Remote Tech Lead Manager, Student Engagement

Niche

United States

On-site

USD 146,000 - 183,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Health plan (vision and dental)

Flexible PTO

Home office stipend

Parental leave (12 weeks)

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

Niche, the leader in school search, seeks a Tech Lead Manager to guide the student-facing engineering team in our two-sided marketplace. You will own professional development, career growth, and performance management for your reports, and collaborate with Product to evolve team workflows toward faster delivery and rapid learning.

You will stay hands-on in the codebase, tackle inbound technical work, and model AI-assisted development while maintaining a strong focus on team health and

Qualifications

Strong, current hands-on software engineering experience with regular coding and code reviews.
Experience owning both technical direction and people management.
Comfort operating without a separate Tech Lead to lean on.
Experience with AI-assisted development tooling and workflows.
A track record of pragmatic technical trade-offs under real delivery pressure.
Experience with evolving agile/Scrum-based team processes.

Responsibilities

Lead the student-facing engineering team and own technical direction and architecture.
Collaborate with Product to drive faster delivery and rapid learning.
Mentor and manage performance, career growth, and team health.

Skills

Hands-on coding

Technical leadership

Independent engineering

AI tooling

Agile/Scrum

Delivery pressure

Job description

You will stay hands-on in the codebase, tackle inbound technical work, and model AI-assisted development while maintaining a strong focus on team health and

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