Engineering Lead, Conversational Platforms (Remote-friendly)

Unifonic; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share scheme

30 days holiday after first year

Birthday off

Work from anywhere up to 10 weeks/yr

Paid parental leave

LinkedIn learning license

Job summary

Unifonic is seeking an Engineering Lead for Conversational Platforms to guide a team building scalable messaging solutions across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Email and Push. You will oversee technical direction, mentoring, and cross‑functional collaboration with product and design while delivering reliable production systems.

The role requires hands‑on leadership, strong communication, and a track record of delivering high‑volume, enterprise‑grade platforms in a global context.

Qualifications

• 15+ years engineering experience with 7+ years in leadership or strong mentoring roles.
• Proven hands‑on experience building/operating conversational/messaging platforms across multiple channels.
• Excellent English communication, collaboration across global teams, and ability to mentor top talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers driving conversational platform development.
• Partner with PMs, designers, and engineers to plan and prioritize work.
• Ensure delivery with quality, architecture best practices, and CI/CD standards.

Skills

Team leadership

English communication

Cloud architecture

Backend systems

Continuous learning

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ

Kafka

AWS

SQS

Redis

Cucumber

Job description

Unifonic is seeking an Engineering Lead for Conversational Platforms to guide a team building scalable messaging solutions across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Email and Push. You will oversee technical direction, mentoring, and cross‑functional collaboration with product and design while delivering reliable production systems.

The role requires hands‑on leadership, strong communication, and a track record of delivering high‑volume, enterprise‑grade platforms in a global context.