Technical Lead, Backend Developer

Summary

Join HubSpot as a frontend focused Staff Software Engineer and contribute to the design, architecture, and implementation of their highly extensible developer platform. You will play a key role in shaping the product vision and technical direction, focusing on delivering high-quality work that expands the platform's extensibility capabilities. As a subject matter expert, you will help evolve processes, serve as a key technical partner, and report directly to engineering leadership. The ideal candidate has experience building developer-focused tooling and services, consistently delivering high-impact projects, and a deep understanding of frontend architecture using technologies like React and Typescript. You will be involved in strategic technical input, pushing technologies forward, sharing knowledge, and demonstrating strong problem-solving abilities. HubSpot values flexibility and connection, offering both remote and in-office options with required in-person onboarding for engineering roles.

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 that leverage technologies like React and Typescript, while exhibiting a deep fundamental understanding of frontend architecture and systems that comprise the foundations of browser-based experiences
• Carry a technical curiosity on advancements in AI technologies and stay up to date on industry trends
• Wish to stay hands-on in all technical aspects and effectively collaborate 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
• Provide strategic technical input and direction for major projects
• Push technologies and practices forward to improve the HubSpot ecosystem
• Share knowledge and advise engineers in their areas of expertise
• Demonstrate pragmatic decision-making and problem-solving abilities
• Hold a bias for fixing problems with technology rather than process
• Are enthusiastic about building reliable and scalable systems
• Can guide teams beyond the status quo; we need engineers who lead us beyond what we have, and towards what we can build, while building a shared notion of how to get there
• Embodies our engineering team values

Responsibilities

• Write code and contribute to the design, architecture, and implementation of our systems
• Play a key role in shaping our product vision and technical direction through your expertise
• Deliver high-quality, impactful work that sits at the core of our platform’s extensibility capabilities, expanding the boundaries of what is supported inside HubSpot’s ecosystem of tools
• Become a subject matter expert on our ecosystem and platform, helping us evolve our process and focus, and serving as a key technical partner within the group
• Report directly to engineering leadership and will become a trusted partner in expanding the technical strategy for the group

Preferred Qualifications

This role will primarily deal with frontend systems, although the ideal candidates can work effectively in both frontend and backend spaces

Benefits

• Annual Cash Compensation Range: $227,400 — $363,800 USD
• In addition to cash compensation, some roles are eligible to participate in HubSpot’s equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay
• At HubSpot, we value both flexibility and connection. Whether you’re a Remote employee or work from the Office, we want you to start your journey here by building strong connections with your team and peers
• If you are joining our Engineering team, you will be required to attend a regional HubSpot office for in-person onboarding