Engineering Team Lead

Remote | Full-time | Long-term Contractor

About our client

Our client is an established remote SaaS company looking for an experienced Engineering Team Lead to lead the modernization of its core platform.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll combine software engineering, architecture, product thinking, and team leadership while working directly with the CEO. The position also offers a clear growth path toward Head of Engineering / CTO.

What you'll do

• Lead the migration from a legacy PHP/WHMCS platform to a modern web application.
• Spend approximately 50% coding and architecture and 50% leading the engineering team.
• Partner with the CEO to translate product goals into technical execution.
• Own architecture, technical direction, and migration strategy.
• Establish engineering best practices for code quality, testing, reviews, and delivery.
• Drive AI adoption across the development lifecycle to improve engineering efficiency.
• Break initiatives into clear milestones, manage priorities, risks, and dependencies.
• Track delivery, quality, and reliability through meaningful KPIs.
• Mentor engineers through coaching, feedback, and 1:1s.
• Review code, improve legacy systems, guide refactoring, and build critical platform components.
• Participate in product discussions, roadmap planning, and customer conversations to ensure technical decisions support business goals.

Your first 30 days

Your initial focus will be understanding the product and technical landscape by:

• Evaluating the current architecture and tech stack.
• Analyzing legacy dependencies, billing flows, and internal tooling.
• Identifying root causes instead of surface issues.
• Delivering a practical 90-day technical execution plan aligned with business priorities.

What we're looking for

Required experience

• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years leading engineering teams (4–30 engineers).
• Experience in startup or fast-paced environments.
• Strong product and business understanding beyond pure engineering.
• Fluent English.

Technical skills

• Strong software architecture and system design experience.
• Ability to balance speed, scalability, and maintainability.
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate software development while maintaining quality.
• Strong debugging, technical decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business language.

What makes you successful

• Startup mindset with high ownership.
• Hands-on technical leader.
• Product and customer focused.
• Strong communicator.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid execution.
• Passionate about technology, continuous learning, and building impactful products.

What our client offers

• 100% remote.
• Direct collaboration with the CEO.
• Opportunity to influence product and technical strategy.
• High ownership and autonomy.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Emergency fund benefit.
• Clear career path toward Head of Engineering or CTO.

Hiring process

1. Introductory screening call.
2. Competency interview.
3. Two technical interviews (including an AI coding interview).
4. Career history interview.
5. Technical assessment and personality tests.
6. Reference checks.
7. Offer.