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Role Description

We're looking for a Technical Lead Manager to own and drive product delivery on our SewerAI platform — an automated sewer inspection analysis and asset management product used by municipalities and contractors across the country. This is a deeply product-focused leadership role:

• Partner closely with Product and Design to shape what we build.
• Rally a team of engineers around shipping it.
• Participate in architecture decisions, review code, unblock engineers technically, and contribute code yourself.
• Coach and grow a high-performing engineering team.

What You'll Do

• Own Product Delivery End-to-End: Partner with Product and Design from discovery through delivery. Translate product vision into engineering plans, set priorities, and drive execution with a bias toward shipping.
• Lead & Grow a Team: Manage a team of full-stack and backend engineers. Run 1:1s, give direct feedback, support career growth, and build a culture of ownership and accountability.
• Shape the Product: Be a strong voice in what we build, not just how. Challenge product requirements, advocate for the user, identify gaps, and push for simplicity and impact.
• Drive Technical Quality: Set engineering standards for your team. Participate in design reviews, ensure architectural decisions hold up, and keep the codebase healthy.
• Ship with Urgency: Remove blockers, cut scope ruthlessly when needed, and keep the team focused on outcomes over output.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and Infrastructure to coordinate across the organization and ensure your team has what it needs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-stack development experience
• 2+ years of engineering management or tech lead experience with direct reports
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript and React skills
• Backend experience with Node.js, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and RESTful API design
• Cloud deployment experience (AWS preferred) with Docker and CI/CD
• Deep product empathy — you think in terms of user problems, not just technical problems
• Strong product instinct — you can articulate why something should or shouldn't be built
• Bias toward action — you'd rather ship and iterate than plan endlessly
• Experience recruiting, interviewing, and growing engineers

Nice-to-Have

• Geospatial data / GIS systems
• Computer vision or image processing
• Temporal.io or workflow orchestration
• Data analytics (ClickHouse, dbt)
• Municipal / infrastructure domain knowledge
• Experience leading product-focused engineering teams in a startup

Our Stack

• Monorepo (Turborepo + npm workspaces), React + TypeScript frontend, Fastify APIs, Python data services
• PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Prisma ORM
• Temporal.io for workflow orchestration
• AWS (Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS), Docker, CI/CD

What You'll Gain

• Meaningful work on infrastructure that impacts communities nationwide
• Cutting-edge tech at the intersection of AI, geospatial analysis, and web development
• Direct influence on product direction and company trajectory
• Leadership growth in a fast-moving, collaborative environment

Compensation

• $160,000-$180,000
• Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, 401(k), and more
• Unlimited PTO
• Tools you need to get the job done
• Competitive salary and potential equity-based remuneration

Why Join SewerAI?

Join the fastest-growing team in wastewater tech and help modernize critical infrastructure with AI. You’ll own high-visibility projects, influence how our brand meets the market, and see your work drive measurable impact for customers and communities.