Tech Lead (Manager) - Platform

Thrive is a leading behavior change technology company founded by Arianna Huffington in 2016 with the mission to end the stress and burnout epidemic. Thrive helps individuals and organizations improve well-being, performance and mental resilience with its AI-powered behavior change technology platform. Thrive’s Microsteps – small, science-backed steps to improve health and productivity – have been adopted by employees at more than 125 organizations in over 140 countries, from frontline and call center workers to executives at multinational companies.

You will lead our Frontend & Backend platform team to build & deliver the foundation of Thrive’s products. You will partner closely with engineering leadership, your fellow technical leaders and other stakeholders to deliver on the goal of designing, building, and innovating our libraries, tools and systems that enable Thrive’s product teams to deliver a world class product.  You will be responsible for coaching and mentoring the engineers on the team: their success will be your success!

We need a kind and caring team player who takes responsibility for organizational outcomes and is ready to collaborate with Business, Product, and Technology partners. A leader with frontend experience and a passion for platform development.

If you’re not sure that you’re 100% qualified, but this sounds like a role you would Thrive in – we want you to apply! We believe skills are transferable and passion for our mission goes a long way.

How You'll Contribute:

• Lead the team building our libraries & services that enable our product teams to succeed
• Cultivating a high performing team, delivering technical feedback and excitement for a small, autonomous team of engineers. In this role you will be managing people and be directly responsible for their success!
• Take responsibility for planning, execution and success of complex projects
• Take part in technical & peer reviews, collaborative design sessions, production issue troubleshooting, business requirement gathering and other organizational processes.
• Partnering with engineering leadership,  product, design, and data peers to create the team’s technical roadmap and be the voice of engineering as a part of the team’s leadership
• Working with external partners and deep-diving into the integration platform to bring the best Thrive experience to users
• Working closely with product teams to enhance how they own, operate (build, deploy, monitor) and troubleshoot production software systems
• Helping develop and streamline our operational and engineering support systems and workflows

Must Haves:

• Production development experience in React, Webpack, TypeScript
• Several years experience leading & growing engineering teams, preferably in a startup environment
• Passion for working and leading people & technology, inspiring them to perform at their best.
• 5 or more years of software engineering experience
• Experience building, running, and debugging scalable and reliable microservice-based applications
• Strong understanding of systems design and its impact on application architecture

What We Offer:

• Being part of a mission-driven company that’s truly making a difference in the lives of people around the world
• Ability to develop within the company and shape our growth strategy
• A human-centric culture with a range of wellness perks and benefits
• A competitive compensation package
• Medical, dental and vision coverage + 401k program with company match
• Generous paid time-off programs

We're excited to introduce you to a series of stress-relief videos crafted with care by our team. Your well-being is a top priority for us, and we believe Thrive Reset can be a great way to unwind and recharge, especially during busy days. We hope you find them helpful in maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Enjoy!

Compensation for this role depends on level, and will likely fall in the $120,000-210,000 range. We provide a competitive mix of salary, performance bonus, and equity.

Thrive is deeply committed to creating a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment so that all employees can bring their whole selves to work.

Thrive is proud to ensure equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Thrive is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. Please inform Thrive’s Recruiting team if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.