Lead Software Engineer
Understanding Recruitment
Overview
In this lead role, you will stay hands-on while shaping the technical direction of a major product area. You will mentor engineers, influence architecture and the product roadmap, and deliver mission-critical software. You’ll work closely with product and design to add features with a focus on security and reliability, making a tangible impact on real-world use. This position combines technical excellence with leadership to drive the product forward.
Pay / Benefits- competitive salary + equity
- 7% pension
- private healthcare
- free daily meals
- Architect and build complex production software
- Own technical decisions across the product area
- Lead and mentor other engineers
- Collaborate with product and design on new features
- Review code and raise engineering standards
- Contribute to product and technical roadmap decisions
- Build software with security and reliability at its core
- Several years of strong software engineering experience
- Experience leading or managing other engineers
- Strong programming skills in C++, Java, Rust or Python, and/or TypeScript/JavaScript
- Experience designing and delivering complex production systems
- Strong architectural judgement and pragmatic decision-making
- Interest in using modern AI coding tools
- Mentoring and people leadership
- Collaborative cross-functional collaboration
- Pragmatic decision-making
- C++, Java, Rust, Python
- TypeScript/JavaScript
- Kubernetes
Reference: WJ-747_30176826