Staff Software Engineer – Tech Lead
Cerby
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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About the role
- Own the technical direction of your squad’s roadmap
- Design scalable, reliable, and maintainable system architectures
- Make key technical decisions balancing speed and long-term sustainability
- Lead technical discovery and solution design for complex initiatives
- Drive refactoring and tech debt prioritization as part of our ongoing operations
- Champion the adoption of AI-augmented development practices
- Translate and collaborate on the product requirements to have clear technical plans
- Scope complex tasks and coordinate team efforts
- Identify and evaluate risks early and proactively mitigate
- Ensure predictable delivery and alignment with OKRs
- Improve development workflows and engineering velocity
- Act as a technical mentor and coach to engineers
- Lead code reviews, promote best practices
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Collaborate closely with the Engineering Manager on team health, processes, and performance
- Partner with Product Managers to shape technical feasibility
- Align with other Tech Leads to maintain architectural consistency
- Communicate trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders
Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience leading technical initiatives end-to-end
- Strong system design and architectural thinking
- Experience working in product-led companies
- Strong communication skills (technical and non-technical audiences)
- Experience in high-growth or scaling environments (Series A/B/C preferred)
Benefits
- Professional development
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
system architecturetechnical discoverysolution designrefactoringAI-augmented developmentdevelopment workflowsengineering velocitycode reviewsbest practices
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationmentorshipcollaborationaccountabilitycontinuous improvementrisk managementteam coordinationstakeholder communication