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Svix · San Francisco (On-Site) · On-site

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About Svix

Svix is the enterprise-ready webhook platform delivering billions of webhooks every month for fast-growth startups and Fortune 500 companies including Brex, Benchling, and Drata. Send and receive webhooks at scale with retries, signature verification, and a... Backed by Y Combinator and a16z.

About the role

We're looking for a top performing Tech Lead to help scale our product and team. This role is about more than just writing great code, you'll make key technical decisions, tackle complex problems, and mentor engineers while ensuring we deliver a top-notch developer experience. If you thrive in high-impact environments and want to build something meaningful with a team that moves fast, we'd love to chat.

What they're looking for

  • Experience designing and building high-scale backend systems
  • Strong technical, architectural, and troubleshooting skills
  • Good “taste” for software and API design
  • Proven ability to lead teams, organize projects, and drive execution
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Prior experience as a Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar leadership role
More about this role

Svix is a fast-growing startup building the future of server-to-server communication, starting with webhooks. We build high-quality, scalable, and fast infrastructure trusted by companies like Etsy, TaskRabbit, Brex, and the Fortune 500.

We have a top 1% product & team, our customers love us, and we are working towards building a generation defining developer infrastructure company. We also wrote the spec for webhooks ( Standard Webhooks ) which has since been adopted by Google Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, and many others.

To support our efforts, we have raised $11M from top investors including a16z and Y Combinator, along with founders and CTOs from companies like GitHub, Segment, Lookout, and Fly.io.

We're looking for a top performing Tech Lead to help scale our product and team. This role is about more than just writing great code, you'll make key technical decisions, tackle complex problems, and mentor engineers while ensuring we deliver a top-notch developer experience.

If you thrive in high-impact environments and want to build something meaningful with a team that moves fast, we'd love to chat.

If you are a top performer who wants to do the best job of their life surrounded...

Read the full posting on Svix's site ↗

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