🚀 Internal Opportunity: Squad Lead, Engineering – Automated Growth 🚀

We're excited to share an opportunity to step into a leadership role within the Engineering team as Squad Lead, Engineering – Automated Growth. If you’re a Senior Developer looking to expand your impact, grow your leadership skills, and help shape the direction of our engineering practices, this role could be the next step in your journey at Paystone.

As a Squad Lead, you'll combine hands-on development with team leadership, guiding a dedicated squad while continuing to contribute technically. This is a great fit for someone passionate about mentorship, delivery excellence, and continuous improvement.

Reporting to: VP, Engineering
Department: Engineering

What You'll Be Doing:

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

• Support the growth of your squad through technical guidance and mentorship.
• Contribute to architectural decisions while ensuring adherence to best practices and coding standards.
• Tackle complex technical challenges and provide effective solutions.
• Stay on top of emerging technologies and promote their adoption when they add value.

Squad Coordination & Facilitation

• Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos.
• Work closely with your Product Owner to align priorities with business and customer impact.
• Shield your team from distractions and ensure they have the focus and clarity to execute.
• Proactively remove blockers and create space for deep work and collaboration.
• Cultivate a psychologically safe environment where everyone feels empowered to contribute.
• Collaborating with other squad leads to promote the adoption of improved processes and new technologies.

Planning & Delivery

• Drive sprint planning and task breakdown with a focus on realistic and sustainable delivery.
• Provide visibility into squad progress, highlighting risks and timelines.
• Coordinate cross-team work and ensure alignment with key stakeholders.
• Continuously reflect on and improve team processes and delivery practices.

Performance & Growth

• Partner with your manager to provide thoughtful feedback and recognition to team members.
• Identify skill gaps or learning needs and advocate for training or development opportunities.
• Set the tone for the squad through your technical depth, proactive mindset, and commitment to our values.

What We're Looking For:

• Proven success delivering SaaS products in an agile environment.
• Experience mentoring others and a desire to lead with empathy and clarity.
• Strong technical background with a collaborative, solution-oriented approach.
• Clear, confident communication and the ability to navigate complex problem spaces.
   

Whether you’re already in a leadership role or looking to grow into one, this opportunity is for someone who wants to make a broader impact across the team and organization while continuing to be close to the code.

If you're interested, reach out to your manager or the People team to express interest and learn more. We’re excited to see internal talent take the lead as we build the future of customer-driven growth together.

Let’s shape what’s next — together. 🚀