Job Openings Technical Lead

About the job Technical Lead

Our client is  looking for a technical Lead of Product Led Growth to create world-class software

applications that power our move from a seed-stage startup to a high-growth company.

You will report directly to the CEO and work closely with Marketing, Design and

Engineering teams. Because its an early stage company, you will have the

opportunity to shape not only their products, but also their companys culture. The ideal

candidate is a great collaborator with both strategic and technical chops to oversee a

products lifecycle. You should feel comfortable wearing many hats, working

collaboratively, using an agile framework and adapting quickly to user feedback. If you

are ready to work in a collaborative environment, you are self-motivated and ready to

unleash the product beast in you, its the ideal place for you.

Our client uses Neuroscience and AI to drive a revolutionary software company that

transforms the creation of visual design (advertising, user interface, graphic design, etc.).

Backed by rigorous neuroscience testing, our solution provides SMBs, large corporations

and agencies with a proven method that allows end users to test and optimize their

designs in a matter of seconds, thus speeding up time-to-market, increasing ROI of

campaigns and fostering innovation. They also provides our users with instant design

recommendations based on a unique and proprietary technology that mimics the

human brain through neuroscience and AI. We believe the value of our product to

marketers, designers and advertisers is as relevant as a CRM to a sales person or an IDE

to a developer.

Responsibilities :

1. Build & Lead the tech team by planning & managing task distribution as well as

prioritization

2. Work with your team and cross functional partners to define and influence

roadmap and product strategy

3. Contribute to the product led strategy to position the company for explosive

growth through a low touch no touch sales model

4. Create detailed specifications for new features that are immediately actionable

for engineers and track and manage project progress.

5. Build internal processes for us to ship better, higher-quality features with higher

velocity

6. Be hands-on and engage in coding to help the team to develop the solution and

solve all surfacing problems at hand

7. Anticipate the evolution of the tech architecture that will be required to support

the growth

8. Assess analytics & event data streaming from products to be able to draw

product insights & ideate on new feature additions & bug fixes

9. Act as a mentor for less experienced members of the tech team

Who you are:

Self-starter: You can operate independently without close supervision or

day-to-day direction

Creative: You think outside the box and can devise brilliant solutions to difficult

problems

Organized: You can set and manage complex events, schedules and calendars

Tenacious: because tenacious people lead by example and make good things

happen

What we are looking for :

1. At least 5 years of commercial experience developing and shipping software.

2. 1 + years of experience working as a tech lead

3. Intermediate to Advanced experience of using AWS & managing AWS

infrastructure

4. Experience leading a technical team and managing multiple stakeholders.

5. Experience working in a product-led startup environment with Agile

methodologies.

6. Ability to work in a flexible manner, supporting the team in building prototypes

quickly, and evolving these into scalable production-quality systems.

7. Clear oral and written communication skills.

8. Demonstrated ability creating and managing priorities and timelines

9. Experience programming in JavaScript, Python, VueJS and CSS and familiarity

with their data structures

10. Experience using Git repository (GitLab or GitHub)

11. Strong experience with project management & associated software (JIRA,

confluence, etc.)

12. Experience articulating complex and technical concepts to non-technical

audiences

13. Strong understanding of SaaS businesses, and associated KPIs

14. Assets:

Experience in similar role SAAS startup who went from Seed to over serie

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Extensive experience with Canva and some design experience is also

desirable

Experience working on both consumer and enterprise software products