Software Engineering Team Lead

As Software Engineering Team Lead, you will guide the development of innovative cloud integration features that simplify software development in complex, cloud-native environments.
You will lead a talented engineering team while remaining hands-on, contributing directly to production code and key technical decisions.
Your work will help developers and AI coding agents test applications against real cloud infrastructure without waiting for lengthy deployment cycles.
You will shape the technical direction of a product used by thousands of developers worldwide, including teams at major enterprise organizations.
Working across Kubernetes, databases, message brokers, and cloud services, you will solve challenging systems-level problems and improve developer productivity.
In a remote-first, asynchronous environment, you will collaborate closely with Product, Solutions Engineering, and customers to deliver impactful features.
This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership, engineering excellence, and practical AI adoption within a small, high-caliber team.

The ideal candidate is an experienced engineer and emerging or established technical leader who combines strong systems-level expertise with excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach. You should bring:

• At least 1 year of experience leading engineering teams.

• At least 4 years of professional experience writing production-grade code in Rust, preferably, or C++ or C.

• A solid understanding of Kubernetes and cloud-native environments.

• Strong systems-level thinking and the ability to troubleshoot complex, distributed systems.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions and collaborate effectively across teams.

• Comfort working asynchronously in a remote-first startup environment.

• A hands-on mindset and a willingness to contribute directly to the codebase while guiding technical direction and team performance.

• The ability to balance technical quality, roadmap priorities, team development, and customer needs.

• Experience building developer tools or platforms that improve engineering workflows.

• Experience developing Kubernetes operators or other components that interact with the Kubernetes API.

• Familiarity with backend infrastructure technologies, including data stores, message brokers, and GitOps tools.