About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead a small engineering team, taking responsibility for people management, delivery rhythm and team growth while staying hands-on with code. Work closely with product and technical leadership to prioritize and deliver meaningful projects.
What you'll do
- Manage a team of roughly six to eight engineers, including regular one-on-ones, ongoing feedback, hiring, performance management and career development.
- Own the team's planning, retrospectives and delivery health, and raise risks early.
- Stay close to the work by writing code for a modest share of your time and contributing regular pull requests.
- Partner with product managers and technical leads on priorities, architecture decisions and cross-functional alignment.
- Onboard new engineers smoothly and keep documentation and ownership boundaries clear.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of engineering experience, including direct people management of 5 or more engineers as a people manager rather than a tech lead.
- Hands-on experience hiring, handling performance issues and running performance reviews.
- Strong hands-on TypeScript skills, with willingness to complete a live coding interview in that language.
- Recent technical contribution to live products while holding a management position.
- A progressive career path from software engineer through senior and staff levels into management.
- Significant backend engineering experience.
- Comfort using AI tools in engineering workflows, plus familiarity with modern AI product development practices such as evaluation, experiment design and dataset curation.
- Startup or small-company experience is preferred.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 225,000 to 300,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- Remote (US)
- Full-time
Skills Required
- 8+ years of engineering experience
- Direct people management experience for at least five engineers
- Experience hiring engineers
- Experience handling performance issues and conducting performance reviews
- Strong hands-on TypeScript skills
- Willingness to complete a live coding interview in TypeScript
- Recent technical contributions to live products while in a management position
- Progressive career path from software engineer through senior and staff levels into management
- Significant backend engineering experience
- Comfort using AI tools in engineering workflows
- Familiarity with AI product development practices, including evaluation, experiment design, and dataset curation
- Startup or small-company experience
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
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