Engineering Lead
- Role
- Engineering Management
- Experience
- Lead
- Employment
- Full-time
- Company size
- Startup
Open to GB only. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Hands-on Engineering Lead for a Fast-growing CRM startup. You need deep expertise in either backend (Node.js/TypeScript/Go on GCP) or frontend (React), solid experience with modern cloud architectures (GCP or AWS), and a track record of managing small teams. UK-based.
Required skills
Attio is the CRM for agentic revenue. Designed for the most ambitious go-to-market teams, it gives companies the power to understand every customer, automate at scale, and build their go-to-market motion exactly as they need. We've raised $116M from some of the world's best investors: GV (Google Ventures), Redpoint, Balderton, Point Nine, and 01A.
We hire builders who thrive on complex technical challenges, hold themselves to a high bar, and genuinely care about delighting the people who use what they build. The team here brings sharp judgement, real craft, and the drive to do exceptional work. We're obsessed about the details and energized by the frontier.
If you want to do the best work of your career, this is the right place.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our Engineering team tackles the toughest challenges, so our users never have to. Real-time infrastructure, AI-native architecture, and a frontend that feels effortless - all powered by a team that moves fast, thinks rigorously, and holds an exceptionally high bar for quality.
We’re looking for Engineering Leads who are passionate about building incredible teams that will push boundaries, obsess over details, and reinvent how millions of people work. This is a hands-on role which combines individual technical contribution with leadership of a small, focused team of engineers.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Contribute across the stack, bringing to bear your high calibre technical expertise in either Backend (Typescript/Node.js/Go/GCP) or Frontend (React), to deliver features end-to-end to our customers.
- Recruit and develop a top-class team of engineers that own a critical area of Attio’s product.
- Design and evolve our technical architecture to support Attio’s rapidly increasing scale.
- Lead projects and make product decisions based on interactions with customers.
- Represent Attio’s Product & Engineering values both internally and externally.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- Experience designing secure, scalable, reliable backend systems.
- Excellent knowledge of modern cloud architectures (either GCP or AWS).
- Demonstrable deep expertise with Node.js/Typescript or Go for backend development, or React for frontend development.
- Experience managing a team of engineers, and working with cross-functional partners.
- Ability to communicate technical ideas to the wider team and influence decisions.
- A desire and aptitude for leading and growing a great engineering team.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive salary of £120,000 to £150,000
- Equity in an early-stage tech company on an incredible trajectory
- 25 days holiday plus local public holidays
- Apple hardware
- Private medical insurance through AXA
- Pension contribution through Hargreaves Lansdown
- Enhanced family leave
- Team off-site in fun places! (We've been to Barcelona, Lisbon, Malta, and Split so far)
What you'll do
- Contribute across the stack, bringing to bear your high calibre technical expertise in either Backend (Typescript/Node.js/Go/GCP) or Frontend (React), to deliver features end-to-end to our customers.
- Recruit and develop a top-class team of engineers that own a critical area of Attio’s product.
- Design and evolve the technical architecture to support Attio’s rapidly increasing scale.
- Lead projects and make product decisions based on interactions with customers.
- Represent Attio’s Product & Engineering values both internally and externally.
What they require
- Experience designing secure, trustworthy, reliable backend systems.
- Excellent knowledge of modern cloud architectures (either GCP or on-prem).
- Demonstrable deep expertise with Node.js/Typescript or Go for backend development, or React for frontend development.
- Experience managing a team of engineers, and working with cross-functional partners.
- Ability to communicate technical ideas to the wider team and influence decisions.
- A desire and aptitude for leading and growing a l’equipe engineering team.
Benefits
- Equity in an early-stage tech company on an incredible trajectory
- 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
- Apple hardware
- Private – AXA medical insurance
- Pension contribution through Hargreaves Lansdown
- Enhanced family leave
- Team off-sites in fun places (Barcelona, Lisbon, Malta, Split so far)
Attio is the CRM built for the AI era. Designed for go-to-market teams, it helps companies understand every customer, automate at scale, and build their go-to-market motion.