Engineering Lead

About the role

Engineering Lead for the Acquisition team. You'll work closely with the PM to lead the team toward its goals, owning delivery, operational reliability and developer experience. You'll ship production code and provide technical coaching and leadership to the engineers around you, not line management. WHAT WE THINK IS MOST EXCITING ABOUT THE ROLE: Lead a team building products that directly drive Flock's growth Own delivery and technical quality for the Acquisition team, working hand in hand with the PM to ship features that directly impact how fleets find and choose Flock. Write high-quality, well-tested TypeScript and own end-to-end delivery to production Partner with product to drive impact Work closely with the PM, the Engineering Leadership Team and stakeholders to translate business goals into clear technical scope, success metrics and delivery plans. Grow engineers around you Lead by example through code, design discussions and pairing. Coach and mentor engineers across the team to raise standards and share ownership of technical direction. Shape how the team works, not just what it builds Drive improvements to developer experience, CI/CD, observability and release practices that make the whole team faster and more confident. Make pragmatic trade-offs that balance reliability, performance and cost across AWS services. Curious how we build the future of fleet insurance? Dive into our Product & Engineering Blog, packed with technical deep-dives, behind-the-scenes stories, and real insights from the team you'd be joining. A LITTLE MORE ON WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING: As an Engineering Lead at Flock you'll own delivery and technical direction for the Acquisition team, co-leading with the PM to ship products that directly drive growth, while raising the bar for the engineers around you. API-Driven Development Integrate with and contribute to the development of RESTful APIs exposed via API Gateway. Serverless & Cloud Infrastructure Use your AWS experience (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, EventBridge, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch) to support and extend the Acquisition team's services and pipelines. Work with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CDK for provisioning and managing cloud resources. Collaboration & Agile Delivery Co-own the team's success with the PM, jointly leading projects from scoping and planning through to delivery and measuring impact. Give engineers the space and ownership to lead projects themselves, asking the right questions to challenge their thinking and help them land on the right solution. Code Quality & Technical Standards Deliver high-quality, well-tested code and act as a force-multiplier, raising standards through code reviews, pairing and design discussions. Champion practical testing, type-safe APIs and pragmatic patterns that shape long-term technical direction across the team. Working closely with your PM, you'll bring clarity to complex problems and help define sharply scoped, impactful deliverables. Your success won't be measured by your own output alone, but by the output, quality and growth of the whole team around you. WHAT YOU'll BRING TO FLOCK: ESSENTIAL Proven ability to co-lead a team alongside a PM, taking joint ownership of delivery, quality and outcomes, not just your own output. Strong hands-on engineering ability; comfortable shipping high-quality, well-tested TypeScript in production and holding the team to the same standard. Significant experience with AWS and modern serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, EventBridge, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch) or other cloud platforms. A pragmatic approach to technical decisions, balancing reliability, observability, performance and cost, and bringing engineers along on the reasoning. Track record of raising engineering standards as a force-multiplier, through code reviews, pairing, design discussions and shaping long-term technical direction. Strong communication skills; able to represent the team upwards and translate business goals into clear technical scope and delivery plans. Experience improving developer experience, CI/CD, release practices and delivery cadence across a team. PREFERABLE Experience aligning technical direction beyond your immediate team, working with senior stakeholders and other leads to shape how engineering works at a broader level. Familiar