Hybrid Engineering Team Lead

at Gravie

• Job title: Engineering Team Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $120,150 - $200,250 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Clojure, Cloud, Groovy, Java, React, Spring, Spring Boot, SpringBoot, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Minneapolis, United States

About the role

• Engineering Team Lead managing core software development team at Gravie. Leading technical decisions and fostering a collaborative environment for innovative health benefit solutions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute 30-40% hands-on development work alongside your team
• Drive technical decisions and architecture for your team's domain
• Conduct thorough code reviews and maintain high engineering standards
• Champion best practices: automated testing, CI/CD, security, and performance optimization
• Partner with Product and Design teams to translate requirements into technical solutions and prioritize work
• Manage on-shore and off-shore engineers
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture aligned with Gravie's mission
• Remove blockers and create an environment where engineers can do their best work
• Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, and continuous process improvement
• Ensure predictable, high-quality software delivery using a continuous delivery model
• Track and improve team metrics: velocity, quality, and customer impact
• Coordinate with other engineering teams and stakeholders on cross-team initiatives
• Oversee resource capacity planning and allocation to maintain a focused team to deliver on projected demand and budget
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response when needed

Requirements

• 2+ years managing software engineers
• 7+ years hands-on software development experience
• Strong background in modern web applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
• Experience with our tech stack or willingness to learn quickly: Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript, React, Clojure, ClojureScript, Groovy
• Track record of delivering software in fast-paced, agile environments
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and build consensus
• Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions
• Comfortable presenting technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong coaching and mentorship skills
• Solid understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements
• Ability to debug complex systems and lead incident response

Benefits

• Alternative medicine coverage
• Flexible PTO
• Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Paid holidays
• 401k program
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Transportation perks
• Education reimbursement
• 1 week of paid paw-ternity leave