Lead a distributed software development team, translating business priorities into delivery plans, managing developers, and maintaining engineering standards. Proven experience in remote team leadership, program management, and technical fluency across modern web, enterprise, and data platforms. Strong technical depth and project management discipline required.
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Key Responsibilities
Technical Skills Required
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Job Description
The Engineering Team Lead will direct a distributed software development team executing a portfolio of
50+ concurrent projects across multiple operating companies, including manufacturing, staffing and
family office investments. This role is responsible for translating business priorities into a coherent
delivery plan, managing developers across application and integration disciplines, maintaining
engineering standards, and serving as the senior technical partner to operating-company leaders. The
ideal candidate has proven experience leading remote development teams, strong program and project
management discipline, and deep technical fluency across modern web, enterprise, and data platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop a distributed team of application and integration developers across
- Set and maintain engineering standards covering code review, branching, testing, release
- Conduct regular one-on-ones, performance reviews, and career development planning for each
- Identify gaps on the team and drive recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding of new developers
- Own a live backlog of 50+ projects across multiple operating companies and prioritize,
- Translate operator and executive requirements into shippable project scope, milestones, and
- Run a transparent weekly delivery cadence with clear status, risks, and next steps visible to
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- Make tradeoff calls on cost, speed, and quality across competing business priorities
- Review and approve architecture and major technical decisions across all active projects
- Stay hands-on enough to read any pull request, unblock any developer, and contribute code
- Own the engineering posture around AI-augmented development tools, automation platforms,
- Ensure security, performance, and reliability standards are met across the portfolio
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for operating-company leaders across
- Partner with business stakeholders to shape roadmaps, set expectations, and communicate
- Coordinate with external vendors, consultants, and enterprise platform partners as needed
- Train and enable business users on new applications, tools, and workflows
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related
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- 10+ years of professional software development experience
- 4+ years leading distributed software development teams of five or more developers
- Demonstrated ownership of a multi-product or multi-domain engineering portfolio
- Strong technical depth across modern web (React, TypeScript, Tailwind) and backend (Node.js,
- Working knowledge of at least one major enterprise platform (NetSuite – preferred, Salesforce,
- Experience running async-first teams with strong written documentation standards
- Hands-on familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)
- Proven project and program management discipline, including backlog management,
- Experience with automation platforms (n8n, Workato, Zapier, Make) is preferred
- Prior experience in manufacturing, staffing, financial services, or multi-entity holding company
Work Environment + Language Requirements
- Global remote position
- Requires at least 4 hours of overlap with U.S. Central Time each day
- Minimal travel, with occasional U.S. travel for leadership offsites
- Fluency in the English language; written and verbal proficiency (B2 level minimum on CEFR
- Reports directly to the Owner / CEO
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