AI Native Lead Developer

The Lead Developer is a technical and people leader whose influence a single team. This role is responsible for tackling complex, ambiguous problems that span multiple teams, designing and leading large-scale initiatives, and setting high standards for technical excellence and collaboration across the organisation along with standard people management responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Innovation

• Design and lead implementation of technical solutions spanning multiple teams
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies that advance Keyloop's platform capabilities
• Serve as a leading voice in cross-cutting concerns (security, performance, scalability, observability)
• Author technical strategy documents for multi-team initiatives
• Drive architectural consistency and best practices across your domain
• Lead proof-of-concepts for emerging technologies and advocate for adoption
• Champion AI-assisted development practices and establish guidelines for effective use of AI tools

Execution & Delivery

• Lead planning and execution of large-scale, cross-team initiatives
• Define clear technical roadmaps that balance short-term delivery with long-term sustainability
• Break down complex, ambiguous problems into actionable plans
• Identify and mitigate major project risks before they become issues
• Ensure successful delivery of complex, multi-quarter projects
• Coordinate technical work across multiple teams to achieve cohesive solutions

Mentorship & Influence

• Actively mentor Senior Engineers to grow their technical leadership skills
• Provide technical guidance and architectural reviews across multiple teams
• Lead technical working groups or guilds (e.g., Frontend, Security, Platform)
• Guide teams in discovering and implementing innovative AI-powered solutions to enhance engineering productivity and quality
• Identify and proactively drive technical initiatives that aren't assigned but are crucial
• Build consensus around technical decisions across teams
• Elevate engineering standards and practices within your domain

People Management

• Define career path for direct reports
• Performance Management
• Conducting regular 1-1 and feedback management
• Leave Management and resolving conflicts.
• Identify the upskill requirements and ensure team members get all necessary trainings.
• Hire and retain talent.

Communication & Collaboration

• Communicate compelling technical visions that motivate multiple teams
• Write influential, high-quality design documents adopted by multiple teams
• Present technical strategies to Directors and senior stakeholders
• Facilitate productive technical discussions across team boundaries
• Translate complex technical concepts for various audiences
• Build strong relationships with Staff Engineers in other domains

Product & Business Impact

• Develop strong understanding of business strategy for your domain
• Identify new technical opportunities that could create significant business value
• Propose technical solutions that unlock new product capabilities
• Quantify and communicate the business impact of technical debt
• Partner with Product to ensure technical strategy enables product vision
• Balance technical excellence with pragmatic business needs

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with progressive technical leadership.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams.
• Experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.
• Demonstrated proficiency in addressing complex technical challenges even when requirements are not fully defined.
• Excellence in written and verbal technical communication.
• Demonstrated impact beyond immediate team boundaries.
• History of successful mentorship of senior engineers.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and methods.

What Success Looks Like

• Cross-Team Impact: Your technical solutions successfully span and integrate multiple teams
• Technical Roadmaps: Clear, actionable roadmaps guide multi-team technical initiatives
• Innovation: New technologies you introduce measurably improve platform capabilities
• AI Adoption: Teams effectively leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, quality, and innovation across the SDLC
• Mentorship: Senior Engineers you mentor shows clear growth in technical leadership
• Technical Debt: Proactively identify and address systemic technical issues
• Influence: Your technical vision and designs are adopted across multiple teams
• Building best talent in the team

What Sets This Role Apart

This Lead Developer position offers the unique opportunity to:

• Shape technical direction across multiple teams without the overhead of people management
• Pioneer the organization's adoption of cutting-edge AI technologies and discover new applications
• Remain hands-on with challenging technical problems while driving strategic initiatives
• Work at the intersection of multiple technical domains
• Have direct impact on the platform architecture that will define our next phase of growth