Lead Software Engineer $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 seeking Technical Team Leads to own quality and execution across our application-layer products. In this role, you will guide a compact team of 3-5 engineers developing educational applications that serve thousands of students.
Potential products include:
- Athena: AI-powered video and assessment generation proven to deliver academic results
- TeachTap: AI-driven platform bringing historical personalities to life through TikTok-style learning
- TeachTales: Customized storytelling experiences designed to enhance reading comprehension
- TrashCat: Game-based educational platform that makes learning engaging and enjoyable
This position is structured as a player-coach model: you will spend 50% of your time implementing sophisticated features and 50% mentoring and empowering your engineers. Your role is to define quality benchmarks, create technical patterns, conduct code reviews with instructional intent, and facilitate engineer development. Accountability extends to team-wide results, not solely individual contributions.
You will operate in a lean environment with substantial ownership and minimal process overhead. Technical leadership is your domain; people management functions are handled separately.
What you will be doing
- Implementing sophisticated features that establish technical direction for the team
- Conducting pull request reviews with comprehensive, instructional commentary
- Developing engineers through pair programming and constructive feedback
- Orchestrating technical initiatives and decomposing product requirements
- Defining quality benchmarks and ensuring consistent team adherence
What you will NOT be doing
- Handling personnel management (recruiting, terminations, performance evaluations, career development discussions)
- Building platform or infrastructure-level systems
- Spending time in repetitive or unproductive meetings
- Designing architecture in isolation from hands-on implementation
Candidate requirements
- At least 5 years of full-stack development experience
- At least 2 years in a lead role (reviewing others' work, mentoring engineers, establishing team practices)
- Track record of shipping SaaS products
- Experience with AI tools in development workflow
- Demonstrated ability to help other engineers improve and grow
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