what your team delivers. You collaborate closely with your PM and designer as a trifecta, and you're the kind of leader who makes everyone around them better. This is roughly a 50/50 split between people leadership and hands-on technical work.

Requirements

5+ years of software development experience, with demonstrated senior-level technical ability
2+ years leading an engineering team, with a genuine track record of developing people — not just managing work
A passion for growing and leveling up your team. You get energy from helping people reach the next level. You invest deeply in each person and take pride in their growth
Hungry to push the frontier of AI-assisted development. You don't need to be an expert today, but you need to be deeply curious and actively experimenting
Cross-functional range. You're comfortable in product conversations, can engage with design and business context, and think about customer problems and value delivered, not just code and features.
A high bar and a growth mindset. You set ambitious standards for yourself and your team, and you're always looking for ways to improve
Ownership mentality. You take responsibility for outcomes, communicate proactively, and drive forward without waiting for direction

Nice To Haves

Experience in transit, mobility, or logistics
Experience at a high-growth startup at a similar stage

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a high-performing team
Build deep, individualized relationships with every person on your team — understand how they think, what motivates them, and how they can grow
Be a dedicated coach and mentor who gets energy from leveling people up — help your developers become meaningfully stronger engineers, thinkers, and communicators over time
Create an environment where people do the best work of their careers — high trust, high standards, direct feedback
Foster a team culture of ownership, urgency, and pride in the work
Own technical vision and delivery
Be the technical authority for the Demand Response product — you're the expert on the codebase and the go-to person for hard technical questions
Make sound architectural decisions and ensure the team strikes the right balance between reliability, tech debt, and feature work
Contribute directly as a senior+ IC — you still write code, review code, and deliver customer value
Take accountability for your team's delivery and communicate proactively with stakeholders about progress, tradeoffs, and risks
Push the frontier on AI-assisted development
Be hungry to experiment with new models, tools, and agentic development workflows
Evangelize and raise the bar for AI adoption across your team
Help your team leverage AI to dramatically increase what they can deliver
Partner across the business
Collaborate closely with your PM and designer as peers — together you hold the product vision and ensure coherence across everything the team ships
Have enough product and business sense to step in when needed — you can talk to customers, give a compelling demo, and make prioritization calls grounded in customer value
Be an expert on your team's product and customers — know the key accounts, their setups, their challenges