Tech Lead - Senior Software Engineer

YipitData•New York, NY

2d•$200,000 - $230,000•Remote

About The Position

Signals is YipitData's B2B spend analytics platform for private equity and growth investors — helping them track software adoption, revenue, retention, switching, and competitive dynamics across thousands of companies. We're looking for a Tech Lead to own the technical direction of the Signals engineering team and drive the next phase of the product forward. This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll set the technical vision, make architecture decisions, and write code — while also unblocking your team, raising the engineering bar, and working directly with product, data, and revenue stakeholders to shape what gets built. You'll lead a small, high-output team of engineers and QA, and be the person accountable for the quality, reliability, and velocity of everything the Signals team ships. You'll be responsible for production-grade systems that customers and internal teams depend on daily. That means being responsive, reliable, and an excellent communicator — both when things are going well and especially when they're not. The ideal candidate has led engineering teams before, treats AI coding tools as core infrastructure for how they work, and has a track record of shipping products that customers love — not just features that meet specs. This is a remote-friendly opportunity that can sit in NYC (where our headquarters are located), one of our office hubs (Austin, Miami, or Mountain View), or anywhere else in the US. However, depending upon where the remote work is performed, income could be subject to New York State tax withholding.

Requirements

You have 6+ years of hands-on software development experience with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role — leading teams, making architecture decisions, and owning delivery
You have shipped and maintained customer-facing SaaS products — you understand what it takes to build software that real users depend on
You have strong system design instincts — you know how to architect systems, define clean interfaces, and make decisions that hold up as complexity grows
You are stack-flexible: comfortable working across Python, TypeScript/React, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Databricks). You learn new tools fast and don't let unfamiliar tech slow you down
You have an AI-native workflow — you don't just use AI tools, you've fundamentally changed how you and your team work because of them
You can context-switch between writing code, unblocking a teammate, and presenting a technical tradeoff to a non-technical stakeholder — all in the same day
You are responsive and reliable — you take ownership of production systems and communicate proactively, especially under pressure
You lead by example — your team follows your standard because they see you hold yourself to it first
You hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, STEM, or a related technical discipline

Responsibilities

Own the technical direction of the Signals platform — architecture, system design, tech debt strategy, and engineering standards
Lead a team of engineers and QA — set priorities, unblock work, conduct code reviews, and drive execution
Stay hands-on: you're writing code, shipping features, and debugging production issues alongside your team
Work directly with product, data, revenue, and customers to translate business problems into a technical roadmap
Make the calls on build vs. buy, tradeoffs between speed and quality, and when to invest in infrastructure vs. features
Own production reliability — you're the first person who cares when something breaks, and you drive the team to fix it fast and prevent it from happening again
Raise the bar for the engineering team through mentorship, tooling improvements, and establishing best practices
Use AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) as a daily force multiplier for yourself and your team — and push the team to adopt AI-native workflows that accelerate output

Benefits

Flexible work hours, flexible vacation, a generous 401K match, parental leave, team events, wellness budget, learning reimbursement, and more
Your growth at YipitData is determined by the impact you make, not by tenure, unnecessary facetime, or office politics

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