Technical Team Lead

Metal Toad • Portland, OR

4d • Remote

About The Position

The mission for this role is to lead a team of software engineers to implement high-quality technology solutions.

Requirements

• Agree with our Corporate Values Statement.
• Believes in the company's mission: to help people.
• Believes in the principles of open source.
• Proven ability to lead a team of software engineers.
• Demonstrated experience in technical estimation and resource allocation.
• Expertise in maintaining engineering quality and security standards.
• Familiarity with the WHO method for hiring and talent acquisition.
• Knowledge of Manager Tools best practices for team retention.
• Ability to implement delegation according to the 5 Levels of Leadership.
• Commitment to ongoing role certification and professional development.
• Ability to maintain rapid communication and meet strict cycle-time targets.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Engineering Profitability: Manage resource allocation through accurate estimation, meet utilization targets, and ensure strict adherence to time logging standards.
• Ensure High Engineering Performance: Guarantee project success through proactive unblocking, rapid communication, and meeting all security and quality standards.
• Maintain Professional Standards: Ensure ongoing compliance with role certification standards and practice effective delegation.
• Recruit & Retain Great Talent: Ensure 90%+ A-player acquisition and maintain high retention of engineering talent.
• Estimation & Allocation: Create accurate estimates for every ticket to enable proper resource allocation.
• Utilization & Logging: Ensure the team (including self) meets utilization targets and adheres to time logging standards.
• Unblocking & Escalation: Reduce ticket overage by unblocking engineering team members and leveling technical issues up to the Head of Engineering.
• Reporting: Report ticket estimate overages to the Project Manager and Head of Engineering ASAP to ensure project success.
• Onboarding & Certification: Maintain updated milestones and dates in the Certification Planning spreadsheet for 100% of team members.
• Quality Control: Adhere to quality and security standards to ensure zero requirements defects on projects.
• Timeline Management: Support work-in-progress cycle times of < 2 days, code reviews within 4 business hours, and QA within 2 days.
• Team Leadership: Delegate tasks using the 5 Levels of Leadership (p. 215) and implement Manager Tools best practices for retention.
• Hiring: Participate in the hiring process using the WHO method to acquire A-player talent.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed