Lead Engineer

Worky; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Worky is seeking a Lead Engineer to anchor technical direction while contributing hands-on to build and scale key features of the SaaS platform. You will partner with product and UX to deliver high-impact customer value and shape architecture for long-term maintainability.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, agile environment, mentoring peers, driving best practices, and leveraging AI-enabled development approaches to elevate the team's performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails.
• 5+ years of experience with JavaScript.
• 2+ years of experience with SQL.
• Experience building Single Page Applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architecture direction for your pod.
• Write high quality, production-ready code and review PRs.
• Collaborate with Product and UX to translate requirements into solutions.
• Mentor engineers within the pod and drive best practices.
• Champion agentic development and maintainability across the lifecycle.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

JavaScript

SQL

Single Page Applications

Tools

AWS

React

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Ext.js

Python

LangChain

Amazon Bedrock

Jenkins

CI/CD

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

The Lead Engineer is both a technical leader and an active contributor in an agile development pod responsible for building and scaling core features of our SaaS platform. As a Lead Engineer you'll be creating high quality code, as well as setting engineering direction while partnering closely with internal stakeholders (such as Product and UX) to deliver high-impact customer value.

This role is ideal for someone who loves hands-on engineering but also thrives in shaping architecture, driving best practices, and helping a team operate at a high level.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Technical Leadership

• Lead technical design and architecture decisions for your pod's domain
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with platform standards
• Drive technical discovery and implementation planning

Hands-On Development

• Write high-quality, production-ready code
• Review pull requests and provide thoughtful, actionable feedback
• Troubleshoot complex issues across the stack

Pod Leadership & Collaboration

• Partner with Product Management to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Help scope work, break down initiatives, and manage technical tradeoffs
• Represent your pod in cross-team technical discussions
• Mentor less experienced engineers within your pod

Agentic Development

• Embrace agentic development practices as a core part of the software development lifecycle
• Continually reevaluate the best practices of successful developers employing AI
• Participate in both sides of knowledge sharing

Quality & Delivery

• Drive engineering best practices in your pod and beyond
• Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery of features and improvements
• Represent the perspective of long-term maintainability and scalability

COMPETENCIES

Required:

• 5+ years of experience using Ruby on Rails
• 5+ years of experience using Javascript
• 2+ years of experience with SQL
• Experience developing Single Page Applications

Nice To Have:

• Experience with AWS
• Experience with React
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with PostgreSQL
• Experience with Ext.js
• Experience with Python
• Experience developing AI solutions (e.g. using LangChain, Amazon Bedrock)
• Experience with Jenkins
• Experience with CI/CD practices