Chief Technical Leader

We're a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. Our platform is used in various industries such as AI, IoT, and cloud computing.

We strive to be the leading provider of software solutions. To deliver on that ambition, our engineers are carefully selected from applicants across the globe. We select for brilliance and motivation to take open-source projects to the next level. Our technical leaders help teams achieve more than they realised they could, and feel proud of the result.

We believe that technical leaders should have advanced expertise in their domain. They should be completely at home reviewing code or a software design spec. They are trusted engineers who understand the importance of a whole-team effort in creating great products and who enjoy seeing colleagues develop. They should contribute code themselves to set the standard for coding, but know that the code they write is far less significant than their ability to shape the whole team's direction, focus, and delivery.

A typical first-level software engineering team is based in a single time zone, such as EMEA or Americas, or APAC, with a technical leader and a senior engineer dedicated to a single product, who work as a team to shape the roadmap, technical strategy, code, documentation, and community engagement. They are both capable of coding, and are both leaders comfortable assigning work and maintaining expectations of delivery.

They will both be expected to take management training so they speak the same language when it comes to team behaviours, habits, routines, norms, and standards, but they focus on different sides of the problem. A technical leader is responsible for line management and career guidance. The ability to develop engineering talent, to represent your team and product from a technical perspective, and to drive collaboration with other teams and customers are all critical to success in this role.

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• Work remotely in a single major time zone, sometimes two
• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implement disciplined engineering processes
• Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
• Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders

Our ideal candidate has exceptional academic credentials, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and experience in leading, coaching, and mentoring software developers. They must be well-organised, self-starting, and able to deliver to schedule. They should also be knowledgeable and passionate about software development, have solid experience working in an agile development environment, and a demonstrated drive for continual learning. Builds trust, relationships, and confidence, result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.

Additional Skills We Value:

• Experience in a developer advocacy or community role
• Ops and system administration experience
• Performance engineering and security experience

What we offer colleagues:

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About Us:

We're committed to fostering a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.