We are on a mission to deliver world-class reliability for our SaaS platform and consistently excellent service experience for our stakeholders throughout the organization.
As a Team Lead you will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team of developers designers and business professionals. You will work on turning an exciting new idea into a modern SaaS product: a single-page web application built in React connecting to a serverless backend deployed to AWS using GraphQL.
What Youll Do:
Lead a small team of developers (up to 5 direct reports) providing coaching support and regular feedback.
Partner with product design and QA to plan deliver and release features.
Continue contributing technically where appropriate especially in design and code review.
Help define and improve team processes for estimation sprint planning and delivery.
Support hiring efforts by participating in interviews and onboarding new developers.
Foster a culture of collaboration inclusivity and continuous learning.
What Youll Bring:
5 years of experience working as a software developer
1 years of experience managing people
Previous experience as a Senior Developer or Staff Developer ideally with exposure to mentoring or leading small initiatives.
Familiarity with cloud-native SaaS applications (AWS React GraphQL etc. preferred).
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Passion for helping others grow and learning people management skills. A passion for software development and eagerness to get into the code if needed
The ability to hit the ground running and provide immediate impact with minimal oversight
A track record of building and managing high performing engineering teams
Success Factors
30 Days
Learn our engineering processes tools and coding standards.
Begin leading daily standups and contributing to sprint ceremonies with guidance from your M20 partners and your manager.
Take ownership of small feature deliveries or bug fixes while shadowing people management practices (1:1s feedback etc.)
60 Days
Take more responsibility for sprint planning and backlog grooming with the product owner.
Facilitate code reviews and guide your team on best practices.
Demonstrate growing confidence in balancing technical contribution with people management.
90 Days
Provide actionable feedback to team members and begin setting development goals with them.
Show measurable impact on delivery e.g. helping your team reduce carry-over work or improve velocity predictability.
Partner with your manager on a personal development plan to continue your growth toward a full Development Manager role.