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Tech lead

Key Facts

Remote From: 
United States
Full time
Senior (5-10 years)
190 - 190K yearly
English

Other Skills

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    Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)
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    Collaboration
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    Communication

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Experience designing and building high-scale backend systems.
  • Strong technical, architectural, and troubleshooting skills.
  • Proven ability to lead teams, organize projects, and drive execution.
  • Experience with Rust, Postgres, and Redis or ability to learn quickly.

Requirements:

  • Design, build, and deploy high-quality backend code.
  • Develop and scale new products and features while ensuring stability.
  • Lead the team through sprint planning, mentoring, and execution.
  • Optimize infrastructure, databases, and system architecture for high availability.

Job description

About Svix

Svix is a fastgrowing tech startup building the future of server to server communications. Our customers include industry leaders like Brex, Lob, Benchling, Drata, and the Fortune 500.

We have raised $11m from top investors such as a16z, Y Combinator, and founders and CTO of companies such as Github, Segment, Lookout and Fly.io.

We are fully remote, with most of the team spread across the US, with presence in NYC and SF.

About the Role

Were looking for a top performing Tech Lead to help scale our product and team. This role is about more than just writing great code, youll make key technical decisions, tackle complex problems, and mentor engineers while ensuring we deliver a topnotch developer experience.

If you thrive in highimpact environments and want to build something meaningful with a team that moves fast, wed 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.

What Youโ€™ll Do
  • Design, build, and deploy highquality backend code in a fastpaced 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 sprint planning, mentoring, and execution.

  • Optimize infrastructure, databases, and system architecture for high availability and efficiency.

  • This role is a playercoach (we expect this person no spend ~80% of the time coding).

    • What Weโ€™re Looking For
      • Experience designing and building highscale backend systems.

      • Strong technical, architectural, and troubleshooting skills.

      • Good โ€œtasteโ€ 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).

        • Compensation

          Base Salary Range: $190,000 $210,000*

          *These figures represent the range for candidates based in NYC, where we are headquartered. Salary will differ based on geographic location and is also based on skills, experience, etc.

          Equity: We offer generous equity packages at Svix. As an owner, our success is your success.

          Benefits (US): Health insurance (including vision and dental), longterm and shortterm disability insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time and paid personal time off.

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