Tech Lead, Mexico City

What You’ll Be Doing

Technical Leadership & Delivery

Lead the design and delivery of modern, production grade web applications using contemporary UI technologies and frameworks.

Architect solutions that balance user experience, performance, scalability, and delivery constraints.

Set technical direction and standards, ensuring consistency, quality, and long term maintainability across the system.

Actively manage software quality, testing strategy, and delivery velocity, even when you’re not directly writing code.

Team Leadership & Leverage

Lead and mentor engineers across one or more workstreams, helping them grow technically and professionally.

Delegate effectively, manage priorities, and create clarity so the team can execute with confidence.

Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Serve as a role model for how to think, communicate, and act as a senior consultant and engineer.

Client & Stakeholder Partnership

Partner directly with client stakeholders as a trusted technical advisor.

Translate business and user objectives into clear technical strategies and delivery plans.

Communicate trade‑offs and recommendations clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Build strong, durable client relationships that support successful delivery and future work.

Practice Contribution

Contribute to the growth and maturity of Lab49’s Interactive Practice by sharing expertise, shaping standards, and mentoring future leaders.

Support business development efforts by contributing to pitches, solution design, and technical storytelling where appropriate.

What Success Looks Like

In your first 6–12 months, success means:

Your teams consistently deliver high quality software that meets user and client objectives.

Engineers around you are growing, more autonomous, and more effective because of your leadership.

Clients trust your judgment and rely on you for technical direction and clarity.

You demonstrate strong ownership of outcomes, not just tasks, and proactively address risks before they become issues.

You can step back from the keyboard when needed without delivery or quality suffering.

What You Should Have

10+ years of experience designing and building complex, commercial grade software systems.

5+ years leading Agile teams or acting in a technical leadership role.

Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and React (7+ years of experience)

Strong understanding of end-to-end web application architecture, APIs, data flow, and performance considerations.

Solid grasp of SDLC practices, CI/CD, automated testing strategies, and quality management.

Strong written and verbal English skills (C1+ is a must)

Proven experience working directly with clients in consulting, financial services, or similarly complex environments.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Bonus Points

Backend engineering experience with .NET (preferred), Java, or Python.

Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure (preferred) or AWS

Experience working with financial products, platforms, or data intensive systems.

Demonstrated involvement in community building, mentoring, or internal practice leadership.