AI Native Lead Developer
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Lead Developer at Keyloop, responsible for technical leadership across multiple teams, designing large-scale distributed systems, driving AI adoption, and mentoring senior engineers.
About this role
Keyloop bridges the gap between dealers, manufacturers, technology suppliers and car buyers.
We empower car dealers and manufacturers to fully embrace digital transformation. How? By creating innovative technology that makes selling cars better for our customers, and buying and owning cars better for theirs.
We use cutting-edge technology to link our clients’ systems, departments and sites. We provide an open technology platform that’s shaping the industry for the future. We use data to help clients become more efficient, increase profitability and give more customers an amazing experience. Want to be part of it?
The Lead Developer is a technical and people leader whose influence a single team. This role is responsible for tackling complex, ambiguous problems that span multiple teams, designing and leading large-scale initiatives, and setting high standards for technical excellence and collaboration across the organisation along with standard people management responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Innovation
- Design and lead implementation of technical solutions spanning multiple teams
- Evaluate and introduce new technologies that advance Keyloop's platform capabilities
- Serve as a leading voice in cross-cutting concerns (security, performance, scalability, observability)
- Author technical strategy documents for multi-team initiatives
- Drive architectural consistency and best practices across your domain
- Lead proof-of-concepts for emerging technologies and advocate for adoption
- Champion AI-assisted development practices and establish guidelines for effective use of AI tools
- Lead planning and execution of large-scale, cross-team initiatives
- Define clear technical roadmaps that balance short-term delivery with long-term sustainability
- Break down complex, ambiguous problems into actionable plans
- Identify and mitigate major project risks before they become issues
- Ensure successful delivery of complex, multi-quarter projects
- Coordinate technical work across multiple teams to achieve cohesive solutions
- Actively mentor Senior Engineers to grow their technical leadership skills
- Provide technical guidance and architectural reviews across multiple teams
- Lead technical working groups or guilds (e.g., Frontend, Security, Platform)
- Guide teams in discovering and implementing innovative AI-powered solutions to enhance engineering productivity and quality
- Identify and proactively drive technical initiatives that aren't assigned but are crucial
- Build consensus around technical decisions across teams
- Elevate engineering standards and practices within your domain
- Define career path for direct reports
- Performance Management
- Conducting regular 1-1 and feedback management
- Leave Management and resolving conflicts.
- Identify the upskill requirements and ensure team members get all necessary trainings.
- Hire and retain talent.
- Communicate compelling technical visions that motivate multiple teams
- Write influential, high-quality design documents adopted by multiple teams
- Present technical strategies to Directors and senior stakeholders
- Facilitate productive technical discussions across team boundaries
- Translate complex technical concepts for various audiences
- Build strong relationships with Staff Engineers in other domains
- Develop strong understanding of business strategy for your domain
- Identify new technical opportunities that could create significant business value
- Propose technical solutions that unlock new product capabilities
- Quantify and communicate the business impact of technical debt
- Partner with Product to ensure technical strategy enables product vision
- Balance technical excellence with pragmatic business needs
Execution & Delivery
Mentorship & Influence
People Management
Communication & Collaboration
Product & Business Impact
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with progressive technical leadership.
- Demonstrated experience in successfully leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams.
- Experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.
- Demonstrated proficiency in addressing complex technical challenges even when requirements are not fully defined.
- Excellence in written and verbal technical communication.
- Demonstrated impact beyond immediate team boundaries.
- History of successful mentorship of senior engineers.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools and methods.
What Success Looks Like
- Cross-Team Impact: Your technical solutions successfully span and integrate multiple teams
- Technical Roadmaps: Clear, actionable roadmaps guide multi-team technical initiatives
- Innovation: New technologies you introduce measurably improve platform capabilities
- AI Adoption: Teams effectively leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, quality, and innovation across the SDLC
- Mentorship: Senior Engineers you mentor shows clear growth in technical leadership
- Technical Debt: Proactively identify and address systemic technical issues
- Influence: Your technical vision and designs are adopted across multiple teams
- Building best talent in the team
What Sets This Role Apart
This Lead Developer position offers the unique opportunity to:
- Shape technical direction across multiple teams without the overhead of people management
- Pioneer the organization's adoption of cutting-edge AI technologies and discover new applications
- Remain hands-on with challenging technical problems while driving strategic initiatives
- Work at the intersection of multiple technical domains
- Have direct impact on the platform architecture that will define our next phase of growth
Skills
AI-assisted DevelopmentCross-team CollaborationDistributed SystemsMentorshipObservabilityPerformance OptimizationProof-of-concept DevelopmentScalabilitySecuritySoftware ArchitectureTechnical RoadmappingTechnical Strategy
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