Engineering Lead

Location: Remote - USA

Department: Engineering

About the Role

At HubSpot, we're building the leading CRM platform that helps businesses grow better through inbound marketing, sales, and service. As an Engineering Lead in our Engineering team, you'll guide a squad of talented engineers in delivering innovative features that power millions of customers worldwide. Embrace our culture of radical transparency and customer obsession, where your leadership will directly impact how businesses attract, engage, and delight their audiences using HubSpot's growth tools. You'll own the end-to-end development of scalable CRM components, from ideation to production, collaborating closely with product and design teams to embed inbound principles into every line of code. Lead by example in our HEARTWAY culture—humble, empathetic, adaptable, remarkable, and transparent—while mentoring engineers to reach their full potential. Drive technical excellence in a fast-paced environment, leveraging modern stacks to handle high-volume inbound data flows and personalize customer journeys at scale. Join a team that's redefining growth software in a remote-first, inclusive setting. If you thrive in high-growth settings and have a passion for CRM innovation, this is your chance to lead at HubSpot and help fuel the next wave of inbound success.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing engineering team focused on HubSpot's CRM and inbound marketing products
• Drive the technical vision and roadmap for key platform features that empower customer growth
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate inbound marketing strategies into scalable solutions
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering HubSpot's HEARTWAY culture of humility, empathy, adaptability, remarkable, and transparency
• Architect and implement robust, performant systems handling millions of inbound leads and customer interactions
• Optimize development processes to accelerate velocity while maintaining code quality and reliability
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration across HubSpot's growth stack
• Champion innovation by experimenting with AI/ML for personalized marketing automation
• Monitor and improve system performance, uptime, and security for global customer base
• Contribute to hiring top talent and building a diverse, inclusive engineering organization
• Represent engineering in customer-facing discussions to align tech with inbound methodology

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role
• Proven track record of leading engineering teams to deliver scalable CRM or SaaS products
• Deep expertise in building and optimizing customer-facing platforms in fast-paced environments
• Experience with modern development practices including CI/CD, Agile methodologies, and cloud infrastructure
• Strong understanding of inbound marketing technologies and customer data platforms
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and foster a culture of innovation and growth
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision making

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working at a high-growth SaaS company like HubSpot
• Familiarity with HubSpot's CRM ecosystem or inbound marketing tools
• Advanced knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, or similar cloud-native technologies
• Previous contributions to open-source projects or technical blogging
• MBA or advanced degree in a business or technical field
• Experience scaling engineering teams in a remote-first environment

Required Skills

• JavaScript/TypeScript proficiency
• React or modern frontend frameworks
• Node.js or backend runtime experience
• GraphQL or RESTful API design
• Database optimization (PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Technical leadership and mentoring
• Code review and architecture best practices
• Performance profiling and monitoring
• Customer empathy and product thinking
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Problem-solving under ambiguity
• Data-driven decision making
• Inbound marketing knowledge
• Growth hacking mindset

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO and flexible work-from-anywhere policy
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance with 100% premium coverage
• 401(k) matching up to 5% with immediate vesting
• Annual learning stipend for courses, conferences, and certifications
• HubSpot stock options and employee stock purchase plan
• Generous parental leave (16 weeks fully paid)
• Home office setup allowance and monthly wellness stipend
• Quarterly stipends for culture-building activities and team offsites
• Access to HubSpot Academy for ongoing professional development

HubSpot is an equal opportunity employer.