About the role

Hands-on technical leader improving engineering velocity and product quality at The Mobility House. Leading architecture and mentoring engineers in dynamic energy and mobility solutions.

Responsibilities

Define and drive a coherent technical roadmap aligned with Product strategy; make build/buy/deprecate decisions to control complexity and cost-efficiency
Own development velocity and quality: establish coding standards, testing strategy, CI/CD, and release practices with clear SLAs/SLOs
Lead architecture/design reviews; de-risk initiatives through RFCs, spikes, and measurable milestones
Write production-grade code (e.g., core services, performance fixes, developer tooling) ~30–50% of your time
Mentor and level-up engineers in your function as a line manager for the tech team; institute feedback loops, pairing, and growth plans
Champion observability, security, and reliability as well as compliance: logging/metrics/tracing, threat modeling, incident playbooks, postmortems
Partner with Product on scope, sequencing, and trade-offs; ensure ticket quality and tight feedback cycles
Improve data practices: schemas, migrations, performance, and privacy-by-design
Support hiring, onboarding, and vendor/tool selection; manage engineering budget levers tied to throughput
Participate in developer oversight, performance management, and discipline

8+ years building production software, including 3+ in a technical leadership role (team/tech lead, staff/principal, or head of eng)
You are a conflict mediator, a coach and a team player with experience in leading and growing teams
Hands-on expertise with AWS, along with most of the TMH tech stack: Node.js, Typescript, Python, Rust
Strong coding ability in at least two TMH languages, plus fluency with modern dev tooling (Git, CI/CD, containers, IaC)
Proven track record shipping complex services at pace with high reliability (cloud-native, APIs, data pipelines, or similar)
Deep experience with testing strategies (unit/integration/e2e), code review discipline, and continuous delivery
Demonstrated architectural judgment and ability to pay down tech debt without stalling delivery
Clear communicator who partners effectively with Product, Design, and GTM
Resident of United States or Canada

Competitive compensation, including $200k+ salary, bonuses and stock options, 22 days PTO, health benefits and more (offer details contingent on skills, qualifications, experience, and location)
Growth opportunity – exposure to cutting-edge projects, international partners, and senior leaders
Team building – company-wide retreat 2x a year + annual team off-sites
Open feedback culture – we want to grow as people and help each other do the same
Learning opportunities – this is a burgeoning industry; you’ll gain new knowledge and skills every day
Diversity – our small, multi-cultural team is passionate about The Mobility House’s mission