Tech Lead

About the Role Signals is YipitData's B2B spend analytics platform for private equity and growth investors. We're looking for a Tech Lead to own the Signals engineering direction, set the technical vision, and deliver production-grade systems. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll code, unblock the team, and collaborate with product, data, and revenue stakeholders to shape what gets built. What You'll Do

• Own the technical direction of the Signals platform — architecture, system design, tech debt strategy, and engineering standards.
• Lead a team of engineers and QA — set priorities, unblock work, conduct code reviews, and drive execution.
• Stay hands-on: you're writing code, shipping features, and debugging production issues alongside your team.
• Work directly with product, data, revenue, and customers to translate business problems into a technical roadmap.
• Make the calls on build vs. buy, tradeoffs between speed and quality, and when to invest in infrastructure vs. features.
• Own production reliability — you're the first person who cares when something breaks, and you drive the team to fix it fast and prevent it from happening again.
• Raise the bar for the engineering team through mentorship, tooling improvements, and establishing best practices.
• Use AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) as a daily force multiplier for yourself and your team — and push the team to adopt AI-native workflows that accelerate output.
• Communicate clearly and proactively, especially under pressure, to align stakeholders and customers. What We're Looking For
• 6+ years of hands-on software development experience with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.
• Shipped and maintained customer-facing SaaS products.
• Strong system design instincts — architecture, clean interfaces, scalability.
• Stack-flexible: comfortable with Python, TypeScript/React, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Databricks).
• AI-native workflow — you leverage AI tools to change how you and your team work.
• Ability to context-switch between coding, unblocking teammates, and presenting technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Responsive and reliable; ownership of production systems and proactive communication under pressure.
• Lead by example and uphold high engineering standards.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, STEM, or a related field. Nice to Have
• Experience with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) and AI-native workflows. Compensation & Benefits
• The annual on-target earnings for this position is anticipated to be up to $200K - $230K.
• Our compensation package includes comprehensive benefits, perks, and a competitive salary: Flexible work hours, flexible vacation, a generous 401K match, parental leave, team events, wellness budget, learning reimbursement, and more.