Engineering Team Lead

About the company Our client is a fast-growing software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead a small engineering group while staying hands-on in the codebase, owning technical direction, team processes and delivery. The role blends architecture decisions for a performance-sensitive distributed system with mentoring, prioritization and hiring as the team grows. What you'll do - Lead the engineering team, review code and take ownership of team output. - Make architectural decisions for a latency-sensitive distributed system. - Establish engineering best practices and processes, and mentor engineers. - Prioritize tasks so engineering work supports business objectives. - Contribute directly to the codebase for roughly a quarter of your time. - Hire a significant number of engineers over the next year. - Partner with senior leadership on the engineering roadmap and own its execution. - Improve developer productivity and system observability. Requirements What we're looking for - Experience as a staff engineer or team lead who has guided a team through architectural and technical decisions. - Prior experience managing several engineers at a fast-growing startup. - A history of shipping demanding systems where performance and dependability mattered. - Depth in cloud engineering and distributed systems. - Backend development experience with Python and Postgres. - Comfort contributing on the frontend when needed. - Strong interpersonal skills and enjoyment of coordinating with others. - Curiosity, attention to detail and a systems view of how an engineering organization works. - Willingness to work on-site four days a week. Bonus points - Background in a company building AI-driven conversational products. Benefits Compensation and benefits - Base salary: USD 240,000 to 260,000 per year - Equity Location and work model - San Francisco, California, United States - On-site, 4 days per week in office with 1 work-from-home day possible - Full-time