About Remote
Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.
If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!The Position
A Team Leader is responsible for all the work of a team and the spokesperson for everyone in it. They are expected to manage the team dynamics and always bring the best in everyone. A team leader is not expected to be the best in a team but rather help others become the best version there is and gear the team towards optimised execution.
Key Responsibilities
Manage a small product team of 3-5 engineers (backend and frontend).
30% of the time spent doing management work. Outside of that actively participates in product development in their team.
Be involved in hiring processes for their own team and potentially help out their peers.
In addition to being involved in hiring, also being responsible for the onboarding process of new engineers.
By being the spokesperson for everyone in their team they are expected to manage the team dynamics and bring out the best in them.
Giving continuous and constructive feedback on all the things.
Helps the team to grow continuously as a group and is responsible for each direct report’s career.
Provide guidance and coaching to the team.
Requirements
Managed an engineering team of at least 2 people.
Extensive experience with Backend (Elixir/Phoenix).
Commitment to promoting all of Remote's values within the team and the greater organisation.
Solid communication skills.
Solid knowledge of engineering and development principles and best practices.
Proven organizational skills with attention to detail.
Focused on efficient processes with a kind, people-first approach.
Being able to inspire others and instill confidence.
Good understanding of team dynamics.
Ambitious and intentional about diversity, equality and inclusion.
Practicals
You'll report to: Engineering Manager
Direct reports: 2-5 Engineers
Team: Engineering
Location: Anywhere in the world
Start date: As soon as possible
Application process
Roughly 6 hours across 6 weeks
Interview with recruiter
Interview with Hiring Manager
(async) Code challenge + review
Interview with team members
Bar Raiser Interview
Executive Interview
Offer and Prior employment verification check (Read more at remote.com/employment-checks)
Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.
At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.The annual salary range for this full-time position is$75,450—$169,700 USDBenefits
Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:
work from anywhere
flexible paid time off
flexible working hours (we are async)
16 weeks paid parental leave
mental health support services
stock options
learning budget
home office budget & IT equipment
budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
How you’ll plan your day (and life)
We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.
You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.
If that sounds like something you want, apply now!
How to apply
Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.
We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.
Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.