Share technical authority with the Staff Engineer for your squad's domain: evaluate trade-offs together and drive architecture decisions
Stay hands-on: code review, prototyping, contributing to critical paths
Maintain code quality and review standards within the squad
Own the code health of your domain
Own the squad's roadmap execution for the quarter
Run sprint planning, keep work moving, and unblock engineers day-to-day
Ensure the squad is prepared for biweekly product demos and decide who presents
Act as the primary engineering point of contact for Product: scope features, communicate trade-offs, and align on priorities
Own production health for your squad's domain: monitor dashboards (Grafana, Sentry), respond to alerts, and resolve incidents
Triage and resolve customer-reported issues within SLA targets, working in coordination with Customer Success
Monitor and address CVEs and security vulnerabilities within your domain
Coordinate a squad of up to 10 engineers
Run operational 1:1s, give day-to-day feedback, and flag performance signals to the Head of Engineering
Coordinate the onboarding of new team members into the squad
Define and adjust the squad's ways of working: balancing agility and discipline as the team and product evolve
Drive engineering excellence: track DORA metrics, reduce cycle time, raise the quality bar
Continuously improve how the squad works based on team feedback and results

8+ years of software engineering experience (ideally 2/3+ in a Squad or Tech Lead position), with a strong command of backend systems and production environments
Track record of shipping reliable, high-quality software in a fast-moving product company
Comfortable working in a complex technical domain: distributed systems, APIs, data integrity, or similar
Strong communication skills — written and verbal, with the ability to bridge engineering and product effectively
Experience owning production: incident response, monitoring, on-call, SLA ownership

Work with top-tier international talent: Join a team that values excellence, slope over intercept, and accountability
Shape the future of monetization and fintech: The world is changing. Monetization systems are shifting with AI, and you will be at the forefront of this revolution
Fully remote: Work from anywhere in Europe
Competitive package: Competitive salary and stock options
Make an impact: Your work will directly shape how customers like Mistral, Groq, Synthesia, and established enterprises monetize and grow

Remote (Worldwide) — Remote Europe

Team size: up to 10 engineers. Structure: Squad-based engineering team

Location type: Remote
Primary Location: Remote Europe
Team: Product Engineering
Work Type: Full Time/Permanent Contract
Applicants must be based in Europe. Applications from other locations will not be considered

Lago is hiring an Engineering Squad Lead