Charta Health
Tech Lead Manager
$230K–$300K
San Francisco +1 · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City - Experience
- At least 5 years in software development; at least 1 year of direct people management and formal tech lead experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
About the job
Leads a software engineering pod, owning its technical direction and delivery while remaining hands-on in coding, system design, and production support, and managing engineers’ growth.
What you'll do
- Set pod priorities and own problem analysis, solution design, and architecture.
- Write and review production code; manage, coach, and develop up to five engineers.
- Partner across teams to scope customer problems, run hiring loops, and improve engineering quality.
What they ask for
- At least 5 years of professional software development experience shipping production code.
- At least 1 year of direct people management and formal tech lead experience, with a track record of growing engineers.
- Fluency in one or more backend languages such as Python, Node.js, Java, or C/C++.
- Experience building, testing, and deploying microservices; distributed systems development experience.
Nice to have
- Next.js and/or React experience; performance optimization.
- Interest or experience with generative AI technologies, including proprietary and open-source large language models; AWS, PostgreSQL, Docker, and ECS/Kubernetes experience.
Pay
USD $230,000 - $300,000 base salary; annual performance based bonus up to 30% (amount not specified)
Tools
Python, Node.js, Java, C/C++, Next.js, React, AWS, PostgreSQL
AI focus
Interest or experience developing or leveraging modern generative AI technologies, including proprietary and open-source large language models.
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