Remote
EngineeringTeamLeader
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“Engineering Team Leader at Remote. Skills: Engineering Team Leadership, Backend Development, Agentic/Automation Workflow Design, System Thinking, Team Management, Coaching and Mentoring. Managing a small product team of 3-5 engineers (backend and frontend). Actively participates in product development in the their team”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver outcomes faster
Industry & Context.
solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge; ambitious problems; Ability to think in systems; Problem solving
work from anywhere, flexible working hours (we are async), home office budget & IT equipment budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Managed an engineering team of at least 2 people, Extensive experience with Backend (Elixir/Phoenix or Ruby or functional programming), Commitment to promoting all of Remote's values within the team and the greater organisation, engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems that are secure, reliable, and scalable, Practical experience designing or adopting agentic/automation workflows (or comparable systems) and improving them through iteration, Ability to think in systems: define specs clearly, break down plans, instrument verification, and close the loop on quality, Solid communication skills, Solid knowledge of engineering and development principles and best practices, Proven organizational skills with attention to detail, Focused on efficient processes with a kind, people-first approach, Being able to inspire others and instill confidence, Good understand of team dynamics, Ambitious and intentional about diversity, equality and inclusion, Demonstrates automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency
Nice to Have
Innovation as one of the core values, AI fluency
What You'll Do.
Managing a small product team of 3-5 engineers (backend and frontend)
Actively participates in product development in the their team
Being involved in hiring processes for their own team
Potentially help out their peers
Responsible for the onboarding process of new engineers
Manage the team dynamics and bring out the best in them
Giving continuous and constructive feedback on all the things
Helping the team to grow continuously as a group
Responsible for each direct report’s career
Providing guidance and coaching to the team
Redesign how engineering work ships with autonomous agents as the default execution layer
Propose and operationalize agentic workflows end-to-end (spec → plan → execute → verify) to deliver outcomes faster
Build reusable agentic workflows and primitives in the codebase so teams can apply them repeatedly across domains
Use verification loops (tests
guardrails) to ensure results are correct
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
spokesperson for everyone in it; help out their peers; team members
Communication Scope
Solid communication skills; spokesperson for everyone in their team
Process & Methodology
define specs clearly, break down plans, instrument verification, close the loop on quality, operationalize agentic workflows end-to-end (spec → plan → execute → verify)
Full Job Description
About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote. With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role. We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform. If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work! The Position A Team Leader is responsible for all the work of a team and the spokesperson for everyone in it. They are expected to manage the team dynamics and always bring the best in everyone. A team leader is not expected to be the best in a team but rather help others become the best version there is and gear the team towards optimised execution. You can also check out this Keynote to learn how we evolved Remote's architecture and organisation to support a fast pace. We explore domain boundaries and dependency management alongside worker separation. You will also hear about ownership driven observability. Key Responsibilities Managing a small product team of 3-5 engineers (backend and frontend). 30% of the time spent doing management work. Outside of that actively participates in product development in the their team. Being involved in hiring processes for their own team and potentially help out their peers. In addition to being involved in hiring, also being responsible for the onboarding process of new engineers. By being the spokesperson for everyone in their team they are expected t
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