Tech Lead

ErthDev; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid annual leave

Paid sick leave

Performance bonuses

Annual salary reviews

Learning support for courses and certs

Equipment and internet support

Medical insurance

Mentorship and career development

Work across industries

Job summary

ErthDev is seeking a role that combines architecture, hands-on coding, and people leadership to guide one or more software project teams. You will define technical direction, review designs, and help teams deliver incrementally while staying close to production systems.

You will mentor engineers, manage risks, and communicate clearly with product, project management and client stakeholders, balancing quality with delivery pressure across multiple engagements.

Qualifications

• Significant experience building and operating production software.
• Guides technical delivery while giving engineers room to work.
• Strong system design and code review skills.
• Experience mentoring or coaching developers.
• Clear communication with engineers and other stakeholders.
• Ability to make decisions with incomplete information and raise concerns constructively when risk is high.
• Understanding of software delivery and quality practices.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and break complex work into manageable, deliverable pieces.
• Review system designs and code for risk, clarity, and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers through pairing, feedback, and shared technical standards.
• Identify technical risks early, explain their impact, and propose ways to address them.
• Encourage sound testing, code quality, and incremental delivery practices.
• Coordinate with project and client stakeholders, balancing constraints with technical quality; contribute to hiring discussions and unblock the team through hands‑on work when needed.

Skills

System design

Code review

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Role overview

Guide the technical direction and delivery of one or more software project teams while remaining hands‑on where it helps the team move forward. The role combines architecture and code review with mentoring, risk management, and collaboration across engineering, product, project management, and client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and break complex work into manageable, deliverable pieces.
• Review system designs and code for risk, clarity, and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers through pairing, feedback, and shared technical standards.
• Identify technical risks early, explain their impact, and propose ways to address them.
• Encourage sound testing, code quality, and incremental delivery practices.
• Coordinate with project and client stakeholders, balancing constraints with technical quality; contribute to hiring discussions and unblock the team through hands‑on work when needed.

Requirements

• Significant experience building and operating production software.
• A record of guiding technical delivery while giving engineers room to work.
• Strong system design and code review skills.
• Experience mentoring or coaching developers.
• Clear communication with engineers and other stakeholders.
• Ability to make decisions with incomplete information and raise concerns constructively when risk is high.
• Understanding of software delivery and quality practices.

Nice to have

• Experience leading teams in a software house, consultancy, or multi-product environment.

Benefits and work setup

• Part-time, fully remote work from Egypt, with flexible hours and collaboration overlap; access to an office in Cairo when needed.
• Paid annual and sick leave, performance bonuses, and annual salary reviews.
• Learning support for courses, certifications, and conferences; equipment and internet support; medical insurance; mentorship and career development; and work across different industries.