Team Lead, Software Engineer — Hands-On Tech Leader

ACV Auctions

Buffalo (NY)

On-site

USD 125,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 hours ago
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Job summary

ACV Auctions in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Team Lead, Software Engineer to guide and elevate an engineering team focused on VIN Decoder domain. You will balance hands-on coding with people leadership, shaping architecture, and mentoring engineers in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

You will drive multi-cloud infrastructure, in-memory data processing, and scalable Python services while partnering with Product to translate roadmaps into deliverable features.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • 5+ years hands-on production Python development.
  • 2-4+ years Terraform/Infrastructure as Code concepts.
  • 3-5 years of active experience building, maintaining, and optimizing automated pipelines.
  • 2-4 years applying domain driven design principles to architect and build complex systems.
  • Experience with in-memory data processing and monitoring tools (e.g., DataDog).
  • Strong communication and collaboration in a fast-paced global team environment.
  • Deep practical experience operating within Agile development environments and leading sprints.

Responsibilities

  • Directly manage a small team of software engineers responsible for VIN Decoder domain and growth.
  • Conduct regular 1:1s, provide actionable feedback, and map out career progression paths for reports.
  • Cultivate a collaborative, inclusive team culture and empower engineers to innovate.
  • Provide technical leadership through mentoring, coaching, and code review feedback to raise quality.
  • Facilitate communication across engineering, product and business teams for alignment and delivery.
  • Participate in feature development, code reviews, and problem-solving across core services.
  • Own scrum and agile ceremonies: planning, stand-ups, grooming, reviews, retrospectives.
  • Drive the technical vision for multi-cloud infrastructure and in-memory technologies.

Skills

Python backend
Terraform
Distributed systems
Agile/Scrum
Mentoring
SQL
REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Job description

ACV Auctions in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Team Lead, Software Engineer to guide and elevate an engineering team focused on VIN Decoder domain. You will balance hands-on coding with people leadership, shaping architecture, and mentoring engineers in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

You will drive multi-cloud infrastructure, in-memory data processing, and scalable Python services while partnering with Product to translate roadmaps into deliverable features.

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