Engineering Lead

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience. 8+ years of experience building applications using React, Node.js, NestJS, REST, and PostgreSQL. 2+ years of experience with Kafka or similar data streaming technologies. Expertise in service-based/microservice architectures using Docker and Kubernetes; experience with AWS preferred. Demonstrated experience leading engineers—formally or informally—through mentorship, project direction, or team oversight. Strong technical judgment, a high-ownership mindset, and the ability to guide teams through complex problem-solving. Excellent communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional partners. Prior experience as a tech lead, team lead, or engineering manager (preferred). Experience scaling distributed systems or building high-availability platforms (preferred).

Provide technical direction and architectural guidance across major components of the V2 Platform. Lead and contribute to the design and implementation of scalable, secure features. Drive high engineering standards in code quality, testing, documentation, and system reliability. Ensure team alignment on technical decisions, tradeoffs, and long-term platform strategy. Lead, mentor, and support a team of software engineers. Facilitate effective sprint planning, goal-setting, and delivery execution. Conduct code reviews that emphasize education, maintainability, and best practices. Guide engineers in breaking down complex technical problems and navigating ambiguity. Own the end-to-end execution of projects from requirements intake to release and post-launch support. Collaborate closely with Product to scope work, define priorities, and maintain roadmap alignment. Improve processes that increase engineering velocity, quality, and team communication. Ensure operational excellence across services. Act as a key engineering partner to Product, Design, Ops, and external stakeholders. Translate business needs into technical plans and articulate trade-offs clearly and effectively. Represent engineering in stakeholder meetings, roadmap discussions, and customer-facing conversations.