Engineering Lead

2 months, 1 week ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Counterpart

Counterpart

Counterpart specializes in providing innovative management and professional liability insurance solutions tailored for the modern workplace, including coverage for directors and officers, employment practices, and various professional liabilities.

Insurance
11-50
Founded 2019
$40M raised

Description

  • Own the technical vision for a domain, including system boundaries, dependencies, and long-term architectural direction.
  • Partner with a Technical Product Manager to turn business problems into initiatives, projects, and high-level technical requirements.
  • Review and approve funded project approaches to ensure they fit domain systems and technical standards before development begins.
  • Coordinate cross-domain technical decisions with other Engineering Leads to avoid redundant solutions and shared system conflicts.
  • Set, maintain, and enforce Counterpart’s shared technical standards within your domain.
  • Make deliberate decisions about technical debt, refactoring, and reuse, and communicate trade-offs to leadership.
  • Write code and lead projects directly when your depth is needed, including taking on Project Lead responsibilities when appropriate.
  • Review production incidents in your domain and address underlying architectural issues rather than only fixing symptoms.
  • Mentor engineers and coach Project Leads through technical decisions and system design trade-offs.
  • Advise the VP of Engineering on Project Lead assignments and project ownership.

Requirements

  • Deep experience designing, building, and operating complex software systems.
  • Experience maintaining systems over time and improving systems you inherited.
  • Ability to operate as both an architect and an individual contributor as needed.
  • Demonstrated experience reviewing technical work from other engineers.
  • Proficiency with Python, Django, Amazon Web Services (AWS), React, and PostgreSQL.
  • Proficiency developing with AI tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar tools.
  • Experience setting technical direction across teams without direct managerial authority.
  • Domain curiosity about insurance.
  • Ability to communicate clearly across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
  • Low ego and high Emotional Quotient (EQ).
  • Experience working with distributed, remote teams.

Benefits

  • Estimated base salary of $190,000 to $240,000.
  • Base pay determined by market data, location, internal equity, and experience.
  • Welcoming and inclusive workplace.
  • Intentional focus on helping employees feel respected, supported, and connected at work.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer commitment with non-discrimination across protected characteristics.

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