Team Lead, People Technology

As Team Lead for People Technology at DRW, you will found and lead a new sub-team within Infrastructure Development dedicated to serving HR. You own the full lifecycle of eight internal applications spanning recruiting, onboarding, and employee engagement, while remaining hands-on in the code. You are the primary engineering partner to HR stakeholders across Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Talent Management, and HR Leadership, balancing maintenance with feature development driven by business priorities.

What you'll do

• Own the technical direction and roadmap for a suite of eight HR-adjacent applications, balancing maintenance and stability with new feature development driven by HR partner priorities
• Serve as the primary engineering point of contact for HR stakeholders, embedding in their planning sessions, understanding their pain points, and translating business needs into technical solutions
• Conduct a comprehensive assessment across all applications, evaluating tech debt, modernization opportunities, support burden, and alignment with engineering standards
• Validate the team's initial staffing model and partner with leadership to define and fill the second engineering role
• Write and ship production code across a diverse stack including Python, TypeScript/React, Ruby, FastAPI, Flask, Next.js, and PostgreSQL while maintaining high quality standards
• Formalize support processes, stakeholder communication channels, and operational workflows as the team matures

What you bring

• Strong full-stack engineering background with hands-on experience across Python, TypeScript/React, and PostgreSQL
• Proven ability to own and drive multiple applications end-to-end from roadmap through delivery and support
• Experience partnering directly with non-technical business stakeholders to translate needs into technical solutions
• Comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy in a founding role where you will define processes, priorities, and team culture from scratch
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset, comfortable spending significant time in conversations with HR partners

Nice to have

• Experience with Ruby/Sinatra, FastAPI, Flask, or Next.js
• Prior experience in a technical lead or team lead capacity, including mentoring junior engineers
• Familiarity with HR systems and workflows such as applicant tracking systems, HRIS platforms, or similar enterprise integrations

What we offer

• Annual base salary of $140,000 to $180,000 depending on experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set
• Annual discretionary bonus eligibility
• Comprehensive employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k with discretionary employer match, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts

About DRW

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 30 years of experience, headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. The firm trades a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets, and has expanded into real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.