lago - Engineering Squad Lead
Requirements
• A credible technical leader who can collaborate closely with engineers because you're still in the work • A clear communicator who can scope a feature with a PM, explain a production incident to a non-technical stakeholder, and give direct feedback to an engineer — all in the same week • Operationally strong: you keep the trains running without needing a system to tell you what needs attention • Someone who cares about team health as much as delivery — you notice when an engineer is stuck or disengaged and do something about it • Comfortable holding a high quality bar in a fast-moving environment: you know when to move quickly and when to slow down and do it right • You're not someone who manages from a distance, you stay close to the work and the people doing it • You're not a blocker — decisions get made, trade-offs get communicated, and the team keeps moving • You're not indifferent to production — a customer incident or a flaky dashboard bothers you until it's resolved • You're not a siloed thinker — you collaborate across squads, with Product, and with CS without needing to be asked • 8+ years of software engineering experience (ideally 2/3+ in a Squad or Tech Lead position), with a strong command of backend systems and production environments • Track record of shipping reliable, high-quality software in a fast-moving product company • Comfortable working in a complex technical domain: distributed systems, APIs, data integrity, or similar • Strong communication skills — written and verbal, with the ability to bridge engineering and product effectively • Experience owning production: incident response, monitoring, on-call, SLA ownership • Experience in billing, fintech, or usage-based pricing infrastructure • Familiarity with DORA metrics and engineering effectiveness frameworks • Background working in or contributing to open-source projects • Experience working with Ruby on Rails or a similar backend stack • Exposure to developer tooling or API-first product companies
Responsibilities
• Share technical authority with the Staff Engineer for your squad's domain: evaluate trade-offs together and drive architecture decisions • Stay hands-on: code review, prototyping, contributing to critical paths • Maintain code quality and review standards within the squad • Own the code health of your domain • Own the squad's roadmap execution for the quarter • Run sprint planning, keep work moving, and unblock engineers day-to-day • Ensure the squad is prepared for biweekly product demos and decide who presents • Act as the primary engineering point of contact for Product: scope features, communicate trade-offs, and align on priorities • Own production health for your squad's domain: monitor dashboards (Grafana, Sentry), respond to alerts, and resolve incidents • Triage and resolve customer-reported issues within SLA targets, working in coordination with Customer Success • Monitor and address CVEs and security vulnerabilities within your domain • Coordinate a squad of up to 10 engineers • Run operational 1:1s, give day-to-day feedback, and flag performance signals to the Head of Engineering • Coordinate the onboarding of new team members into the squad • Define and adjust the squad's ways of working: balancing agility and discipline as the team and product evolve • Drive engineering excellence: track DORA metrics, reduce cycle time, raise the quality bar • Continuously improve how the squad works based on team feedback and results
Benefits
• Work with top-tier talent: Join a team that values excellence, ambition, and accountability • Shape the future of fintech: Be part of a fast-growing company building the best open-source billing platform • Hybrid work model: Work from anywhere in Europe or join us in our Paris office • Competitive package: Competitive salary and stock options • Make an impact: Your squad's work will be building billing infrastructure for companies like PayPal, CoreWeave, Synthesia, and Mistral.ai http://Mistral.ai • Ready to Build with Us? • If you're excited about joining a high-talent team to solve meaningful problems and help businesses thrive, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and let's build something remarkable—together. • Location type: Hybrid • Primary Location: Remote Europe • Team: Product Engineering • Work Type: Full Time/Permanent Contract • (Applicants must be based in Europe. Applications from other locations will not be considered.)
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