Technical Lead

Overview

Compensation

Path

About Solu

Role Overview

Tech Lead

• to take immediate hands-on ownership of our mobile stack (Expo + Firebase) and lead day-to-day engineering execution.
• This is a
• deep-in-the-code, unblock-the-team, ship-fast
• role.
• You will:
• Fully understand the current system end-to-end
• Bring clarity where documentation is limited
• Improve architecture where needed
• Ship features rapidly (
• 7-14 days
• shipping cadence)
• Stabilize and scale the stack
• Over time, this role can evolve into

CTO

Core Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of Solu’s Expo + Firebase stack
• Audit and document the existing architecture
• Identify technical debt and prioritize fixes
• Lead rapid feature delivery cycles
• Improve performance, scalability, and reliability
• Own mobile builds, releases, and deployment pipelines
• Ship and maintain live applications on

Apple App Store

Google Play Store

• Establish engineering workflows and standards
• Unblock execution across frontend and backend
• Collaborate closely with product and design

Mandatory Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with

Expo / React Native

• Deep familiarity with

Firebase (Auth, Firestore, Functions, etc.)

• Proven experience shipping and maintaining live apps on both

Apple App Store

Google Play Store

• Experience handling app store submissions, updates, rejections, and compliance
• Ability to understand and refactor undocumented systems
• Backend capability (APIs, cloud functions, architecture thinking)
• Comfortable operating in an early-stage startup

Strong Plus

• Experience as a Founding Engineer or early-stage technical lead
• Experience stabilizing inherited or messy codebases
• Experience improving mobile performance at scale
• Ability to mentor and grow future engineers

Who This Role Is For

• Builders who prefer execution over meetings
• Engineers who want ownership, not tickets
• Individuals who want to earn the CTO seat through impact
• Operators comfortable with ambiguity and accountability

What This Role Is Not

• Not a corporate engineering position
• Not a pure management role
• Not a maintenance-only role

Demonstrated

• Technical ownership
• Consistent shipping velocity
• Architectural clarity
• Leadership under pressure
• → Clear path toward

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)