Lead Software Engineer / Tech Lead

We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join early. Someone who thrives in fast-moving teams, values clarity and execution, and can help drive delivery while staying hands-on. You’ll be the glue that holds the team together — bridging frontend, backend, infra, and vendor pods — while still writing code every day.

💥 What You’ll Do

• Own the overall architecture for our core platform and integrations
• Drive key technical decisions across FE/BE/API/data/infrastructure
• Write production code in Python + React (and push for quality)
• Guide a team of senior engineers to milestone delivery — by unblocking and mentoring
• Establish best practices for modularity, observability, testing, and release
• Be the link between engineering, product, and delivery partners
• Work directly with the CTO and founders to shape the roadmap

🧰 Tech Stack (So Far)

• Python (async-first, service-oriented)
• React + Next.js (FE)
• Terraform + GCP (infra-as-code)
• Databricks, Postgres, and message queues
• MCP + LLM orchestration

We’re pragmatic — the stack will evolve, and you’ll help steer it.

💻 How We Build

• Engineers come first: your time, focus, and judgment are respected
• Deep work > chaos: fixed cycles & cooldowns protect focus and keep context switching low
• Autonomy is the default: trusted builders who own outcomes, no babysitters
• Ship daily, safely: merge early, integrate vertically, ship often, use feature flags, and keep momentum
• Outcomes over optics: solve real problems, not ticket soup
• Voice matters: from week one, contribute, improve something, and shape how we build
• Senior peers, no ego: collaborate in a high-trust, async-friendly environment
• Bold problems, cool tech: work on complex challenges that actually move the needle
• Fun is part of it: we move fast, but we also celebrate wins and laugh together

✅ What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years shipping software end-to-end (startups or high-velocity teams preferred)
• Strong grasp of system design, event flows, and service boundaries
• Hands-on experience delivering APIs, agentic apps, and UI features under pressure
• You know how to mentor senior ICs to drive product delivery
• You care deeply about momentum, pragmatism, and clean interfaces
• You see ambiguity as an opportunity to lead, not a reason to stall
• Confident English skills to collaborate clearly and effectively with teammates

🔥 Bonus If You:

• Have startup scars or scale-up war stories
• Have worked across both B2B SaaS and infra-heavy systems
• Can demo something you built (repo, sketch, hack — anything real)

📍 Location & Compensation

• Must be based in San Francisco, Las Vegas, or Tel Aviv
• Full-time role with competitive comp
• Flexible hours, async-friendly culture, engineering-led environment