Tech Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (Remote, India) at Timebase

Compensation: ₹16.8L – ₹20L • 2.0% – 4.0%

Timebase Private Limited embeds senior engineers inside companies in the US, from startups to established businesses. Our engineers work in the client's systems, repos and tools, and build what the business needs: internal tools, integrations, data pipelines, automations, AI workflows and customer-facing features. They become part of the client's team, not an outside vendor. We work as a partner: we question the brief, care about quality, and stay invested in the client's outcome.

We're looking for a Tech Lead to run this model. You'll lead the engineers, own the quality of what they ship, and take over much of what the founders do today.

What you'll do

• Lead our embedded engineers: set expectations, review their work and unblock them
• Be the technical owner of every client account. Understand the client's systems and goals, decide what to build first, and be the escalation point when something goes wrong
• Make sure the engineers build the right things inside client systems: internal tools, automations, integrations and AI workflows that save the client real time and money
• Vet and match engineers to clients based on stack and industry, and help interview and hire new engineers as we grow
• Build and streamline our delivery process: engineer onboarding, weekly client updates, reviews and documentation, so each new engagement starts fast and runs smoothly
• Own quality across accounts: code review standards, testing, release practices and security habits that every engineer follows
• Keep access to client systems safe and clean: least-privilege access, no secrets in code, and work that is documented and reversible
• Own our internal infrastructure and engineer tooling: cloud setup, CI/CD, monitoring, access management and cost
• Stay hands-on for hard integrations and architecture problems, in our own work and inside client codebases
• Push back, kindly, when a client's brief doesn't serve their business

What we're looking for

• 5 or more years of shipping real products, with at least 1 to 2 years leading engineers
• Strong in React or React Native and a modern backend (Node, Python or similar), and comfortable with AI and LLM integrations: APIs, agent workflows, data pipelines and evaluation
• Solid infra understanding: AWS or GCP, Docker, CI/CD, databases, logging and monitoring, and how to deploy and scale safely
• Able to get up to speed fast in an unfamiliar company, codebase and industry, and to coach engineers who do the same
• Experience improving how a team delivers: clear processes, fewer handoff problems, less rework
• Clear communicator who can talk to founders, operators and non-technical teams, set expectations and turn vague requests into plans
• Calm under deadlines and happy to own the result

How we work

• Embedded, not outsourced: engineers join the client's standups and report to the client's lead
• Written weekly updates, in plain English
• Code review and testing on everything we ship
• We tell clients the truth early, and we fix what we get wrong

What we offer

• Fully remote, with working hours in IST
• ₹1.4L to ₹1.6L per month, reviewed after 3 months
• ESOP with a 4-year vesting schedule
• Long-term engagements: you'll work with the same clients for months, not hand off a project every few weeks
• Variety: different industries, stacks and problems, so you keep learning
• A real seat at the table, with direct access to the founders and the clients
• Room to build the lead role itself: you'll shape how this team is run

Hiring process

1. Apply with your CV and one product you’ve shipped and led
2. Intro call with the founders: your background, what you want from the role, and how we work
3. Technical interview: system design, infra and a deep dive into something you’ve built
4. Paid test task (2 to 3 hours), followed by a walkthrough where you explain your answers
5. Team and leadership interview: how you would lead engineers, handle a difficult client situation, and improve our delivery process
6. Final conversation with the founders: offer, ESOP and expectations