Software Engineer/Tech Lead - Code Plane [Ic5]

Jobgether SRL; Portugal; Remote; EUR 96,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunities

Fully remote

Async-first culture

Global impact

Cutting-edge AI tooling

Job summary

Jobgether SRL is seeking a Software Engineer/Tech Lead for Code Plane [IC5], fully remote with a base in Portugal. You will shape developer tools and AI-powered products, guiding architecture and execution across distributed teams, while mentoring engineers and defining product direction.

You will own significant code-intelligence areas and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable solutions for developers worldwide.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with production-grade software
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership and architecture decisions
• Experience building end-user features in developer tools, AI products or technical platforms
• Collaboration with Product and Design to translate ideas into delivery
• Customer-facing experience and gathering feedback for roadmaps
• Experience with AI agent tooling, SDKs, MCP servers, or agent-friendly workflows
• Hands-on experience using coding agents and AI development tools
• Strong async communication in globally distributed remote teams
• Mentor engineers and align cross-team goals

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction for a team building large-scale developer products
• Translate customer needs and goals into actionable engineering plans
• Build and ship complex features hands-on while guiding engineers
• Own significant product areas such as code transformation workflows and AI-assisted development
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Customer Engineering to deliver impact
• Make architectural decisions and evaluate trade-offs for scalable systems
• Improve development and delivery processes and practices
• Understand customer challenges to influence product investments
• Contribute to on-call rotation and reliability of critical systems
• Promote a collaborative, high-trust engineering culture

Skills

Leadership

Architecture decisions

Distributed teams

Mentoring

Async communication

Developer tools awareness

Tools

Go

TypeScript

React

SvelteKit

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Software Engineer/Tech Lead - Code Plane [IC5]

Salary: €96,000 - 240,000 yearly

Empresa: Jobgether | Tipo de Emprego: Periodo Integral | Remote / Work from Home

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This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer/Tech Lead - Code Plane [IC5] based in Portugal.

As a Software Engineer/Tech Lead, you will take a leading role in shaping developer tools and AI-powered products that transform how software is built and maintained. You will combine hands‑on engineering expertise with technical leadership, guiding product direction, architecture decisions, and execution across complex code intelligence platforms. Working within a globally distributed, async‑first engineering environment, you will collaborate closely with product, design, customer‑facing teams, and fellow engineers to solve challenging problems at scale. This role offers the opportunity to influence the future of AI‑assisted development by building tools used directly by developers and intelligent agents around the world.

Accountabilities

• Lead technical direction for a team building large‑scale developer products, setting architecture principles, engineering standards, and technical priorities.
• Drive the roadmap from concept to delivery by translating customer needs, product goals, and technical opportunities into actionable engineering plans.
• Build and ship complex product features hands‑on while supporting engineers through technical guidance, mentorship, and decision‑making.
• Own significant product areas, including code transformation workflows, AI‑assisted development experiences, code intelligence tools, and developer automation capabilities.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Customer Engineering, and other engineering teams to turn customer feedback into impactful solutions.
• Make architectural decisions and evaluate technical trade‑offs to ensure scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems.
• Improve team practices around design, development, testing, code reviews, and delivery processes.
• Develop a strong understanding of customer challenges and agent‑based development workflows to influence future product investments.
• Contribute to an on‑call rotation and support the reliability of critical developer‑facing systems.
• Promote a collaborative, high‑trust engineering culture through proactive communication and effective stakeholder management.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong background in building production software.
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership, guide architecture decisions, and make complex engineering trade‑offs.
• Experience building end‑user product features, ideally within developer tools, AI products, technical platforms, CLIs, or similar environments.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Product and Design teams to take ideas from discovery through successful delivery.
• Customer‑facing experience, including gathering feedback, supporting discovery processes, and incorporating insights into product roadmaps.
• Experience building products designed for or consumed by AI agents, such as agent tooling, SDKs, MCP servers, or agent‑friendly developer workflows.
• Hands‑on experience using coding agents and AI development tools, with a strong understanding of their capabilities, limitations, and future potential.
• Strong async communication skills and experience working effectively in globally distributed remote teams.
• Ability to mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and create alignment across teams.
• Familiarity with technologies such as Go, TypeScript, React, SvelteKit, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and multi‑service architectures is a plus.
• Experience with developer tools, code search, code intelligence, large‑scale refactoring systems, monitoring solutions, or technical leadership roles is advantageous.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location zone, with IC5 compensation bands ranging from approximately $96,000 to $240,000 USD.
• Equity opportunities aligned with company growth and success.
• Fully remote working environment with flexibility across eligible regions.
• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge AI and developer tooling products with global impact.
• Async‑first culture designed to support autonomy, focus, and effective collaboration.
• Exposure to complex technical challenges involving large‑scale codebases and AI‑powered workflows.
• Professional growth opportunities through ownership, leadership responsibilities, and collaboration with experienced engineers.
• Inclusive and globally distributed workplace focused on respect, transparency, and continuous improvement.