Remote Engineering Team Lead - Core Platform

Priority Dispatch Corp.; Odessa (FL); Remote; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Flexible, mission-driven work

Job summary

Chapter One is seeking an Engineering Team Lead to anchor our core platform—Rails backend and React/TypeScript client apps—while guiding a tight engineering pod. You will set standards and be the go-to for architecture and pragmatic decisions.

You will own performance reviews, mentor engineers, manage sprint cadence, and ensure smooth delivery, with a strong emphasis on data security and effective collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Be the most senior engineer in the room for our core platform, Rails backend, and React/TypeScript client-side applications alike — making pragmatic architecture and code-quality calls.
• Set and uphold engineering standards without turning into a bottleneck, reviewing code and design decisions with judgment.
• Serve as technical lead on new feature work — assessing feasibility, providing estimates, flagging tradeoffs, and working directly with the CPTO to draft development proposals.
• Structure database and API isolation layers to safeguard sensitive student PII data for district compliance contracts (e.g., NYC DOE / LA County).
• Use AI-assisted and agentic development workflows to move faster yourself, setting the standard for how the team uses them.
• Model pragmatic, iterative development — shipping in small, testable increments rather than over-engineering.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day leadership for a small, close-knit engineering pod — setting cadence, prioritizing work, and unblocking the team.
• Bring recommendations for what's working and what isn't directly to the CPTO and leadership team.
• Mentor engineers actively through pair programming sessions and code reviews, identifying leveling-up opportunities.
• Conduct performance reviews for the pod from day one.
• Partner closely with QA and Release Management on shipping features predictably from staging to production.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Team Leadership

Code Reviews

Architecture Design

Mentoring

Tools

Rails

React

TypeScript

GitHub

Asana

Job description

Chapter One is seeking an Engineering Team Lead to anchor our core platform—Rails backend and React/TypeScript client apps—while guiding a tight engineering pod. You will set standards and be the go-to for architecture and pragmatic decisions.

You will own performance reviews, mentor engineers, manage sprint cadence, and ensure smooth delivery, with a strong emphasis on data security and effective collaboration across teams.