Tech Lead
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AI Summary: A technical leadership role focused on engineering delivery, code review, team mentoring, and process improvement rather than hands-on coding. You'll spend most time on planning, feedback, risk management, and developing other engineers.
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Originally posted onremoteok on 3/21/2026
Full Description
Our client is an influencer marketing platform connecting brands with content creators across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Amazon. The platform handles campaign management, creator discovery, content review, payments, and social media integrations at scale.
What you will do- Own day-to-day engineering delivery
- Ensure tickets are clear, prioritized, and moving
- Review and approve pull requests
- Maintain high standards for code quality, performance, and maintainability
- Help engineers break down work and make good technical decisions
- Mentor team members and increase autonomy
- Identify risks and escalate early
- Improve processes so we become faster and more predictable
- Act as the first point of contact instead of the CTO for developers
Backend
- PHP 8.1+ OOP
- MySQL
- ElasticSearch
- RabbitMQ
Frontend
- Vue.js
- Typescript
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Prior experience leading developers or owning delivery
- Strong in system design and backend architecture
- Comfortable giving direct feedback and maintaining standards
- Ability to balance speed vs quality
- Excellent communication and ownership mentality
- Calm, firm, and consistent under pressure
Bonus points
- Experience scaling teams in growing companies
- Experience improving messy or low-process environments
- Background working closely with product teams