Software Engineer (Area Tech Lead)

Grammarly is excited to offer a remote-first hybrid working model. Team members work primarily remotely in the United States, Canada, Ukraine, Germany, or Poland. Certain roles have specific location requirements to facilitate collaboration at a particular Grammarly hub.

All roles have an in-person component: Conditions permitting, teams meet 2–4 weeks every quarter at one of Grammarly’s hubs in San Francisco, Kyiv, New York, Vancouver, and Berlin, or in a workspace in Kraków. This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that fosters trust and unlocks creativity.

Grammarly team members in this role must be based in the United States or Canada, and they must be able to collaborate in person 3 weeks per quarter, traveling if necessary to the hub(s) where the team is based.

The opportunity 

Grammarly is the world’s leading AI writing assistance company trusted by over 30 million people and 70,000 professional teams every day. From instantly creating a first draft to perfecting every message, Grammarly’s product offerings help people at 96% of the Fortune 500 get their point across—and get results. Grammarly has been profitable for over a decade because we’ve stayed true to our values and built an enterprise-grade product that’s secure, reliable, and helps people do their best work—without selling their data. We’re proud to be one of Inc.’s best workplaces, a Glassdoor Best Place to Work, one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies, and one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in AI.

To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Software Engineer, Area Tech lead who will lead the technical vision, direction, strategy, and execution to create a direction-changing impact on Grammarly’s topline growth. This role will report to the Engineering Director of the Growth organization, which contains several product engineering and platform teams. While this role provides opportunities to go broader across several Growth systems, it also enables one to go deeper, using hands-on experience in delivering high-impact initiatives such as big bets, technical foundations, and high-velocity experimentation. This role is also expected to collaborate with cross-functional leadership team members, peer area tech leads, and Grammarly engineering leadership to align the Growth engineering organization to Grammarly’s technology strategy.

Grammarly’s engineers and researchers have the freedom to innovate and uncover breakthroughs—and, in turn, influence our product roadmap. The complexity of our technical challenges is growing rapidly as we scale our interfaces, algorithms, and infrastructure. Read more about our stack or hear from our team on our technical blog.

Your impact

As a Software Engineer, Area Tech lead, you will:

• Own the technical vision and direction for Self-Serve Growth systems.
• Lead with high-velocity execution and top-notch operational excellence on growth initiatives.
• Gain an in-depth understanding of a specific area within the Growth organization while also having a broad knowledge of its various facets.
• Work with XFN leadership to chart the course for annual and quarterly planning and be the technical advocate on prioritizing the highest impact areas within the Growth organization.
• Mentor and grow senior IC talent and influence the engineering managers for the right short vs long-term technical investments.

During the first 30 days, you will:

• Establish relationships within the Growth team and organizational leads.
• Obtain an in-depth understanding of Grammarly Products and Growth Initiatives.
• Learn the technology stack for Growth systems.
• Participate in critical meetings to familiarize team's work.
• Develop an understanding of ongoing projects and current technical challenges faced.

Within your first 3 months, you will:

• Begin to collaborate in quarterly technical planning and technical de-risking.
• Delve into 1-2 high-impact projects.
• Partner with other Area tech leads within Grammarly.
• Identify technical challenges and potential solutions for the Growth Tech Stack.

Within your first 6 months, you will:

• Build domain expertise in 1-2 high-impact areas in Growth and within the company.
• Create a technical roadmap for Growth and identify methods to prioritize it through quarterly planning.
• Become an exper