The Motley Fool - Product Tech Lead

• As a Product Tech Lead, you’ll lead a fast-paced engineering team responsible for building and evolving the technology that powers our mission of helping people invest and become smarter, happier, and richer. This role combines hands-on technical leadership, people management, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver scalable, high-quality products and platforms. • But what does this role actually do? • Lead and mentor developers through regular 1:1s, coaching, technical guidance, and career development support. • Drive technical architecture and engineering decisions across products and platforms, balancing scalability, performance, maintainability, and business goals. • Lead technical discussions, planning sessions, and solution design reviews across engineering and cross-functional teams. • Partner closely with product, design, leadership, and stakeholders to align technical strategy with roadmap priorities and long-term business objectives. • Develop and maintain modern web applications. • Establish and promote engineering best practices, focusing on code quality, system reliability, observability, performance, and sustainable development practices. • Facilitate technical feedback through code reviews, pair programming, architecture reviews, and collaborative problem-solving. • Coordinate and communicate effectively with stakeholders, providing visibility into technical initiatives, risks, trade-offs, and delivery timelines. • Support delivery planning, prioritization, and execution while helping teams navigate ambiguity and evolving requirements. • Drive adoption of AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, and automation to improve engineering efficiency and developer experience. • What do you need to apply? • 7+ years of experience building highly performant and scalable web applications. • Previous experience leading engineering teams or serving in a technical leadership capacity. • Strong proficiency in React, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL and REST APIs. • Experience with Django and Python development • Experience designing scalable system architectures and making long-term technical decisions. • Experience working closely with product managers, designers, and business stakeholders. • Experience with AWS and cloud-native application development. • Experience with sophisticated application state management, such as Apollo Client or Redux. • Experience with Docker, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development workflows. • Proven track record leading high-performing engineering teams and delivering complex technical initiatives. • Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills. • Familiarity with AI-driven development workflows, automation, and developer productivity tooling. • Strong understanding of security, reliability, and performance best practices in modern web development. • Please note, no sponsorship is available for this position. You must reside in, or be willing to relocate to, one of these states for employment: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, and Wisconsin. • Below you’ll see a few of our perks, but check out out Careers Site for the complete list: • Flexible, remote work environment (*see our open states above) • No “vacation policy” (not to be confused with a “No vacation” policy) • Generous fully-paid parental leave • $1,000 annually to invest in stocks of your choice • Super low premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage • Comprehensive compensation package, including company equity