The Role
We focus on building 7 high-potential startups at a time. On each of our startups, we have a dedicated team that is led by a Tech Lead, a Product Manager, and a Design Lead. Our teams are small and effective and range from 5 to 15 people.
We are searching for a Tech Lead to be the engineering leader of one of our teams owning the technical buildout of the startup. This role requires a combination of strong technical and leadership capabilities. You’ll be responsible for managing an engineering team (usually a team of 3-7 engineers), owning the software architecture and infrastructure, engaging with the business to understand the product needs, and overseeing the technical direction and delivery.
You’ll get support and guidance from our CTO and will also be part of our Engineering Leads Council where we consult large technical challenges and tech-related decisions that shape the startups we build
Responsibilities
Leadership
- Work closely with the Product Manager and Design Lead to lead the project and help the startup achieve its goals through the product we are building
Engineering
- Select and update technologies that are most appropriate for the needs of the startup while remaining in line with our standards
- Own the process of setting up and maintaining the hosting infrastructure to handle the scaling needs of the startup and configure the relevant environments
- Architect deployments and CI/CD pipelines
- Oversee the overall software architecture
Team
- Manage the engineering team on the startup and oversee the quality of their output
- Create and maintain a fun and challenging environment where your engineers are motivated, engaged, growing, and working together in a collaborative way
- Be a hands-on contributor on the project, developing features together with the team
Process
- Assist the Product Manager in discovery refinement, ensuring that epics and user stories in the roadmap are refined, estimated, and prioritized in line with business goals
Skills & Requirements
- Good level of English
- Experience building web applications using Typescript, Node.js, and GraphQL (React is a plus)
- Experience architecting software (for projects from scratch is a plus)
- Experience setting up and maintaining hosting infrastructure
- Good business thinking (working at an early-stage startup is a plus)
- Ability to make product decisions based on the value it provides to the startup and its users
- Strong leadership capabilities
- Great communication skills
If you are an experienced engineering leader without prior experience with our tech stack, we are open to creating a path for you to first learn our stack before becoming a Tech Lead on one of our startups.
Tech Stack
- Node.js (Apollo Server)
- Apollo Client
- React
- React Native
- GraphQL
- Typescript
- Github & Github Actions
- Prisma.io & Nexus
- Docker
- Google Cloud Platform
Our Startups
We’ve built over 35 successful startups. Here are a few from our portfolio:
Benefits
- A passionate team around you with a growth mindset
- The ability to work wherever and customize your workflow
- The most photographed office in Prague, right on Old Town Square (and dog-friendly too)
- Tasty snacks and drinks throughout the day, Friday pizza, monthly breakfast at the office
- Multisport access
- A budget to spend on your growth (books, courses, conferences)
- 25 days off + 1 day off to celebrate your birthday + 1 day off for every year with OAK'S LAB
- Team bonding, happy hours, online games, offsite trips - you name it
- Cross-department clubs (yoga, traveling, football, dancing, and more)
- An arcade room with table tennis, billiards, darts, Playstation, and Netflix
- A MacBook and hardware budget
- English lessons
- ... and we're ready for your ideas once you're in!
