Technical Lead II

Job description

705973

Tech Lead II, CRM Objects

About the Team

The HubSpot Objects Group is responsible for building a world-class customer data platform that allows customers to gain deep insight into their business data, and propel other HubSpot product teams forward. We have a highly visible impact on the continued growth for the entire HubSpot stack. The Framework Data systems are considered part of HubSpot’s primary colors and core building blocks for our entire platform.

The work we do in the Objects Group is integral to HubSpot’s success. When we make our systems more reliable, HubSpot is more stable. When we make our systems more performant, we make HubSpot faster. On top of that, any features we build unlocks functionality across the entire platform. Our work creates a consistent data experience for customers through the entire HubSpot product.

HubSpot has thousands of microservices, primarily written in Java, and work with highly distributed systems that leverage and push on open-source technologies such as HBase, Kafka, Spark, Memcached, MySQL, and ElasticSearch. These systems let our users store, automate, report on, and interact with their customers at scale. We deal with problems of scale on a daily basis with PB storage and millions of transactions per second.

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on engineering leader who is excited about solving complex architectural & system challenges and partnering with product on the vision and is passionate and experienced working with high scale data-intensive systems.

Expectations for Technical Lead IIs:

• A Tech Lead II is a player-coach responsible for leading a small team.
• They are recognized as high-performing engineers.
• They collaborate with their Product, Design, and other Tech Leads to define and share relevant, compelling, and challenging goals for their team.
• They work across teams with other TLs to resolve cross-team issues.
• They proactively take ownership over their team’s on-call health and product reliability, and quality.
• They have an interest and opinion in the direction of the product.  They do not defer this over to the PM or PD, or others.  Instead, they are an active member of the team’s leadership triad,  co-setting the direction for the team.
• They proactively look to grow the members of their team to enable them to take on harder and harder tasks.
• They are actively cultivating Software Engineers into Sr. Software Engineers and Sr. Software Engineers into future TLs and Staff Engineers, etc.
• They are evaluating the performance of their team members and providing them with the necessary coaching, guidance and learning opportunities to help them grow in their careers.
• They are creating and fostering diverse teams and an inclusive culture.

We’re looking for:

• A strong senior engineer with experience leading small teams
• A thirst for technical challenges in machine learning and distributed systems
• A customer-centric attitude and developing opinions about the Hubspot product
• An understanding of building reliable systems in a complex architectural space

Cash compensation range: 200600-321000 USD Annually

Tech Lead II, CRM Objects

About the Team

The HubSpot Objects Group is responsible for building a world-class customer data platform that allows customers to gain deep insight into their business data, and propel other HubSpot product teams forward. We have a highly visible impact on the continued growth for the entire HubSpot stack. The Framework Data systems are considered part of HubSpot’s primary colors and core building blocks for our entire platform.

The work we do in the Objects Group is integral to HubSpot’s success. When we make our systems more reliable, HubSpot is more stable. When we make our systems more performant, we make HubSpot faster. On top of that, any features we build unlocks functionality across the entire platform. Our work creates a consistent data experience for customers through the entire HubSpot product.

HubSpot has thousands of microservices, primarily written in Java, and work with highly distributed systems that leverage and push on open-source technologies such as HBase, Kafka, Spark, Memcached, MySQL, and ElasticSearch. These systems let our users store, automate, report on, and interact with their customers at scale. We deal with problems of scale on a daily basis with PB storage and millions of transactions per second.

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on engineering leader who is excited about solving complex architectural & system challenges and partnering with product on the vision and is passionate and experienced working with high scale data-intensive systems.

Expectations for Technical Lead IIs:

• A Tech Lead II is a player-coach responsible for leading a small team.
• They are recognized as high-performing engineers.
• They collaborate with their Product, Design, and other Tech Leads to define and share relevant, compelling, and challenging goals for their team.
• They work across teams with other TLs to resolve cross-team issues.
• They proactively take ownership over their team’s on-call health and product reliability, and quality.
• They have an interest and opinion in the direction of the product.  They do not defer this over to the PM or PD, or others.  Instead, they are an active member of the team’s leadership triad,  co-setting the direction for the team.
• They proactively look to grow the members of their team to enable them to take on harder and harder tasks.
• They are actively cultivating Software Engineers into Sr. Software Engineers and Sr. Software Engineers into future TLs and Staff Engineers, etc.
• They are evaluating the performance of their team members and providing them with the necessary coaching, guidance and learning opportunities to help them grow in their careers.
• They are creating and fostering diverse teams and an inclusive culture.

We’re looking for:

• A strong senior engineer with experience leading small teams
• A thirst for technical challenges in machine learning and distributed systems
• A customer-centric attitude and developing opinions about the Hubspot product
• An understanding of building reliable systems in a complex architectural space

Cash compensation range: 200600-321000 USD Annually

Pay & Benefits

The cash compensation below includes base salary, on-target commission for employees in eligible roles, and annual bonus targets under HubSpot’s bonus plan for eligible roles. In addition to cash compensation, some roles are eligible to participate in HubSpot’s equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs). Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are tailored to your skills, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.

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Annual Cash Compensation Range:

$200,600—$321,000 USD

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About HubSpot

HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) is an AI-powered customer platform with all the software, integrations, and resources customers need to connect marketing, sales, and service. HubSpot’s connected platform enables businesses to grow faster by focusing on what matters most: customers.

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