Our Tech Stack In A Nutshell

• TypeScript everywhere
• NodeJs (with a NestJs backend and Sveltekit frontend)
• Postgres, ClickHouse and BigQuery
• Google Cloud Platform with services such as Kubernetes Engine, CloudSQL, and MemoryStore

Main Responsibilities

• Team Growth & Development: Manage and mentor a growing team of developers, ensuring they are equipped to succeed in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment. Onboard new hires, own the interview process, and manage/grow talent within as the team scales.
• Pod Enablement & Leadership: Support and oversee the success of Product-Oriented Delivery Teams (pods), ensuring they are well-resourced and focused on their missions. Guide engineering owners in maintaining high-quality output while delivering on time and within budget.
• Strategic Planning & Execution: Drive realistic sprint planning and estimations. Help pods transition from optimism to data-driven timelines by leveraging historical insights and rigorous breakdowns of tasks.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Provide hands-on guidance when necessary, stepping in to help the team navigate complex technical challenges, whether through mentorship, code reviews, or direct contributions to the codebase during critical moments.
• Agility & Adaptability: Working closely with the CTO, ensure engineering processes can adapt quickly to shifts in market demands or customer priorities while maintaining a steady trajectory toward long-term goals.
• Process Optimization: Continuously improve engineering processes, such as sprint planning, CI/CD pipelines, and code reviews, to ensure efficiency and speed while maintaining a high standard of work.
• Quality Assurance: Establish robust standards for testing and quality control, ensuring that rapid shipping does not sacrifice product reliability or performance.
• Customer-Centric Development: Work closely with product teams to ensure engineering efforts align with customer needs, using feedback loops to iteratively improve both the product and processes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading or managing engineering teams in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
• Proven experience as a software developer with a deep understanding of modern development practices, including TypeScript, Node.js, and cloud-based architectures. While this role focuses on leadership, you’re comfortable rolling up your sleeves to solve technical challenges when needed.
• Experience shipping products quickly while maintaining a commitment to high quality.
• Ability to pivot engineering efforts based on new market opportunities or customer feedback.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with experience mentoring developers and fostering a collaborative, high-performance team culture.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, CI/CD processes, and modern development practices.
• Experience working in or managing pod-like or cross-functional team structures is a plus.

Who we are

Levellr is run by two co-founders, Tom (CEO) and Ben (CTO), who have been building communities for the last 15 years at companies big (YouTube, Interpublic Group) and small (MyCujoo). We launched the company in 2021 with a mission to help our customers with the shift to community platforms like Discord & Reddit. We’ve largely bootstrapped so far, recently raising some investment from experienced gaming & media investors like Mitch Lasky, Owen Mahoney, Fuel Ventures, COLOPL Next, Crush Ventures and Dylan Collins as well as senior executives from Krafton, Riot Games, Amazon, EA and SuperAwesome. We work remotely. You’ll see us in calls from London coworking spaces, suburban home offices, and the occasional Airbnb. We get stuff done. We have a bias for action and love creating value from nothing but our code and our conversations. We thrive in uncertainty. We listen to market feedback and iterate continuously to build products our customers love. We value autonomy, independence, transparency, and trust. We always do the right thing for the team and the business, even if it costs us & we give each other radically honest feedback and challenge assumptions.

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday allowance
• Home office budget once you pass 3 months probation
• Fully remote & flexible working hours
• Stock option plan
• New tech (laptop, etc)