Software Engineering Team Lead, LearnWith.AI (Remote) - $200,000/year USD

Job summary

We are seeking Technical Team Leads to own quality and delivery for our application-layer products. You will guide a compact team of 3-5 engineers developing educational applications serving thousands of students. Potential Product Assignments Include Athena: AI-powered video and assessment generation producing quantifiable learning gains TeachTap: AI-driven platform animating historical personalities within a TikTok-inspired educational interface TeachTales: Customized, enchanting narrative experiences enhancing reading comprehension TrashCat: Game-based learning platform transforming educ…

Job details

We are seeking Technical Team Leads to own quality and delivery for our application-layer products. You will guide a compact team of 3-5 engineers developing educational applications serving thousands of students. Potential Product Assignments Include Athena: AI-powered video and assessment generation producing quantifiable learning gains TeachTap: AI-driven platform animating historical personalities within a TikTok-inspired educational interface TeachTales: Customized, enchanting narrative experiences enhancing reading comprehension TrashCat: Game-based learning platform transforming education into an engaging experience This position balances two responsibilities equally: 50% direct implementation of sophisticated features, 50% mentoring and empowering your engineers. You define quality expectations, create architectural patterns, conduct code reviews emphasizing education, and facilitate professional development. Team results are your accountability, extending beyond individual contribution. Lean team structure, substantial ownership, minimal overhead. Your leadership is technical; people management resides elsewhere. What You Will Be Doing Implementing sophisticated features that establish technical patterns for team adoption Conducting PR reviews delivering comprehensive, instructional commentary Developing engineers through pair programming and constructive feedback Orchestrating technical delivery and decomposing product requirements Defining quality benchmarks and maintaining team adherence What You Won’t Be Doing Handling personnel matters (recruitment, termination, performance assessments, professional development discussions) Building platform or infrastructure-layer systems Attending excessive meeting schedules Designing architecture divorced from hands-on execution Basic Requirements Software Engineering Team Lead key responsibilities Minimum 5 years of full-stack development experience Minimum 2 years in a technical leadership capacity (conducting code reviews, mentoring developers, defining team standards) Proven history delivering SaaS products to production Practical experience integrating AI tools into development processes Verifiable success elevating the capabilities of fellow engineers About LearnWith.AI LearnWith.AI is an edtech startup that leverages AI and subject matter experts to cultivate a new way of learning. Our unique approach leverages 50+ years of learning science, cutting-edge data analytics and AI-powered coaching. In doing so, we can help students learn more, learn faster, and learn better - and have fun while doing it. We are a remote-first company that hires globally via Crossover. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you! Working with us This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ-5738-CA-COUNTRY-SoftwareEngine.001

What you’ll do

You will implement sophisticated features and mentor a team of engineers. You will also define quality expectations and facilitate professional development.

Requirements

Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years of full-stack development experience and at least 2 years in a technical leadership role. Proven experience in delivering SaaS products and integrating AI tools is also required.

Listed skills

• Software · Preferred
• Reading comprehension · Preferred
• Production · Preferred
• Recruitment · Preferred
• Technical · Preferred
• assessment · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Data analysis · Preferred
• Execution · Preferred
• management · Preferred
• Development · Preferred
• Lean · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Full-Stack Development
• Technical Leadership
• Code Reviews
• Mentoring
• SaaS Products
• AI Integration
• Pair Programming
• Quality Assurance