Tech Lead - Full Time

Who are we and what are we looking for?

Lief is a fast-growing, impact-first SaaS scale-up modernising social care in the UK. Our tools are used daily by thousands of care workers to improve the lives of vulnerable children—every feature built goes straight into production and makes a difference from day one.

We’re a fully remote, globally distributed team with co-working access and provide stock options, and the rare chance to work on a product with a social purpose.

We are looking for a brilliant Tech Lead with experience scaling tech teams to grow with Lief.

What will you be doing?

If you’re successfully hired for this role, you will be taking up the following responsibilities among others:

Lead and mentor a small, high-performing engineering team
Architect and ship scalable features on our full-stack SaaS platform
Work with the product team to plan and prioritize technical roadmap
Stay hands-on with code (60% IC, 40% team/project management)
Own our AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps tooling via Bitbucket
Make thoughtful technical decisions balancing speed, debt, and scale
Champion code quality, automation, and best practices across the team

What you’ll need to bring to the table?

ReactJS, Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL
Prisma and Postgres
AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.)
CI/CD tools and Git (Bitbucket preferred)

Strong understanding of B2B SaaS architectures and secure data design
Clear communicator who can work directly with founders, PMs, and designers
Comfortable mentoring devs, running sprint planning, and reviewing PRs
Bonus: experience with mobile apps or AI integrations

Apply if you’re looking to:

Compensation

INR 28–35 LPA + ESOPs
Perks: Health insurance, coworking space access, flexible hours, direct impact work

Experience

5–8 years of total experience in full-stack product development
1–2 years experience as a tech/team lead or senior IC owning feature teams

Location

Remote (India)