Full-Stack Technical Lead Manager

About Forerunner

Hi! We’re Forerunner. We believe that climate adaptation is a necessity, not a luxury, and communities deserve access to powerful software that helps them plan for the future. The challenge of climate change is complex – it implicates how municipalities plan, manage capital, and communicate to both residents and higher levels of government. Forerunner helps local communities do these things better by empowering them to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale.

The Role

The engineering team at Forerunner strives to be small but dedicated, working relentlessly to help local governmental bodies and their floodplain managers reason about the flooding risks that all communities face in the USA. The domain is complicated, nuanced, and rapidly changing, and we at Forerunner break down this complexity for our users so they can do what truly matters – fight against climate change and the possible loss of homes in the case of flooding.

Engineers at Forerunner can work remotely from anywhere within the United States, so long as they are willing to work on either Eastern or Central timezones. We offer schedule flexibility and ask for accountability in return. We are unable to sponsor H1-B visas at this time, so permanent residency or citizenship is required.

What You’ll Do

A Full Stack Technical Lead Manager (TLM) at Forerunner is responsible for managing a team of 4-5 engineers on two major fronts:

• Managing the quality, correctness, and timeliness of the software their team produces by preparing for and leading planning meetings, writing and/or reviewing code, pair programming, and interacting closely with our design / product counterparts.
• Managing the career growth of their reports by conducting regular one-on-ones and quarterly reviews, as well as recurring mentorship where needed.

We expect our TLMs to spend roughly 20-30% of their time heads-down coding, 40-50% of their time on technical leadership duties, like code review and architecture planning, and the remainder 20-40% of their time on their managerial duties.