Tech Lead - Engineering

Breeze • New York, NY

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

As our first Tech Lead in the US, you'll serve as the technical anchor for our New York engineering team. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on technical execution, mentorship, and helping engineers deliver high-quality software. You'll work alongside a growing team of engineers, providing technical guidance, conducting code reviews, helping unblock complex challenges, and driving sound engineering decisions. While this is not a people management role, you'll play an important part in helping the team grow by raising the technical bar and supporting less experienced engineers through day-to-day collaboration. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building products, solving difficult technical problems, and helping a team move faster through strong technical leadership and execution.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production systems.
• Previous experience operating as a Tech Lead, Senior Engineer, Staff Engineer, or similar senior technical individual contributor.
• Strong software architecture and system design experience.
• Proven ability to guide technical decisions and influence engineering outcomes without formal management authority.
• Extensive experience conducting code reviews and mentoring engineers.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguity in fast-moving startup environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Passion for building high-quality products and helping teams succeed.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in fintech, payments, crypto, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience mentoring and supporting early-career engineers.
• Experience working in startup or high-growth environments.
• Experience working across distributed engineering organizations.
• Experience building scalable backend systems and developer infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship high-quality software across Breeze's products and platform.
• Act as the technical point of contact for the US engineering team, helping drive execution and technical decision-making.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and provide actionable feedback that improves code quality and engineering standards.
• Help unblock engineers by providing guidance on architecture, implementation, debugging, and system design challenges.
• Partner closely with Product and Design to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Lead technical design discussions and help evaluate trade-offs between speed, scalability, and maintainability.
• Mentor and support junior engineers through pairing, technical coaching, and knowledge sharing.
• Drive engineering best practices across testing, observability, reliability, and software development workflows.
• Collaborate closely with global engineering teams to ensure alignment and consistency across projects.
• Take ownership of complex technical initiatives from design through production deployment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + equity
• Hybrid work environment based in New York City (3+ days per week in office)
• 21 days PTO
• Flexible benefits including medical allowance, productivity allowance, and wellness reimbursement
• Annual company retreat

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed