Lead Software Engineer – Product-Led Growth

Company Overview:

We are a pioneering early-stage software company on a mission to transform data engineering by eliminating inefficiency and empowering automation capabilities at the individual, enterprise and industry level. Our advanced solutions serve a growing customer base ranging from small businesses to Fortune 50 leaders. Poised for significant expansion, we seek a versatile software engineer with a passion for data and an owner mentality to join our team as we launch our product-led growth strategy.

Job description:

We’re looking for an exceptional Lead Engineer to spearhead the technical implementation of our product-led growth strategy. In this role, you will work on a variety of tasks to:

• Collaborate with with product management and other stakeholders to evaluate options and make recommendations for translating business objectives into tangible front-end and back-end solutions and to deliver a seamless and compelling user experience that drives wide adoption
• Design and build innovative features, ensure platform reliability and scalability, and integrate advanced AI capabilities
• Implement front-end and supporting components delivering a seamless user experience, including various common and proprietary SaaS features, analytics, and gating
• Continuously optimize priorities, considering time, budget, uncertainty and expected value
• Deliver automation capabilities related to continuous improvement, delivery and KPI tracking

The ideal candidate:

• Thrives on tackling complex challenges
• Is capable of improving and refactoring on any code base in any programming language
• Consistently delivers faster and better results than most other engineers
• Has exceptional communication skills and can constructively formulate reasoned opinions while considering and resolving different viewpoints
• Can use frameworks, but can also build anything from scratch without any framework
• Is not hesitant to "disrupt" their own prior work if warranted when circumstances change
• Has a bias to action over debate and to simplicity over complexity
• Brings an owner mentality to all of your work
• Simplifies complex problems into clear, simple and actionable steps

Qualifications:

• Passion for building better solutions to data engineering challenges
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Publicly available work samples: one or more of A) code samples, written personally by you, in C, C++, Rust, Typescript, Javascript, and/or Python, B) other opensource projects, C) blog posts or other
• Proficiency developing in *nix environment and related toolchains
• Understanding of performance trade-offs and handling of IO, memory etc
• Desire to working in a fast-paced, constantly-changing environment
• 2+ years experience building and delivering modern web applications, including compiling to and implementing solutions in web assembly, with a demonstrable impact on user engagement and product success
• Ability to build from scratch, as well as to quickly improve / refactor / build upon existing large code bases
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future

Compensation:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Stock options
• Performance bonus

Benefits:

• Be part of a rare opportunity to launch an innovative product to a global audience
• Join a collaborative, forward-thinking team, tackling exciting and meaningful challenges
• Enjoy flexible work hours, remote work options, and paid time off, supporting your work-life balance
• Receive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Get in at the ground floor of an early-stage company with high-growth potential

How to Apply:

If you are an exceptionally talented top performer and hard-driven engineer, passionate about data engineering and excited to be part of building a transformative product, we’d love to hear from you! Please send your resume and a cover letter detailing why you are exceptional, why you are interested in this position and why you are a perfect fit.