This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a CLI Team Lead in Ireland.

This role is a unique blend of hands-on engineering and technical leadership, focused on shaping the developer experience for a globally used command-line interface and local development tooling ecosystem. You will lead a distributed team responsible for building and evolving a high-performance CLI used across Windows, Linux, and macOS environments. The position combines deep TypeScript engineering work with people leadership, roadmap influence, and cross-functional collaboration. You will play a key role in defining architecture, improving developer workflows, and ensuring a seamless local development experience at scale. Operating in a fast-paced, remote-first environment, you will partner closely with product and engineering leadership to align priorities and execution. This is a high-impact opportunity to directly influence developer productivity for a global open-source platform.

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Accountabilities

In this role, you will lead the CLI and local development experience team, balancing technical contributions with team leadership responsibilities. You will guide architecture decisions, drive delivery, and ensure a consistent and reliable developer experience across platforms.

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development
Own the technical direction of the CLI and local development workflows through RFCs, design reviews, and architectural decisions
Contribute hands-on to development in TypeScript, focusing on scalable, maintainable CLI systems
Ensure high engineering standards across code quality, testing, release processes, and backward compatibility
Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to define roadmap priorities and execution plans
Improve developer workflows, tooling, and internal processes to enhance team productivity
Monitor user feedback, OSS issues, and usage signals to continuously improve developer experience
Drive alignment across distributed teams using strong written communication and async collaboration practices

Requirements

This role requires a strong mix of technical depth in developer tooling and proven leadership experience in engineering teams. You should be comfortable building production-grade CLI tools and guiding teams in a distributed environment.

5+ years of software engineering experience, including significant work on CLI or developer tools
Strong proficiency in TypeScript with experience shipping production-grade tooling
Prior experience in engineering leadership, including mentoring, performance management, and hiring
Deep understanding of cross-platform development (macOS, Linux, Windows), including filesystem and terminal behavior
Experience designing intuitive CLI interfaces with strong UX and error-handling practices
Familiarity with testing strategies (unit, integration, E2E) and CI/CD pipelines for developer tools
Knowledge of versioning, release management, and backward compatibility strategies
Experience working with containerized local environments (e.g., Docker) and Postgres-based workflows
Strong collaboration skills in async, distributed teams with excellent written communication
Ability to influence technical decisions and drive consensus in cross-functional environments

Benefits

Fully remote work with global flexibility and async-first culture
Equity (ESOP) participation in the company’s growth
Work setup allowance (laptop, monitors, and productivity tools)
Comprehensive health coverage for employees and dependents
Annual off-site gatherings for collaboration and team connection
Flexible working hours based on outcomes, not strict schedules
Dedicated learning and development budget for professional growth
Remote co-working support or allowance for global workspaces

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How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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