A Team Leader is responsible for all the work of a team and the spokesperson for everyone in it. They are expected to manage the team dynamics and always bring the best in everyone. A team leader is not expected to be the best in a team but rather help others become the best version there is and gear the team towards optimised execution.<\/p>\n
Key Responsibilities<\/p>\n
\tManaging a small product team of 3-5 engineers (backend and frontend).
\n\t30% of the time spent doing management work. Outside of that actively participates in product development in the their team.
\n\tBeing involved in hiring processes for their own team and potentially help out their peers.
\n\tIn addition to being involved in hiring, also being responsible for the onboarding process of new engineers.
\n\tBy being the spokesperson for everyone in their team they are expected to manage the team dynamics and bring out the best in them.
\n\tGiving continuous and constructive feedback on all the things.
\n\tHelping the team to grow continuously as a group and is responsible for each direct report\u2019s career.
\n\tProviding guidance and coaching to the team.
\n\tRedesign how engineering work ships with autonomous agents as the default execution layer.
\n\tPropose and operationalize agentic workflows end-to-end (spec \u2192 plan \u2192 execute \u2192 verify) to deliver outcomes faster.
\n\tBuild reusable agentic workflows and primitives in the codebase so teams can apply them repeatedly across domains.
\n\tUse verification loops (tests, checks, evals, guardrails) to ensure results are correct, secure, reliable, and scalable.<\/p>\n
Requirements<\/p>\n
\tManaged an engineering team of at least 2 people.
\n\tExtensive experience with Frontend (React, JS, ES6 and Jest) or Backend (Elixir\/Phoenix).
\n\tCommitment to promoting all of Remote’s values within the team and the greater organisation.
\n\tStrong engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems that are secure, reliable, and scalable.
\n\tPractical experience designing or adopting agentic\/automation workflows (or comparable systems) and improving them through iteration.
\n\tAbility to think in systems: define specs clearly, break down plans, instrument verification, and close the loop on quality.
\n\tSolid communication skills.
\n\tSolid knowledge of engineering and development principles and best practices.
\n\tProven organizational skills with attention to detail.
\n\tFocused on efficient processes with a kind, people-first approach.
\n\tBeing able to inspire others and instill confidence.
\n\tGood understand of team dynamics.
\n\tAmbitious and intentional about diversity, equality and inclusion.<\/p>\n
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