Software Engineering Team Lead

Job Description

Few&Far as partnered with a seed-stage startup in San Francisco who have recently raised $10m+. They are looking for an Engineering Lead to take over the technical side of the business from the Co-Founder/CTO.

As Engineering Lead, you'll define our technical direction and lead the way we build. You'll mentor and manage a growing team, champion engineering best practices across delivery and quality, and scale our infrastructure, pipelines, and platform—with AI and automation at the heart of everything we do.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build internal tools to automate development, QA, and data workflows, powered by AI
• Work closely with Product to scope and plan features, break down technical work, and ensure quality and stability
• Work with the product team to gather requirements
• Own and evolve internal processes around CI/CD, QA automation, observability, and DevOps
• Guide architectural decisions across products, including our AI agent, Chrome extension, data platform, and integrations

What We’re Looking For

Must-Haves:

• 6–10+ years of hands-on engineering experience, including 2+ years in technical leadership roles
• Deep expertise in DevOps and QA best practices — including CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure as code
• Proven track record in building and scaling data-intensive products, such as APIs, integrations, web scrapers, or cloud-based platforms
• AI- approach — consistently seeking opportunities to embed LLMs and automation into development workflows
• Skilled at leading cross-functional teams and collaborating closely with product and design partners
• Familiarity with data science workflows, and experience developing AI/ML infrastructure and AI-first products

Current Tech Stack;

• Node, React, TypeScript, GCP, SQL