Software Engineering TLM

LightSource; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

LightSource is recruiting a Tech Lead Manager in Seattle to lead a team of senior engineers. You will coordinate planning and execution, promote technical excellence, and advance an ambitious product roadmap while managing resources and risks.

You will balance hands-on leadership with individual contributor work as needed, guiding the team toward high-quality delivery and strong collaboration across the organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development.
• 3+ years of people management experience in a startup environment.
• Track record of successfully shipping products.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute work aligned with business objectives and product goals.
• Build execution plans meeting resource constraints.
• Drive delivery of work against objectives.
• Manage risks, problem-solve, and course correct as necessary.
• Resolve technical conflicts that arise.
• Guide technical work through hands-on management when needed.
• Maintain team quality, security, and development standards.
• Assess team output against KPIs.

Skills

Leadership

Technical mentorship

Delivery management

Stakeholder communication

Job description

About the role

Supply chain is broken. It’s the foundation of our entire economy, but it (barely) runs on a mix of homebrewed processes duct-taped to some spreadsheets and emails.

As a Tech Lead Manager at LightSource, you’ll be expected to wear many hats. You will be in charge of a team of senior engineers and responsible for your own work as an individual contributor.

As a manager, you’ll be coordinating resources, driving planning and execution, and promoting technical excellence throughout the org.

Responsibilities

Planning and Execution

• Ensure that work is aligned with business objectives and product goals

• Build execution plans meeting resource constraints

• Drive delivery of work against objectives

• Manage risks, problem-solve, and course correct as necessary. Resolve technical conflicts that arise

Technical Excellence

• Guide technical work through direct, hands-on, management as needed

• Adhere to and enforce team quality, security, and consistent development standards

• Assess technical output of the team against KPIs

• Maintain awareness of advancements in the domain and incorporate them into the team

Communication, Collaboration, and Culture

• Identify, report, and rectify any perceived problems or organizational risks

• Maintain and elevate the existing company culture across your team

People and Organization

• Create a psychologically safe environment and provide support and motivation to the team

• Proactively check in with team members to ensure that their performance is good and their needs are met

• Manage performance within the direct team and set a high-performance bar with guardrails

• Proactively resolve interpersonal conflicts within the team

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software development

• 3+ years of people management experience in a startup environment

• Track record of successfully shipping products

The Team

We’re a driven team, who’ve helped build some incredible companies (Tesla, Waymo, Google, Meta, Amazon, Dropbox, Airbnb and many more). And now we’re tackling an exciting problem space ripe for disruption.

Our team is small, but our ambitions are big. So we only hire the absolute best and try to learn every day while having a lot of fun.