Team lead

San Francisco (On-Site)full timeOn Site

senior

$190k–$210k

H1B: yes

Svix The Team Lead at Svix designs, builds, and deploys high-quality backend code while leading and mentoring engineers. This player-coach role involves making key technical decisions and optimizing infrastructure for high availability and efficiency.

Responsibilities

We're looking for a top performing Tech Lead to help scale our product and team. This role is about more than just writing great code, you'll make key technical decisions, tackle complex problems, and mentor engineers while ensuring we deliver a top-notch developer experience.
If you thrive in high-impact environments and want to build something meaningful with a team that moves fast, we'd love to chat.
If you are a top performer who wants to do the best job of their life surrounded by others doing the same, this is the place for you.
Design, build, and deploy high-quality backend code in a fast-paced environment.
Develop and scale new products and new product features while ensuring stability and performance.
Own technical challenges, making decisions that balance speed, reliability, and maintainability.
Lead the team through management, sprint planning, mentoring, and execution.
Optimize infrastructure, databases, and system architecture for high availability and efficiency.
This role is a player-coach (we expect this person to spend ~80% of the time coding).

Qualification

Strong technicalProven ability to lead teamsPrior experience as a Tech LeadExperience with RustGeneral guidelinesHackers/OSS devs welcome

Required

Experience designing and building high-scale backend systems.
Strong technical, architectural, and troubleshooting skills.
Good “taste” for software and API design.
Proven ability to lead teams, organize projects, and drive execution.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Prior experience as a Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar leadership role.
Experience with Rust, Postgres, and Redis (or ability to ramp up quickly).
General guidelines
We like candidates with varied backgrounds - don't be shy, apply!
Hackers/OSS devs welcome, even without extensive work history. Checkout our OSS repo on Github.
Please include a few words on why you'd like to work at Svix.
All roles are full-time - no students or part-time.