Engineering Lead
Instrumentl
RubyRuby on Rails
Salary
💰 $180,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
RubyRuby on Rails
About the role
- Create and execute engineering strategies that align with company objectives and drive measurable business outcomes.
- Lead complex technical initiatives from conception through delivery, ensuring alignment with product roadmaps and organizational goals.
- Regularly evaluate team performance, technical debt, and system architecture to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
- Translate complex technical concepts into business-focused recommendations and strategic planning inputs.
- Oversee engineering operations, code quality, and delivery processes to ensure reliable, scalable product development.
- Define and track clear performance objectives for engineering teams, providing guidance and support to maximize productivity and impact.
- Establish and maintain software quality standards, development best practices, and technical documentation across projects.
- Build and execute comprehensive recruiting, retention, and talent development strategies to scale engineering capabilities.
- Foster an inclusive, high-performance culture that promotes continuous learning and career growth.
- Implement effective team processes, communication frameworks, and feedback mechanisms to optimize team dynamics and individual development.
- Cultivate strong collaborative relationships with product, design, and business stakeholders to ensure seamless project execution.
- Navigate complex dependencies and requirements to deliver solutions that meet both technical and business specifications.
- Drive alignment across departments on technical decisions, project priorities, and resource allocation to maximize organizational effectiveness.
- Report directly to the CTO and lead a team supporting strategic planning and software development across a 25-person R&D organization.
Requirements
- Passion for our mission to tackle the youth mental health crisis
- 6+ years of relevant engineering experience
- Proven track record of planning and delivering successful engineering projects
- Deep understanding of engineering best practices
- Strong affinity toward data-driven thinking by measuring and iterating on processes
- An owner-mindset that drives you to improve the company even when it means stepping outside of a traditional engineering role
- Experience with high growth companies and corresponding engineering related challenges
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Customer-centric focus with ability to translate technical solutions to business value
- A curiosity driven by first principles thinking in service of reimagining how technology can improve healthcare and education
- At times, work efficiently under high levels of pressure and demanding timelines
- Experience working as an engineering manager in early stage technology startups (extra credit)
- Knowledge of Ruby on Rails tech stacks and how to evolve them in growing organizations (extra credit)
- Possess a degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field (extra credit)
- Experience in healthcare and/or Ed. Tech (extra credit)
- Project Management: Excellent project management skills with the ability to coordinate across many stakeholders and prioritize tasks
- Technically Savvy: Fluency in modern tech stacks with an ability to quickly learn new technologies
- Relationship Builder: Experience with building relationships across diverse stakeholders and influence without authority
- Strong Communicator: Superb written and verbal communication skills
- Organized thinker: Instinctively structures problems into logical components
