Software Engineering Lead

Lead a cross-functional engineering team across three functions: Content Generation, Application, Integrations — ensuring coverage and flexibility when priorities shift. Conduct bi-weekly 1:1s with each engineer to drive growth, unblock challenges, and build trust. Allocate resources alongside the PM to meet evolving roadmap goals. Spend ~30% of time on specs, issue creation in Linear, and sprint planning; ~50% contributing high-quality code; balance the remainder on coaching, reviews, and process improvements. Architect and oversee the end-to-end generative workflow: from data ingestion (Sidekiq workers, MySQL) through AWS Bedrock calls to Claude 4 & GPT-4o, to content assembly and delivery. Guide the Application in evolving the React + Tailwind UI and Rails API backend, collaborating closely with design for an optimal UX. Partner with the Integrations engineer to define robust XML/JSON ingestion pipelines and data validation processes. Drive adoption of AI-powered developer tools (e.g., Cursor, OpenAI Codex) to boost team productivity and code quality. Mentor engineers in best practices around testing, CI/CD, and AWS ECS deployments. Establish metrics and dashboards to monitor system health, team velocity, and quality. Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and experimentation with the latest AI and cloud technologies.