YipitData

Tech Lead - Senior Software Engineer

YipitData$200K — $230K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of hands-on software development experience
  • 2+ years in a technical leadership role
  • Experience shipping and maintaining customer-facing SaaS products
  • Comfortable with Python, TypeScript/React, and cloud infrastructure
  • Strong system design instincts and ability to architect complex systems
  • Experience with AI tools and integrating them into workflows
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical direction for the Signals platform including architecture and engineering standards
  • Lead a team of engineers and QA; prioritize tasks and unblock progress
  • Write code, ship features, and debug production issues while guiding your team
  • Translate business challenges into a technical roadmap in collaboration with stakeholders
  • Decide on build vs. buy strategies and manage trade-offs effectively
  • Ensure production reliability and responsiveness to system issues
  • Raise engineering standards through mentorship and best practices
  • Leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and influence team workflows

Benefits

  • Flexible work hours and vacation policy
  • Generous 401K match
  • Parental leave and wellness budget
  • Learning reimbursement for professional growth
  • Emphasis on merit-based growth rather than tenure or office politics
Full Job Description
About The Role

Signals is YipitData's B2B spend analytics platform for private equity and growth investors - helping them track software adoption, revenue, retention, switching, and competitive dynamics across thousands of companies. We're looking for a Tech Lead to own the technical direction of the Signals engineering team and drive the next phase of the product forward.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll set the technical vision, make architecture decisions, and write code - while also unblocking your team, raising the engineering bar, and working directly with product, data, and revenue stakeholders to shape what gets built. You'll lead a small, high-output team of engineers and QA, and be the person accountable for the quality, reliability, and velocity of everything the Signals team ships.

You'll be responsible for production-grade systems that customers and internal teams depend on daily. That means being responsive, reliable, and an excellent communicator - both when things are going well and especially when they're not.

The ideal candidate has led engineering teams before, treats AI coding tools as core infrastructure for how they work, and has a track record of shipping products that customers love - not just features that meet specs.

This is a remote-friendly opportunity that can sit in NYC (where our headquarters are located), one of our office hubs (Austin, Miami, or Mountain View), or anywhere else in the US. However, depending upon where the remote work is performed, income could be subject to New York State tax withholding.

As a Tech Lead, You Will
  • Own the technical direction of the Signals platform - architecture, system design, tech debt strategy, and engineering standards
  • Lead a team of engineers and QA - set priorities, unblock work, conduct code reviews, and drive execution
  • Stay hands-on: you're writing code, shipping features, and debugging production issues alongside your team
  • Work directly with product, data, revenue, and customers to translate business problems into a technical roadmap
  • Make the calls on build vs. buy, tradeoffs between speed and quality, and when to invest in infrastructure vs. features
  • Own production reliability - you're the first person who cares when something breaks, and you drive the team to fix it fast and prevent it from happening again
  • Raise the bar for the engineering team through mentorship, tooling improvements, and establishing best practices
  • Use AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) as a daily force multiplier for yourself and your team - and push the team to adopt AI-native workflows that accelerate output


You Are Likely To Succeed If
  • You have 6+ years of hands-on software development experience with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role - leading teams, making architecture decisions, and owning delivery
  • You have shipped and maintained customer-facing SaaS products - you understand what it takes to build software that real users depend on
  • You have strong system design instincts - you know how to architect systems, define clean interfaces, and make decisions that hold up as complexity grows
  • You are stack-flexible: comfortable working across Python, TypeScript/React, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Databricks). You learn new tools fast and don't let unfamiliar tech slow you down
  • You have an AI-native workflow - you don't just use AI tools, you've fundamentally changed how you and your team work because of them
  • You can context-switch between writing code, unblocking a teammate, and presenting a technical tradeoff to a non-technical stakeholder - all in the same day
  • You are responsive and reliable - you take ownership of production systems and communicate proactively, especially under pressure
  • You lead by example - your team follows your standard because they see you hold yourself to it first
  • You hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, STEM, or a related technical discipline


What We Offer

Our compensation package includes comprehensive benefits, perks, and a competitive salary:
  • Flexible work hours, flexible vacation, a generous 401K match, parental leave, team events, wellness budget, learning reimbursement, and more
  • Your growth at YipitData is determined by the impact you make, not by tenure, unnecessary facetime, or office politics
  • The annual on-target earnings for this position is anticipated to be up to $200K - $230K. The final offer may be determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, as well as internal team benchmarks


This role may be performed fully remotely within the United States. Please note that our US headquarters are located in NYC. We also have office hubs in Austin, Miami, and Mountain View. If the remote work is performed outside of these offices, income may be subject to New York State tax withholding.

Please note that for this position, we are not able to consider candidates who currently or in the future will require visa sponsorship.

About YipitData

YipitData is a data analytics company that provides investment professionals with actionable insights on companies and industries. The company's platform aggregates and analyzes data from a variety of sources, including social media, news articles, and financial reports, to identify trends and patterns that can inform investment decisions. YipitData's clients include hedge funds, private equity firms, and other institutional investors.
Learn more about YipitData
Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2010

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