Software Engineering Team Lead

Travefy

Software Engineering Team Lead at Travefy responsible for hands-on engineering and team leadership. Focused on guiding technical direction and delivering high-quality work within the software engineering team.

Posted 7/20/2026full-timeRemote • New Jersey, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in software engineering with a focus on technical leadership, mentoring, and hands-on coding. Capable of guiding architectural decisions and fostering an inclusive team environment while effectively communicating with diverse stakeholders.

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Technical LeadershipSoftware EngineeringMentoring EngineersAgile PracticesCustomer Facing SPAs

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringFull Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewSystem DesignTechnical DirectionAWSC#ReactEmber.jsAgile Practices

Soft Skills

Communication SkillsConsensus BuildingCoachingProblem SolvingInclusive Leadership

Industry Keywords

Technical LeadershipCross Functional TeamLean DeliveryIterative Product DevelopmentDelivery Efficiency

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSEmber.jsJavaScriptReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead by doing, staying hands on while making sure the squad ships.
Write, review, and ship high quality code across the full stack for user facing features and platform improvements.
Keep individual contributor work a core part of the role, setting the standard through thoughtful implementation and code review.
Help the squad deliver on its goals by managing work intake, sequencing priorities, and removing blockers early.
Guide architecture and technical direction alongside another senior engineer.
Shape system design and architectural decisions, and facilitate sound, well socialized technical choices.
Advocate for engineering priorities like tech debt, tooling, and delivery efficiency across teams.
Ensure engineering gives constructive input on cost, complexity, and risk, while trusting Product and Design to lead on solution ideation.
Grow the team through coaching, feedback, and advocacy.
Mentor engineers on your squad and across the org through pairing, design guidance, and code review.
Support a small number of direct reports with regular feedback and room to grow.
Foster an inclusive, psychologically safe environment where engineers feel comfortable sharing ideas and challenging decisions.
Partner with Product and Design to align on scope, trade offs, and feasibility.
Communicate technical direction, progress, and trade offs clearly to technical and non technical stakeholders.
Lead the team through problems with consensus driven problem solving rather than solving around them.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience in software engineering, including time in a technical leadership role on a cross functional team.
Demonstrated ability to lead a team through complex technical problems by building consensus, not just issuing directives.
Experience building customer facing SPAs and backend services using modern frameworks (experience with AWS, C#, React, or Ember.js is a plus, but not required).
Proven ability to balance hands on engineering with coordination, delivery, and leadership responsibilities.
Experience mentoring and leveling up other engineers through pairing, feedback, and coaching.
Strong understanding of agile practices, lean delivery, and iterative product development.
Excellent communication skills, comfortable tailoring technical ideas to diverse audiences.
Able to thrive in fast moving, ambiguous environments with a high sense of ownership.
Authorized to work in the U.S.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, Dental & Vision insurance for you and your family
401(k) with automatic company contribution
Unlimited Vacation + Annual Travel Stipend
Annual team retreats to exciting destinations
Technology, learning budgets, and more