[Hiring] Engineering Lead @Counterpart

Role Description

As an Engineering Lead at Counterpart, you are the architect and tech lead for a domain: the claims system, the underwriting platform, the infrastructure layer, or another area where the systems are tightly coupled and need one person keeping them honest. You know how your systems work, how they should evolve, and where they break. You own the technical vision for them.

• Own the Technical Vision for Your Systems
• Plan the Work
• Review Through Reviews
• Set and Maintain Technical Standards
• Build
• Mentor

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing, building, and operating complex software systems.
• The ability to operate as both architect and individual contributor.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing technical work from other engineers.
• Proficiency with Python, Django, Amazon Web Services (AWS), React, and PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency developing with AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar).
• Experience setting technical direction across teams without being the manager.
• Domain curiosity about insurance.
• The ability to communicate clearly across engineering, product, and business.
• Low ego and high Emotional Quotient (EQ).
• Experience working with distributed, remote teams.

Requirements

• Know where each system in your domain is going, how they depend on each other, and where the boundaries and data contracts need to be explicit.
• Hold the line on architecture. Catch redundant systems before they get built.
• Check with the other Engineering Leads before locking a technical approach.
• Make deliberate calls on technical debt within your domain.
• Own the context architecture for your domain.
• Partner with your Technical Product Manager during planning.
• Roll projects up to a rough t-shirt size with your Technical Product Manager.
• Run the technical review for each funded project in your domain.
• When a project touches more than one domain, bring the other domain's Engineering Lead into the technical review.
• Produce and maintain Counterpart's shared technical standards.
• Enforce the standards within your domain.
• Write code and build systems when the work requires your depth.
• Mentor engineers working in your domain.

Benefits

• Estimated pay range for this role is $190,000 to $240,000.
• Base salary is determined by various factors, including market data, location, internal equitability, and experience.