Product Tech Lead: AI-Driven Web Platform & Team Leader

The Motley Fool, LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

No vacation policy

Generous parental leave

$1,000 annually to invest in stocks

Low premiums for medical/dental/vision

Job summary

The Motley Fool, LLC is seeking a Product Tech Lead to steer a fast-paced engineering team building scalable web apps for millions of users. You’ll blend hands-on leadership with architecture decisions guiding product, design, and business stakeholders.

Join a remote-capable fintech-focused environment that values collaboration, code quality, and observability, while driving AI-assisted development and modern workflows across platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building highly performant and scalable web applications.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

React

Next.js

TypeScript

GraphQL

REST APIs

Python

Django

Apollo Client

Redux

CI/CD

Docker

AWS

Tools

Jira

Slack

Zoom

Job description

The Motley Fool, LLC is seeking a Product Tech Lead to steer a fast-paced engineering team building scalable web apps for millions of users. You’ll blend hands-on leadership with architecture decisions guiding product, design, and business stakeholders.

Join a remote-capable fintech-focused environment that values collaboration, code quality, and observability, while driving AI-assisted development and modern workflows across platforms.