Technical Lead $200,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks
Description
We are expanding platforms relied upon by thousands of students and teams:
- TimeBack: Educational platform driving Alpha School's 2-hour learning model (99th percentile test results).
- Incept: Content generation platform producing all personalized educational materials for multiple learning applications deployed at Alpha School.
- Crossover: AI-powered hiring platform handling tens of thousands of applicants monthly, staffing schools and companies worldwide.
You will take ownership of one platform and dedicate the majority of your time to constructing the most complex components of the codebase with a compact team (3-5 experienced engineers, no junior members). The architectural choices you make will dictate whether other teams can quickly build new applications, integrate seamlessly, and deliver value to students. Correct decisions unlock massive leverage. Poor decisions generate integration failures and destroy velocity across multiple teams.
You design, build, and operate your own work. You set quality standards and define patterns for your platform. Our approach is spec-driven: design precedes implementation, planning comes before building. Expect high autonomy, no committees, no approval boards. You work within a small, focused team where accountability for what you deliver rests with you.
What you will be doing
- Technical Leadership: Formulate strategic architectural choices and define technical patterns for the team to adopt.
- AI Leadership: Champion the adoption of emerging AI workflows and produce high-impact playbooks.
- Implementation: Construct the intricate, high-stakes components of the codebase working directly with your team.
- Quality Reviews: Verify your team adheres to established patterns and upholds quality standards.
What you will NOT be doing
- Serving as an architect without hands-on implementation
- Spending time trapped in endless meetings
- Managing people (this role focuses on technical leadership, not personnel management)
- Handling legacy maintenance or internal IT systems
Candidate requirements
- A minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience building software products
- A minimum of 3 years serving as either a lead engineer (conducting code reviews) or architect (driving key technical decisions)
- Experience developing platform-level products where your APIs were consumed by other teams
- Deep involvement with AI tools, consistently experimenting and exploring new capabilities
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Chat-style
screening interview.
Cognitive 
aptitude test.
Prove real-world 
job skills.
Interview with the hiring manager.
Accept job offer.
Pass
proctored test.
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