Remote

Technology

EngineeringTeamLeader

CA$125–175k ~AI est. Canada Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Lead candidates.

The Brief

“Engineering Team Leader at Remote. Skills: Team leadership, Agentic workflows, AI capabilities. Manage a small product team. Participate in product development”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver outcomes faster

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Debugging; Troubleshooting

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, Engineering fundamentals, Track record of shipping production systems, Practical experience designing or adopting agentic/automation workflows, Ability to think in systems, Solid communication skills, Solid knowledge of engineering and development principles, Proven organizational skills with attention to detail, Focused on efficient processes, Kind, people-first approach, Being able to inspire others, Instill confidence, Good understand of team dynamics, Ambitious and intentional about diversity, equality and inclusion, Demonstrates automation and AI capabilities, AI fluency

Nice to Have

Experience with AI capabilities

What You'll Do.

Manage a small product team

Participate in product development

Be involved in hiring processes

Onboard new engineers

Bring out the best in team members

Give continuous and constructive feedback

Help the team grow continuously

Be responsible for direct report's career

Provide guidance to the team

Provide coaching to the team

Redesign how engineering work ships

Propose agentic workflows

Operationalize agentic workflows

Build reusable agentic workflows

Build reusable primitives

Use verification loops

Ensure results are correct

Ensure results are secure

Ensure results are reliable

Ensure results are scalable

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Peer collaboration

Communication Scope

Spokesperson; Constructive feedback

Process & Methodology

Agile, Scrum, Roadmap planning, Kanban

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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