PYT-005 Engineering Team Lead

Canada-wide Remote

We are seeking a player-coach who is looking to make a strong impact through individual code contributions and people management. This individual will play a key role in this team's success while working closely with the VP of Engineering and the other team leads, along with the developers, designers, product managers, quality assurance team, and interns. We're looking for someone with excellent technical expertise who is keen to keep growing individually as well as contribute to the growth and development of the team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work closely with the product and engineering team to implement technical solutions
  • Unblock the team on technical issues
  • Manage a team of 3 - 5 Engineers
  • Conduct regular 1:1s with direct reports to understand their goals, challenges, and to provide consistent feedback
  • Be receptive to feedback as well as deliver critical feedback promptly, with empathy, and with understanding
  • Amplify your team's voice when they need a champion
  • Act as a coach and a sponsor for your team
  • Provide technical direction and guidance to team members when needed
  • Heavily involved in code reviews to provide constructive feedback
  • Coach the team on programming best practices
  • Come up with technical initiatives that would be impactful to the team and the company
  • Architect solutions to complex problems
  • Own the quality of your features, from inception to deploy
  • Support the team in prioritizing, planning, and managing upcoming work items
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement

Skills & Our Stack

  • 3-5 years of development experience
  • Proficiency in javascript and experience with a front-end framework such as React or Vue is a must-have
  • Experience with a backend framework such as Django, Rails, Express
  • Solid fundamental understanding of web technologies including HTTP and RESTful services
  • Experience with a relational database such as Postgres or MySQL
  • 1-2 years experience coaching and leading and mentoring a team of individual contributors

Our Stack:

  • Python 3 & Django on the back-end
  • Postgres and Redis data stores
  • ES6 and ReactJS on the front-end

Bonus:

  • Experience working with Django and AWS
  • Security mindset or previous experience in a medical-related field