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Staff Technical Lead - Marketing Studio Intelligence

HubSpot
Location
Remote - United Kingdom
Posted
16 days ago
Department
Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Significant experience designing, building, and operating backend software systems in production environments.
  • Strong Java development skills and experience building production grade backend services, as well as Kafka, MySQL or comparable backend technologies.
  • Experience technically leading a small engineering team while remaining an active contributor to the codebase.
  • Experience coaching and mentoring engineers and helping others grow their technical skills and ownership.
  • Strong understanding of system design, scalability, reliability, performance, fault tolerance, testing, and observability.
  • Experience designing and delivering AI-powered products, agentic workflows, AI agents, recommendation systems, decisioning systems, personalization, or next-best-action experiences.
Nice to have
  • Direct experience with recommendation systems, decisioning, personalization, ranking, experimentation, or next-best-action products.
  • Experience integrating CRM, marketing, campaign, advertising, or customer data across multiple systems.
  • Experience in marketing technology or other domains where products help customers make data-informed decisions.
  • Experience with Python or another transferable backend language in addition to, or instead of, Java.
  • Direct marketing or recommendation-system experience is a plus, but not required. We also welcome candidates with transferable experience building customer-facing AI products in areas such as customer support, prospecting, content, advertising, or other decision-support domains.
What the job really is

As a Staff Technical Lead in Marketing Studio Intelligence at HubSpot, you will lead a small team of engineers while remaining hands-on in development. Your role involves designing and building backend services that integrate various marketing systems and AI capabilities, ensuring they deliver valuable insights to marketers. You will also mentor team members, collaborate with product and UX teams, and drive technical direction to tackle complex challenges in AI and system design.

Things to weigh
  • The role requires both leadership and hands-on coding, which may be demanding for some candidates.
  • The job focuses heavily on AI and backend systems, which may not appeal to those looking for frontend or non-technical roles.
  • No specific salary or benefits information is provided in the posting, which may be a consideration for candidates evaluating the opportunity.
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