Tech Lead Manager

Summary

Join Recidiviz as a Tech Lead Manager and lead a team of 3-5 product engineers, driving product development and fostering a high-performing engineering culture. You will combine hands-on technical leadership with people management, collaborating with product managers and designers. The role requires 5+ years of software engineering experience and 2+ years of engineering management experience. Recidiviz offers a competitive salary of $159,650, comprehensive benefits including health insurance, paid time off, parental leave, and a 401(k) plan. The position is full-time and can be remote, based in New York City, or Oakland. Apply directly through the provided link.

Requirements

• Strong communication and collaboration skills and high empathy and kindness
• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• 2+ years of engineering management experience
• Experience working in a cross-functional organization that designs, builds, and launches products for users with multiple stakeholders
• Experience architecting and building user-facing web products
• Strong coding abilities and system design skills
• Experience with team leadership, including roadmap planning and project management
• Experience managing or mentoring engineers

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 3-5 product engineers
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development discussions
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative team culture
• Partner with product managers and designers to both create the team roadmap and set high-level strategy, as well as define technical requirements and timelines for specific projects
• Write technical design documents that specify the architecture for new projects and consider scalability, maintainability, and impact
• Actively participate in code review and technical discussions, and guide the team in resolving technical challenges and bottlenecks
• Balance team resources across multiple projects and priorities, and ensure efficient execution on high-impact initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in our tech stack (GCP, Node.js, Typescript, React, Python, Flask)

Benefits

• 90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible time off, including 20 days of PTO, 3 days of paid volunteering time, and 13 paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• 401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match and no vesting period
• Complimentary One Medical membership (depending on location)
• Partnership with Carrot to provide employees with inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, as well as a small but growing number of hormonal health and gender-affirming care benefits
• Monthly ClassPass credit for personal wellness
• Free mental health support via Talkspace
• Well-located offices in Oakland and Manhattan, with the flexibility to work remotely or go into either office as you choose
• An annual company offsite and other ad-hoc gatherings