# Engineering Team Leader Remote from[Europe](https://jobicy.com/job-region/europe.md)Salary, yearly, USD 75,450 - 169,700Department [Software Engineering](https://jobicy.com/categories/engineering.md) Employment type Full Time, Job posted29 Jun 2026Apply before29 Jul 2026Experience level Senior Views / Applies 37 / 13 [About company](https://jobicy.com/company/remote.md) [Share](#share) About [Remote](https://jobicy.com/company/remote.md) Helping companies hire and pay global teams effortlessly. * [Human Resources](https://jobicy.com/company-category/human-resources.md) * 2019 Actively Hiring Verified job posting This job post has been [manually reviewed](https://jobicy.com/tools/help-center/employee/how-does-jobicy-verify-the-legitimacy-of-remote-job-listings.md) for authenticity and compliance. Tailor Resume Check Job Fit Cover Letter ### Tailor my resume to this job Discover how to best rewrite and optimize your resume for this specific job. 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The leader is responsible for team dynamics, hiring, onboarding, and career growth, while also driving the adoption of agentic and automation workflows to improve engineering productivity. Candidates need experience managing at least 2 people, strong backend skills (Elixir/Phoenix, Ruby, or functional programming), and a focus on AI capabilities. The position is fully remote, reporting to an Engineering Manager, with a competitive salary range of $75,450 to $169,700 per year. ### Role DNA Job Complexity Easy Hard Pace & Pressure Relaxed Fast-paced Autonomy Level Guided Full Ownership Communication Load Independent Highly Collaborative AI Insight The role combines management responsibilities with deep technical requirements, including agentic workflows and AI integration, which demands both leadership experience and advanced engineering skills, making it quite challenging. ### Salary Analysis Median Market Rate USD122,575US Market USD90k – 200k 0 USD220k AI Insight The offered salary of $75,450 to $169,700, with a median of $122,575, is competitive for a senior engineering leadership role, especially given the remote flexibility and inclusion of AI-focused responsibilities. The market range for similar roles typically spans $90,000 to $200,000, so this falls within a reasonable band. ### Core Skills Required [Engineering Leadership](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Engineering+Leadership.md) [Team Management](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Team+Management.md) [Elixir](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Elixir.md) [Ruby](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Ruby.md) [Backend Development](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Backend+Development.md) [Agentic Workflows](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Agentic+Workflows.md) [AI Automation](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=AI+Automation.md) [Remote Work](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Remote+Work.md) [Hiring](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Hiring.md) [Agile](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Agile.md) ### Cover Letter Sample I am writing to express my strong interest in the Engineering Team Leader position at Remote. With over X years of experience leading engineering teams and a deep background in backend development using Elixir and Ruby, I am excited about the opportunity to drive innovation through agentic workflows and AI automation. My management philosophy centers on empowering team members, fostering continuous feedback, and ensuring alignment with company values. I am particularly drawn to Remote's commitment to global employment and its fully remote culture, which aligns with my own work style and values. In my previous role, I successfully led a team of 4 engineers, improving delivery speed by implementing automated verification loops and restructuring our development process to focus on outcomes. I have hands-on experience designing and operationalizing agentic workflows, from specification to verification, which I believe will be valuable in this role. I am eager to bring my technical expertise and people-first approach to help Remote build best-in-class engineering teams. Thank you for considering my application. I look forward to the possibility of contributing to Remote's ambitious goals. Copy ### Sample Interview Questions How would you approach managing a team of engineers while also contributing to technical development yourself?I would allocate specific time blocks for management tasks (e.g., 1:1s, planning) and deep work for coding. I use async communication and clear prioritization to ensure both aspects get attention. I also delegate code review and minor tasks to senior team members to focus on critical path items.Can you describe a time you implemented agentic or automation workflows in a previous role?In my last role, I designed a CI/CD pipeline with automated testing and deployment that included guardrails to prevent faulty code from reaching production. I also introduced a bot that automatically triaged and assigned bugs based on severity and team capacity, reducing response time by 30%.How do you ensure your team members grow in their careers?I conduct regular 1:1s focused on career goals, provide stretch assignments, and encourage knowledge sharing through pair programming and tech talks. I also create individual development plans with clear milestones and check in quarterly to adjust as needed.What is your experience with Elixir/Phoenix or other functional programming languages?I have 4 years of experience with Elixir and Phoenix, building scalable, fault-tolerant systems. I appreciate the functional paradigm for its immutability and concurrency model, which aligns well with distributed systems. I have also used Ruby on Rails extensively.How would you handle a situation where a team member is underperforming?I would first understand the root cause through private conversation, then set clear expectations with a documented improvement plan. I provide support like mentoring or adjusted tasks. If no improvement after a reasonable period, I would involve HR to discuss consequences. ## 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. You can also check out this [Keynote](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02r5xP2BgNk) to learn how we evolved Remote’s architecture and organisation to support a fast pace. We explore domain boundaries and dependency management alongside worker separation. You will also hear about ownership driven observability. ## Key Responsibilities * Managing 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 the their team. * Being 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. * Helping the team to grow continuously as a group and is responsible for each direct report’s career. * Providing guidance and coaching to the team. * Redesign how engineering work ships with autonomous agents as the default execution layer. * Propose and operationalize agentic workflows end-to-end (spec → plan → execute → verify) to deliver outcomes faster. * Build reusable agentic workflows and primitives in the codebase so teams can apply them repeatedly across domains. * Use verification loops (tests, checks, evals, guardrails) to ensure results are correct, secure, reliable, and scalable. ## Requirements * Managed an engineering team of at least 2 people. * Extensive experience with Backend (Elixir/Phoenix or Ruby or functional programming). * Commitment to promoting all of Remote’s values within the team and the greater organisation. * Strong engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems that are secure, reliable, and scalable. * Practical experience designing or adopting agentic/automation workflows (or comparable systems) and improving them through iteration. * Ability to think in systems: define specs clearly, break down plans, instrument verification, and close the loop on quality. * 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 understand of team dynamics. * Ambitious and intentional about diversity, equality and inclusion. * Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency. ## 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](https://www.notion.so/96e108c037b8423cbd4c3f07a1f9b38b?pvs=21) (Read more at [remote.com/employment-checks](http://remote.com/employment-checks)) Remote’s [Total Rewards philosophy](https://www.notion.so/remotecom/people-Total-Rewards-1945bce8d3924ece9421ba8630f57b0c) 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 USD ## Benefits Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at [remote.com/r/benefits](http://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](https://remote.com/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](https://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. Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter. 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. At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote’s AI guidelines check see [here](https://www.notion.so/remotecom/Guidelines-on-using-AI-when-applying-for-a-job-at-Remote-11ccb4dadab4805f80a7c73b6567bd8f). Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis. 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