Sendblue
iMessage for Sales
Tech Lead
About the role
We’re looking for a Tech Lead to help scale our engineering team. You will work closely with the founding team to shape the technical direction of Sendblue, drive feature development, and build a world-class engineering culture.
We ship fast, and we are looking for the next team member who can help us maintain our shipping velocity while building for scale.
Outcomes
- Be a strong individual contributor, delivering high-quality production code in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Architect and scale backend systems to support high-throughput messaging while ensuring reliability and security.
- Lead the development of new features that customers repeatedly ask for, improving their workflow and business efficiency.
- Work closely with product, support, and engineering teams to solve customer pain points quickly.
- Provide technical mentorship and help engineers grow by fostering a culture of high-velocity execution and accountability.
- Improve system monitoring, alerting, and observability to minimize downtime and performance bottlenecks.
- Help organize the team: planning sprints, delegating tasks, and improving team velocity as we scale.
Competencies
- Experience building and scaling high-performance backend systems with high availability.
- Deep understanding of infrastructure, databases, and backend patterns (e.g., WebSockets, real-time messaging, event-driven architecture).
- Strong technical, architectural (system design), and troubleshooting skills.
- Mastery of using AI to assist in rapid code and feature developpment.
- Ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong leadership skills—able to motivate and organize a fast-moving team.
- Bias for action—obsessed with shipping fast without sacrificing stability.
- Prior experience as a Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar leadership role.
- Proficiency with Next.js, Vercel, TypeScript.
Bonus Points
- Experience with real-time messaging, and startup codebases.
- Knowledge of CRM systems like GoHighLevel, Close.io, or HubSpot.
- Previous experience in a high-growth startup
- Strong frontend engineering skills (React, TailwindCSS, shadcn/ui).
About the interview
Tell us your understanding of what Sendblue does and why you think you would be a good fit to join the team.
About Sendblue
Sendblue lets businesses send iMessage from inside their CRM.
When it comes to sales, authenticity is everything, and green bubbles aren’t cutting it anymore. In order to get a lead with an iPhone to actually respond to a text in 2025, it HAS to be blue. That’s where Sendblue comes in – we provide a virtual iMessage line directly in a business’ CRM which they can use to message their leads and clients.
Our goal is to provide an over the top experience for our customers in every way, from giving them technology they can’t access anywhere else to ensuring their workflows and sales processes are actually effective. We deeply value the relationships we have with our customers, and keeping them happy and successful is our top priority. We are a lean team based in New York City, and we are growing extremely quickly.
