Staff Technical Lead, Backend Developer

Summary

Join HubSpot's Developer Product Group as a Staff Technical Lead and contribute to the design, architecture, and implementation of their extensible developer platform. Lead a team responsible for the backend foundation of the platform's extensibility, focusing on high-quality work and mentoring team members. You will be hands-on, writing code and defining the team's direction. Leverage your expertise in Java, HBase, Vitess, Kafka, GraphQL, Dropwizard, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and other technologies. The role requires experience building developer tools, delivering high-impact projects, and a passion for technical challenges. HubSpot offers a competitive salary, bonus, and equity opportunities.

Requirements

• Have experience using or building great developer-focused tooling and services
• Have years of experience consistently delivering high-value, high-impact, cross-team projects
• Have a thirst for technical challenges with secure, compliant, and distributed systems at scale while leveraging technologies such as Java, HBase, Vitess, Kafka, GraphQL and Dropwizard, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, etc
• Wish to stay hands-on in all technical aspects while leading a team of engineers and collaborating cross-functionally with internal stakeholders
• Have a history of developing solutions to problems that have had an outsized impact on the organization’s business goals
• Demonstrate pragmatic decision-making and problem-solving abilities
• Hold a bias for fixing problems with technology rather than process
• Be enthusiastic for building reliable and scalable systems
• Never accept the status quo

Responsibilities

• Write code and contribute to the design, architecture, and implementation of systems
• Help define and drive teams toward the larger product vision
• Lead the team responsible for creating the backend foundation of the platform’s extensibility capabilities
• Deliver high-quality, impactful work
• Mentor and grow the team
• Become a subject matter expert on the ecosystem and platform
• Help evolve the process and focus
• Be a key partner to the group leadership team
• Provide strategic direction for major projects
• Push technologies and practices forward to improve the HubSpot ecosystem
• Regularly mentor and teach engineers in their areas of expertise

Preferred Qualifications

Carry a technical curiosity on advancements in AI technologies and stay up to date on industry trends

Benefits

• Cash compensation range: 238800-382100 USD Annually
• Annual bonus
• Equity plan (RSUs)
• Overtime pay (for some roles)
• Remote work options
• In-person onboarding and events (with accommodation options)