Impact. com
TechLead-DataSystems
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“Tech Lead - Data Systems at Impact. com. Skills: Data Systems, Distributed Systems, Leadership. Designing, building, and maintaining data systems. Setting technical direction”
What You'll Achieve.
Own squad-level delivery, technical direction, and outcomes (quality, stability, deadlines) across multiple workstreams; Meet quarterly objectives
Industry & Context.
Breaking down complex problems into well-defined units of work; Resolve cross-engineer disagreements
Must be willing to work 2 days per week in office for collaboration with the team, Currently based locally in Cape Town or willing to relocate
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
comfortable presenting technical direction to stakeholders
Nice to Have
Curiosity about distributed data systems, Spark experience is a plus, Experience breaking down complex data logic into small, testable units, Exposure to any Google Cloud technology, Experience with large-scale data processing systems, Experience with monitoring, alerting, and production support, Open-source contributions
What You'll Do.
and maintaining data systems
Setting technical direction
Owning squad-level delivery outcomes
Managing the health and growth of your team
Hands-on engineering contribution
Designing resilient distributed systems
and consistency tradeoffs
Setting the bar for clear interfaces
and solid observability
Breaking down complex problems into well-defined units of work
Driving planning and cross-team alignment
Governing releases and stability
Developing direct reports through coaching and feedback
Own timely incident response patterns
Ensure preventative actions happen
Improve processes to reduce recurrence
Set engineering standards for the squad
Instrument systems with observability
Develop code both independently and while pair programming
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Driving planning and cross-team alignment; Alignment with stakeholders across a distributed team; Coordination to meet quarterly objectives
Communication Scope
Clear interfaces; Communicative; Shows engagement and clarity in both remote and in-person settings
Process & Methodology
Work breakdown, Sequencing, Dependency management
Full Job Description
About impact.com impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results. Your Role at impact.com: As a Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead for Data Systems, you will lead a squad of engineers focused on designing, building, and maintaining data systems that are maintainable, reliable, and understandable at scale. You will set technical direction, own squad-level delivery outcomes, and manage the health and growth of your team - all while remaining a strong hands-on engineering contributor. This role is centered on designing resilient distributed systems, including handling retries, partial failures, backpressure, and consistency tradeoffs. You will set the bar for clear interfaces, strong tests, and solid observability (metrics and tracing) so our systems are easy to run, debug, and evolve - and hold the team to that bar consistently. You are expected to function as the primary technical and people leader for your squad: breaking down complex problems into well-defined units of work, driving planning and cross-team alignment, governing releases and stability, and developing your direct reports through coaching and feedb
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