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Duetti
Lead Engineer
Skills
DockerPythonAWSKubernetesTerraform
2 months ago
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Salary:
$180,000 – $200,000 / year
Location:
New York, NY, USA
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
29 August 2026
What they need
- We are looking for a Lead Engineer to help scale both our engineering organization and the platforms that power Duetti
- This is a highly visible leadership position that combines technical execution, team leadership, operational excellence, and cross functional collaboration
- You will remain a hands-on contributor while also helping lead a growing backend engineering team
- You will work closely with the Head of Engineering, Product, Data, Research, and business stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of critical initiatives across the company
- The ideal candidate is a strong technical leader who enjoys solving difficult engineering problems, developing engineers, improving processes, and driving execution
- You understand how to balance engineering quality with business needs, can navigate ambiguity, and know how to align teams around shared objectives
- This role is ideal for someone who wants to have a direct impact on both the technology and the growth of the engineering organization
- Own delivery of critical engineering initiatives across multiple product areas
- Translate high level business objectives into clear engineering plans and milestones
- Partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership to define technical priorities
- Help ensure projects are delivered on time and with a high standard of quality
- Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and execution challenges before they impact delivery
- Actively contribute to architecture, design, implementation, and code reviews
- Build scalable services and platform capabilities
- Participate in debugging, troubleshooting, and production support
- Lead complex technical initiatives and serve as a technical resource for the broader team
- Establish and promote engineering best practices across the organization
- Grow and Develop the Team
- Help recruit, interview, and onboard engineers
- Mentor engineers through technical guidance and career development
- Create an environment focused on accountability, collaboration, learning, and execution
- Help define responsibilities, expectations, and growth paths for team members
- Lead by example through both technical excellence and professionalism
- Establish consistent engineering standards and development practices
- Improve sprint planning, estimation, prioritization, and release management processes
- Help create scalable operating procedures as the team continues to grow
- Drive improvements around testing, code quality, observability, documentation, and reliability
- Ensure alignment across engineers, teams, and initiatives
- Work closely with Product Managers to refine requirements and scope initiatives
- Communicate project status, risks, and trade-offs to leadership
- Collaborate with Data, Research, Operations, and other business teams to understand needs and deliver solutions
- Help balance short-term business objectives with long-term platform investments
- Partner with the Head of Engineering on roadmap planning and resource allocation
- Help establish team OKRs and measurable success criteria
- Track execution against goals and identify opportunities for improvement
- Participate in defining the future structure and growth of the engineering organization- Comfortable communicating with executives, engineers, product managers, and non technical stakeholders
- Demonstrated success leading engineering projects from planning through delivery
- Comfortable balancing speed, quality, and long-term maintainability
- Expert level backend development experience using Python
- Able to break large initiatives into manageable milestones
- Strong understanding of system design, scalability, reliability, security, and performance optimization
- Focused on finding solutions rather than simply identifying problems
- Leads through influence, collaboration, and example
- Comfortable making decisions and driving accountability
- Proven ability to lead technical teams while remaining hands on
- Exceptional communication skills
- Strong written communication and documentation skills
- Experience operating in high-growth startup environments, ideally Series B, C, or D companies
- Strong prioritization skills and business judgment
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts in a concise and structured manner
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, and modern infrastructure practices
- Strong experience designing APIs and distributed systems
- Experience working with relational databases and data intensive systems
- Experience building and maintaining production systems at scale
- Highly organized and execution oriented
- Ability to build trust and alignment across teams
- Deep understanding of cloud native architectures and AWS services
- 1+ years leading or managing engineering teams
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
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