Technical Lead Manager, Platform Engineering

About the Role

The Engineering Lead Platform plays a pivotal role in leading and managing the platform engineering team to architect and deliver scalable systems. This position is a blend of hands-on technical leadership and team management, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions to meet customer needs. This position has a salary range of $180,000 - $225,000 plus stock options.

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What you will do

• Lead a team of platform engineers, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and excellence.
• Mentor and guide the team in their professional development and technical skills enhancement.
• Lead cross-functional projects working closely with designers, data, and front-end engineers.
• Own all aspects of our real-time service.
• Elevate the capabilities of the platform engineering group through skill development and process improvement.
• Expert in modern software delivery practices.
• In a given week you would: prototype, project manage, write code, and interact with our distributed team.

Requirements

The ideal candidate

Ideal: 

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, including technical leadership.
• Strong leadership and team management skills with a proven track record in a similar role.
• Expertise in backend system architecture and software development.

Preferred:

• Ability to drive technical innovation and excellence.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
• Strong Python experience.

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Who you are

• You are not intimidated by scale, our load patterns are robust.
• You have battle scars with Postgres, Cassandra, Snowflake, and Kafka.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision and HSA

401k contribution

Connectivity Reimbursement

Annual Productivity Allowance

Annual Wellness Allowance

13 paid holidays

Flexible PTO and Sick time