Engineering Tech Lead

What You'll Do

• Lead the technical architecture and development of Cru.ai, ensuring the platform is scalable, secure, and highly performant.
• Serve as the technical lead for major initiatives, driving projects from design through deployment while maintaining high engineering standards.
• Build and optimize AI-powered product experiences by integrating LLMs, AI services, and intelligent workflows into customer facing applications.
• Partner closely with Product & Design to transform customer problems into intuitive solutions.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and architectural leadership while fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
• Define and champion best practices across software architecture, testing, observability, security, and deployment.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform performance, reduce technical debt, and continuously enhance system reliability.
• Collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to better understand workflows and translate feedback into impactful product improvements.
• Participate in hiring and help build a world-class engineering team.
• Lead by example through hands on coding while helping establish the long term technical vision for Cru.ai.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of experience building and scaling modern SaaS applications, including experience leading technical initiatives or engineering teams.
• Strong expertise in Python, Django, PostgreSQL, AWS, and modern front-end frameworks.
• Experience building AI enabled products or integrating LLMs and AI services into production applications.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, RESTful APIs, cloud architecture, and scalable software design.
• Proven ability to architect complex systems while balancing speed, scalability, and maintainability.
• Strong leadership, communication, and mentoring skills with the ability to influence technical direction across teams.
• Passion for building exceptional products, writing clean code, and continuously improving engineering practices.