Overview
Company name: Chaos Genius | HQ Location: Palo Alto, California | Website | LinkedIn
Role: Tech Lead
- Experience: 5-8 years
- Salary: Rs. 20-40 lakhs per annum
- Location: Remote
- Type: Full-time
We’re looking for a seasoned Tech Lead / Staff Engineer to drive technical excellence across our engineering efforts. This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role where you’ll guide a team of engineers and work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to shape the direction of our Python-based systems.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead the design and development of scalable backend systems using Python
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define architecture and deliver robust solutions
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers across the team
- Drive code quality, best practices, and a strong engineering culture
- Optimize performance when dealing with large-scale data sets
- Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and fostering a collaborative remote work environment
What We’re Looking For:
- 6+ years of backend development experience, with a strong focus on Python
- Proven experience in a leadership role (Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or similar)
- Solid understanding of software design principles, system architecture, and distributed systems
- Comfortable working with and optimizing large data sets
- Strong Python fundamentals and familiarity with modern frameworks/tools
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a remote-first environment
Preferred:
- Experience in data-intensive or AI/ML-driven products
- Background in leading geographically distributed teams
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)