Lead Engineer (Tech Lead)

This is a fully remote position. 

Our stack: Ruby on Rails, Postgresql, Heroku, Scout, Bugsnag, Hubspot, Intercom, Slack, Linear, Figma

As the tech lead of our small Engineering team, you will be responsible for driving delivery, making & owning technical decisions, fostering collaboration & transparency, building foundational & impactful products, and owning delivery. 

This is NOT a management position. 

This is a hands-on Lead IC role where you will be in the weeds writing technical tickets, making project-based estimates, driving delivery, unblocking the engineers, and collaborating with the CEO & Product Lead on future projects. 

You will report directly to the CEO. Our team hierarchy is as follows, and you will be overseeing the Engineering team directly:

1. CEO
2. Tech Lead, Customer Success Lead, Product Lead
3. Engineers

Requirements

• Reset expectations around experience quality, process, and code—Raise the quality bar
• Lead the engineering team by providing clear direction and expectations on performance 
• Make and own technical decisions for our core platform 
• Write & break down technical tickets to guide the Engineering team during implementation
• Review & write code when necessary
• Collaborate with CEO & Product Lead on future projects
• Own the delivery timeline (This is shared responsibility between the Tech Lead & Product Lead) 
• Able to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment, while setting your team up for sustainable success
• Manage engineering team processes in Slack, Github, Linear, etc to be collaborative, transparent, and consistent

Must Have’s

• Located in the USA or Canada (This role is fully remote)
• Must maintain core working hours between 10am - 2pm EST
• A MINIMUM of 8yrs of hands-on Ruby on Rails, Postgresql, and Heroku experience
• Led or owned production-grade Ruby on Rails applications, spanning deployment, infrastructure, performance, and monitoring
• Strong communication & collaboration skills
• Experience at an early startup with less than 20 engineers
• Experience leading teams, including hiring and holding team members accountable

Benefits

• 401k with employer match
• Take as you need it PTO policy with all federal holidays off
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision
• Please note that benefits are dependent on whether the candidate is located inside the US or outside the US 
• If you are located in Canada, you will be a full-time contractor

Hiring process (4 steps) 

1. Product & Design assessment (1hr)
2. Take-home (2hr) paid
3. Technical assessment (1hr)
4. CEO chat (30min)
5. Offer

A note from our Founder:

This is a culture-defining role for a 10-year-old company that is back in ‘startup mode’, building a category-defining product. This role is for someone who has a great compass and a high bar for products.

That alone should excite you … 

But let me dive a bit deeper. We’re a company that doesn’t look for clever ideas but clear problems. Our founding journey was interviewing hundreds of accounting firm owners to find the pain and build a simple, delightly, impactful product that removes the pain. We like to build, not banter on how things should work…  instead we like to get to work :) You’re coming in as we’re nearing the launch of ‘v2’, which is like reaching basecamp at Everest. 

We’re ambitious but not reckless. We have no VC’s, no monster ‘fundraising’ round, we hope saves us from becoming profitable. We’ve raised a bit, but never lost control. We want to innovate, have fun, and build with smart, thoughtful, kind people. If that’s you, we’d love to chat.