Team Lead Manager - Product Engineer

Requirements

  • Highly technical full-stack engineer with experience designing and shipping web apps end to end in TypeScript, ideally on AWS serverless.
  • Experience leading engineers as a Tech Lead, Team Lead, or Team Lead Manager, owning delivery and technical direction for a team.
  • Interest in managing people or growing into a management role; line management experience is a plus.
  • Strong desire to continue coding and shipping software while leading a team.
  • Ability to raise the bar on quality and architecture, providing reviews, pairing, and clear feedback to others.
  • Motivated by customer impact, making good decisions on what features to build or cut based on value.
  • Strong collaborator who works well with product and design teams, able to push back constructively.
  • Comfortable working in ambiguity and shaping unclear problems to drive team progress.

Nice to Haves

  • Experience leading a team through fast growth at a scale-up with rapidly changing teams and products.
  • Background building B2B or enterprise SaaS with complex workflows and demanding customers.
  • Exceptional performance in other fields such as academics, sports, or work.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Lead and manage a small engineering team, including line management, 1:1s, and mentorship to help engineers grow.
  • Remain hands-on with coding, reviewing pull requests, and unblocking hard technical challenges.
  • Drive AI-native development using AI agents and tools like Claude and Code integrated into workflows.
  • Engage directly with customers to understand their problems and ensure valuable solutions are built.
  • Own technical direction, making architecture and design decisions for your team’s problem space.
  • Work with modern technologies including TypeScript, React, Postgres, AWS serverless, Pulumi, and GitHub Actions.
  • Shape team roadmap by collaborating with Product Managers and Designers on priorities and scope.
  • Participate actively in hiring and onboarding new engineers as the team scales.

Perks and Benefits

  • Competitive geo-localised benefits packages available (UK and US benefits detailed separately).
  • Hybrid working model with in-person office days on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays to foster collaboration.
  • Support for visa sponsorship for candidates who require it.
  • Inclusive culture embracing diversity and encouraging applications from all backgrounds and experiences.
  • Ambitious and commercial environment offering a career-defining opportunity with clear ownership and impact.
  • Use of AI note-taking during interviews to improve candidate experience (with opt-out option).
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