Engineering Team Lead

Who we are:

LeadsOnline is a powerful digital platform that helps law enforcement investigators and analysts advance criminal cases through the most current data on people and property across the U.S., and helps businesses reduce the hassles of reporting. Law enforcement agencies of every size and mandate use LeadsOnline to find suspects, stolen items, and patterns of individual and organized criminal activity.

We are building the future of criminal investigations, helping our clients protect communities and solve crimes.

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Engineering Team Lead (Manager) to oversee a team of 4-6 engineers, including a QA professional. This leader will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining SaaS products hosted on AWS, leveraging service-based architectures to deliver scalable and robust solutions.

Role and responsibilities:

As the Engineering Team Lead (Manager), you will:

Leadership and Team Management:

• Lead a high-performing engineering team, providing mentorship, guidance, and performance management.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative team culture that aligns with the company's mission and goals.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones, team meetings, and career development discussions to support team growth.

Strategic Partnership with Product Management:

• Partner with the product management team to execute on the product roadmap and deliver features that meet customer and business needs.
• Act as a key technical collaborator, providing insights into feasibility, timelines, and resource allocation to achieve corporate objectives.
• Ensure alignment between engineering and product teams, creating a unified approach to product delivery.

Technical Execution:

• Oversee the design, development, and delivery of SaaS products hosted on AWS, utilizing service-based architectures.
• Ensure the team follows best practices in software development, including code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and quality assurance.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to align technical execution with business goals.

Architecture and Scalability:

• Contribute to architectural decisions that enable scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
• Identify and implement improvements to existing services and workflows to enhance performance and reliability.
• Monitor and optimize AWS infrastructure to balance performance and cost-effectiveness.

Quality Assurance and Testing:

• Partner with the QA team member to ensure robust testing strategies, including automated and manual testing where appropriate.
• Advocate for a "shift-left" testing approach, integrating quality assurance early in the development cycle.

Process and Agile Practices:

• Champion Agile development practices, including sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming.
• Drive team accountability for delivering high-quality features on time and within scope.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in production and non-production environments.
• Partner with DevOps to maintain and enhance deployment pipelines, monitoring systems, and incident management processes.

Who you are:

You are an experienced engineering leader with a passion for building SaaS products that solve real-world problems. You thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and take pride in mentoring and empowering your team to deliver exceptional results.

Key Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, including leadership or management roles.
• Proven experience building and scaling SaaS products on AWS, including leveraging service-based architectures.

• Strong proficiency with modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Node.js, Handlebar, JavaScript, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with Agile development methodologies and tools such as Jira.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure as code (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins).
• Familiarity with Redis, Mongo, and Elastic Search
• Knowledge of best practices in testing, including automated testing frameworks and strategies.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to align technical teams with broader business objectives.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in law enforcement or related industries is a plus.
• Familiarity with data-intensive platforms and workflows.

What you can expect from us:

At LeadsOnline, we serve with energy, diligence, and persistence. We deeply believe the work we do makes a difference in the lives of our users, the communities they protect, and the victims they serve.

As an Engineering Team Lead, you'll join a fast-growing, mission-driven, innovative team. You'll have access to technical and professional training to grow your skills, and you'll work in an environment where excellence and collaboration are celebrated.

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