Requirements

• 5+ years managing engineering teams, including Senior and Staff-level individual contributors
• Senior engineer-level technical depth - ability to read code, challenge design, and participate in architecture discussions
• Hands-on backend engineering experience; familiarity with Ruby, Go, or comparable languages and distributed systems
• Proven ability to operate under ambiguity, defining direction and making decisions with incomplete information
• Track record of delivering complex software on schedule in fast-paced environments
• Experience managing fully remote, distributed teams across multiple time zones
• Strong written communication skills, especially for asynchronous environments

Nice to Haves

• Experience building AI-powered products such as agents, LLM pipelines, or orchestration systems
• Background in platform, integration, or developer-facing infrastructure
• Experience scaling teams during periods of rapid growth
• Familiarity with enterprise SaaS or automation platforms

What You'll Be Doing

• Partnering with Product Managers and stakeholders to scope projects, set timelines, and define success criteria
• Planning and tracking execution across quarters and sprints to deliver on schedule without compromising quality
• Identifying and resolving blockers early, escalating as needed
• Balancing feature work against internal investments such as AI-SDLC, CI/CD, platform upgrades, and technical debt
• Managing, mentoring, and growing a team of Senior and Staff engineers
• Handling hiring, onboarding, and performance management
• Designing and evolving team processes suited to a distributed, asynchronous work environment
• Applying AI tooling to improve team workflows
• Participating in architecture and design decisions as a technical peer
• Making trade-off decisions on scope, approach, and sequencing with accountability
• Allocating team capacity effectively based on deep system understanding
• Communicating progress, risks, and blockers clearly to leadership
• Building strong working relationships with peer leads across engineering and product
• Representing team priorities and constraints during cross-team planning

Perks and Benefits

• Flexible, trust-oriented culture empowering ownership of roles
• Focus on balancing productivity with self-care
• Vibrant and dynamic work environment
• Multitude of benefits to enjoy inside and outside work
• Remote-friendly work setup with an international distributed team