Lead Software Engineer

Job Summary We’re looking for a hands-on Lead Software Engineer to anchor our development team and lead our migration from Salesforce to an in-house platform, then help build an LLM-powered intelligence platform on its data. You’ll spend 70–80% of your time coding while guiding a small team of front-end and back-end developers. What we care about most is that you’ve done this before: taken product requirements from non-engineering stakeholders, turned them into technical designs and sprint-sized tasks, estimated them honestly, and delivered.About the role We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer to be the technical anchor of our development team. You’ll spend most of your time building, around 70–80% hands-on coding, while guiding a small team of front-end and back-end developers on how things get built. You’ll work closely with the CEO and the Product Manager, report to the CTO, and work within the CTO’s architecture and security standards. You’ll play a central technical role in our migration from Salesforce to an in-house platform. Once the new platform is in place, you’ll help build an LLM-powered intelligence platform on top of its data.What you’ll do Build (hands-on) - Design and build core features across the stack, with a focus on the most complex and critical parts - Lead the technical design of the Salesforce-to-in-house migration: data model, integrations, data migration and cutover - Lead code reviews and set standards for code quality, testing and documentation Deliver - Serve as engineering’s main point of contact for product and leadership - Turn product requirements into technical designs, break them into tasks and give reliable estimates - Own sprint delivery and implementation decisions, and communicate progress and risks clearly Lead - Mentor developers, pair on hard problems and help them grow - Support technical interviews and hiring Align - Apply the architecture and security standards, make sure the team follows them consistently, and pr