Software Engineering TLM

Lightsource; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

LightSource is seeking a Tech Lead Manager in San Francisco to lead a team of senior engineers and contribute as an individual contributor. You will coordinate resources, drive planning and execution, and promote technical excellence throughout the org.

You’ll manage workloads, remove obstacles, and ensure alignment with business goals while upholding a strong engineering culture and strong collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• 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.
• Drive delivery of work against objectives and manage risks.
• Guide technical work and enforce quality, security, and development standards.
• Identify, report and rectify organizational risks while upholding company culture.
• Create a safe environment and support team performance and growth.

Skills

Software development

People management

Shipping products

Job description

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 spreadsheetsand emails.

As a Tech Lead Manager at LightSource, you'll be expected to wear many hats. Youwill be in charge of a team of senior engineers and responsible for your ownwork 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. Resolvetechnical conflicts that arise

Technical Excellence

• Guide technical work through direct, hands-on, management as needed
• Adhere to and enforce team quality, security, and consistent developmentstandards
• Assess technical output of the team against KPIs
• Maintain awareness of advancements in the domain and incorporate them into theteam

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 motivationto the team
• Proactively check in with team members to ensure that their performance isgood and their needs are met
• Manage performance within the direct team and set a high-performance bar withguardrails
• 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'retackling an exciting problem space ripe for disruption.

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