Requirements

• Proven experience managing full-stack engineering teams, with a solid engineering background of your own.
• Experience standing up a team from a small starting point: hiring, onboarding, and setting technical direction at the same time.
• A product and strategy mindset. You can take broad guidance like "own, delegate, or defer" technology initiatives, and turn it into a sequence of decisions a team can actually execute.
• Real interest in AI, and in putting it to work building tools like this team's AI-assisted review and planning tools.
• Comfortable negotiating scope with multiple cross-functional partners. Much of this role involves shaping joint roadmaps and defining boundaries.
• Strong written and verbal communication.

What you will do

• Build great relationships with product managers, designers, engineers, and other managers across the US and Poland to align on the vision, strategy, and adoption of your team's work.
• Foster a strong accountability culture on the team, helping them deliver their roadmap reliably and on time.
• Act as a credible technical advisor to your team, helping them make thoughtful, informed decisions in ambiguous situations.
• Connect the dots with peer teams and selflessly prioritize work beyond your domain when it's the right call.
• Communicate complex ideas clearly and influence decisions across a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Balance business needs with strong engineering principles: invest in foundational technical work, pay down tech debt, and still deliver incremental improvements on time.
• Hire, coach, and lead a team of backend and UI engineers, challenging them to bring their best selves to their work and deliver on stability, performance, and the overall product experience.
• Build and nurture an inclusive team culture where every member feels empowered, accepted, and respected.