Technical Lead

Devsu
Summary
Join a fast-moving startup revolutionizing commercial real estate through AI as a Technical Lead. You will be part of a small, distributed team of five engineers, playing a key role in shaping the backend and frontend architecture of an AI-driven platform. This hands-on individual contributor role involves leading design and development, translating product requirements into technical plans, collaborating with stakeholders, ensuring code quality, driving architectural decisions, identifying technical risks, and participating in sprint planning. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of software development experience, strong Python and TypeScript skills, experience with cloud-native applications, and exceptional communication skills. The position offers a stable, long-term contract with opportunities for career growth and a remote-friendly culture.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional software development experience, including full-stack or backend-heavy roles
- Proven ability to lead projects and influence architectural decisions in fast-paced environments
- Strong experience with Python and TypeScript
- Experience building and scaling cloud-native applications (AWS, GCP, or similar)
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills; experience working across time zones
- Comfortable balancing long-term technical vision with the urgency of startup execution
- Fluent English skills
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of scalable features across our Python backend and TypeScript frontend
- Translate product requirements into clear, actionable technical plans
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders and distributed team members
- Ensure code quality through best practices, mentorship, and robust review processes
- Drive architectural decisions and help define our technical roadmap
- Proactively identify technical risks and work with the team to resolve them
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and team rituals with an emphasis on remote-first collaboration
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience with AI/ML products or real estate platforms
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and performance optimization
- Exposure to modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Next.js)
- Experience working in or leading small, high-impact engineering teams
- Experience working in startup companies
Benefits
- A stable, long-term contract with opportunities for career growth
- A remote-friendly culture that promotes work-life balance
- Continuous training, mentorship, and learning programs to keep you at the forefront of the industry
- Free access to AI training resources and state-of-the-art AI tools to elevate your daily work
- A flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy as well as paid holiday days
- Challenging, world-class software projects for clients in the US and LatAm
- Collaboration with some of the most talented software engineers in Latin America and the US, in a diverse work environment