Tech Lead Manager - Data Platform

Role Overview

As Tech Lead Manager on our backend data platform team, you’ll lead the work technically and lead the people doing it, setting direction on distributed systems projects, coaching talented backend engineers, and keeping the team unblocked day to day. You'll be working on video processing at scale, transcription, and the core infrastructure that turns raw customer data into clear, actionable insights.

What You Will Do

Coach and develop talented backend engineers, run the team’s core rituals, build reliable customer data integrations, build our core data platform, create reusable data infrastructure, develop data enrichment services, and scale distributed backend systems.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You'll be a great fit if you have deep engineering technical expertise, operating at a senior level with 1-2 years’ experience as a tech lead or team lead, with direct exposure to engineering at scale, and a passion for innovation and learning.

Requirements

• Deep engineering technical expertise
• Operating at a senior level with 1-2 years’ experience as a tech lead or team lead
• Direct exposure to engineering at scale
• Deep backend and data processing experience
• Experience with systems that need to perform at scale
• Exposure to media or data-in-motion pipelines, such as video processing or transcription
• Pragmatic and flexible
• Passion for innovation and learning
• Excellent, concise communicator

Benefits

• Equity for everyone
• Competitive base salary plus options
• Flexible L&D and wellness benefits
• Choose between a generous $3000 L&D allowance, or up to $1000 on wellness
• Four weeks of accrued leave
• Floating public holidays
• Gifted bonus Kit Kat days
• Up to four weeks a year doing your job from anywhere in the world
• Generous parental leave
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, 401(k), and more through Sequoia

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