Engineering Team Lead

Stan AI is building the next generation of AI-powered software for property managers. We help property management companies automate operations streamline tenant communications and make smarter decisions all powered by AI. Were a fast-moving team of 25 backed by strong customer traction and were scaling fast.

We believe AI should augment great people not replace them. That philosophy applies to how we build our product and how we run our company.

Were looking for an Engineering Team Lead to lead a small high-impact full-stack team within our 11-person and growing engineering organization. Youll report directly to the Director of Engineering and work closely with the product team to ship features that matter.

This is a player-coach role. Youll spend your time writing code alongside your team of 23 engineers leading running sprints mentoring driving architecture decisions and helping hire the people who will define what this team becomes and helping to drive the product forward.

Youll have a direct line to engineering leadership and real influence over how we build including how we adopt and leverage AI in our engineering workflows.

Tasks

Technical Leadership

• Own the technical direction for your squad architecture decisions code quality standards and engineering best practices
• Drive full-stack feature development in / TypeScript across our web and API layers
• Set the bar for code review thorough constructive and educational
• Identify and address technical debt proactively balancing velocity with long-term maintainability
• Collaborate with the Director of Engineering on broader platform and architecture decisions

People Leadership

• Lead mentor and grow a team of 23 full-stack engineers
• Run sprint planning standups and retrospectives keep the team focused and unblocked
• Conduct regular 1:1s and provide meaningful feedback that helps your engineers level up
• Participate actively in hiring sourcing interviewing and closing strong engineering talent
• Foster a culture of psychological safety ownership and continuous improvement

Product & Innovation

• Partner closely with product and design to translate requirements into well-scoped technical work
• Push back on scope when needed youre a voice for engineering feasibility and quality
• Bring ideas to the table not just execution we want leaders who think about the product not just the ticket queue
• Contribute to roadmap conversations and help identify opportunities for technical innovation

AI-Driven Engineering

• Champion AI tooling adoption within your team Claude Code
• Drive a culture where AI accelerates your teams output: code generation test writing documentation code review
• Stay current on the AI tooling landscape and bring recommendations to engineering leadership
• Collaborate with the broader team on integrating LLM capabilities into the product itself

Process & Delivery

• Own your teams delivery estimates commitments and follow-through
• Surface risks early and communicate blockers clearly to engineering leadership
• Help define and refine engineering processes as the team scales
• Contribute to on-call and incident response practices

Requirements

Must Have:

• 5 years of software engineering experience with at least 12 years in a tech lead or senior lead capacity
• Strong full-stack engineering skills and TypeScript on both frontend and backend
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers even informally
• Track record of owning features end to end from architecture through to production
• Strong communicator you can explain technical decisions to both engineers and non-engineers
• Comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment where priorities can shift

Nice to Have:

• Experience building AI-powered features or integrating LLMs into production applications
• Hands-on experience with AI developer tools (Claude Code Copilot Cursor or similar)
• Experience with property management real estate or adjacent B2B SaaS
• Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
• Experience participating in hiring interviews take-homes calibration

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive health dental and specialist benefits.
• Company Macbook.
• Free parking and shuttle service to the office.
• Extra PTO during occasional US holidays.
• Company events in-office restaurant and building-wide perks.
• Unlimited ping pong and espresso!

If youre passionate about AI and ready to disrupt a massive industry we want to talk to you!