(RD) Engineering Team Lead

<p><strong>Engineering Team Lead (ETL)</strong></p> <p><strong>The Job in Short</strong></p> <p>The ETL is the "Captain" of a single squad. This is a "player-coach" role focused on delivery&nbsp;predictability, people leadership, and day-to-day execution. You are a Senior+ Engineer who&nbsp;manages people, not a manager who used to code; if you cannot open the IDE and debug a&nbsp;production issue, you cannot perform this role.</p> <p><strong>Meet the Job</strong></p> <ul> <li>Delivery Mastery: Optimize the team’s "Idea to Production" cycle time and&nbsp;strengthen delivery predictability.</li> <li>Talent Density: Own 1:1s, performance calibration, hiring decisions, and succession&nbsp;planning for your squad of 6–9 engineers.</li> <li>Hands-on Leadership: Spend ~50% of your time on system design and ~20% on&nbsp;hands-on development like code reviews and unblocking technical issues.</li> <li>Conflict Resolution: Mediate interpersonal or cross-team conflicts early to protect team&nbsp;cohesion and delivery.</li> <li>BS Detector: Use your technical depth to spot unrealistic estimates, fragile designs,&nbsp;or risk blind spots.</li> <li>Emergency Response: During critical incidents, jump in technically or coordinate the&nbsp;response effectively.</li> <li>AI-Native Engineering: Lead the adoption of agentic tooling, LLM workflows, and AI&nbsp;automation within your team to accelerate the development lifecycle.</li> </ul> <p><strong>How About You?</strong></p> <ul> <li>You have 5+ years of experience and have shipped production code recently.</li> <li>You have an explicit desire to lead people but remain an active technical contributor.</li> <li>You possess high emotional intelligence and resilience under pressure.</li> <li>You are a strong&nbsp;unblocker who translates and synthesizes rather than just relaying messages.</li> </ul>