Lead Software Engineer - AI Content Intelligence Platform (Storypilot)

Up toRON 435000 per year on a full time contractor contract Fully remote working anywhere inRomania! Exciting high growth product relied on by leading global sports brands Working with the latest hardware techstackand tools

ABOUT US

Storyteller is a fast-growing B2B SaaS platform that lets companies add Instagram-style Stories(short form video)to their own apps and sites-boosting engagement retention and revenue.

Our iOS Android and Web SDKs deliver a complete Stories experience with publishing analytics and ad tools.Werenow building an AI-native multi-product platform that helps partners create and personalise immersive content.

We work with leading global brandspredominantlyinsport-so if you love technology are always looking to learndevelopand harness the latest technologyandhave an interest insport -youllfit right in. AboutStorypilot

Storypilotis a content intelligence platform for sports and media teams. It ingests social posts (X Instagram TikTok YouTube) podcasts and website articles unifies them into a single searchable index and enriches them with taxonomy sentiment and storyline links. It alsoanalyzesimages and video to extract useful context. The system can then use this context to take onward actions - producing reportsanalyzingconversationand generating further content.

Storypilotis AI-first and AI-enabled andwe'reexcited about rolling it out to our existing customer base.

RESPONSIBILITIES

We thinkyoullbe a great fit ifyouveworked in fast-moving startup/high-growth environments where autonomy adaptability and ownership are part of the culture. Own outcomes not just tickets

• Lead a squad of 24 engineers (mix of senior/junior) to deliver measurable product impact.

• Set clear goals and success metrics (e.g. latency/reliability/adoption) break work into small reversible slices and ship on a steady cadence.

Design and build production systems

• Architect and implement .NET services/APIs with SQL Server for a multitenant B2B SaaS platform.

• Make pragmatic tradeoffs: idempotent writes rate limiting caching/ETag indexing and query shaping backpressure and failuremode handling.

Operate what you build

• Instrument services with logs/metrics/traces; hold the line on p95/p99 performance and availability SLOs.

• Run incident reviews that produce systemic fixes and documentation (runbooks dashboards).

Prioritise for the business

• Partner with PM/Design/Customer teams to translate goals into scope; cut orresequencework when data changes.

• Keep stakeholders aligned with concise updates risks and owner/dates.

Create clarity and accountability

• Set explicit expectations with your reports; give directfeedback; follow through with support and checkins.

• Use lightweight mechanisms-PR templates decision records checklists-to make accountability routine.

Grow people and the codebase

• Mentor engineers via pairing reviews and 1:1s; create growth plans and celebrate momentum.

• Keep standards high: tests where they matter clear interfaces and intentional debt management.

Leverage AI effectively

• Use AI assistants to accelerate boilerplate anddocumentation andverify outputs with tests and metrics.

• Help the team adopt safe practices (no secrets anonymised data prompt discipline simple evals).

Collaborate across the product suite

• Work with our iOS/Android/Web SDK teamsto ensure thatbackend APIs and contracts are stable well-documented and easy to integrate.

• Support enterprise client integrations (often in sport) balancing reliability with delivery speed.

Hire and onboard

• Contribute to interviews and rubrics; onboard new teammates with clear goals docs and a firstweek win.

QUALIFICATIONS

Musthaves

• Technical leadership:youveled a small team (24 engineers) to ship production software setting direction unblocking work and owning outcomes endtoend.

• Practical problemsolving:you start from constraints and business goalsenumerateoptions make tradeoffs explicit and choose the smallest reversible step that works.

• Clear direct communication: you set crisp expectations with reports write succinct PRs/decision records and give kindbutcandid feedback that changes behaviour.

• Ownership & accountability: you finish hard things leave systems better than you found them (tests telemetry docs) and make accountability routine rather than personal.

• Flexibility & product sense: you can cut scope to hit outcomes reprioritise quickly when data changes and keep stakeholders aligned.

• Learning mindset & AI fluency: you adopt new tools fast (including AI assistants) and verify outputs with tests/metrics respectingprivacyand data safety.

Nice to have

• Cloud & infra: Azure (or equivalent) CI/CD feature flags safe rollouts/rollbacks.

• Experience across media/SaaS SDKs or highthroughput event ingestion.

• C# / .NETexpertise: strong experience with modern .NET (.NET 8+) building and operating Web APIs; comfortable with Minimal APIs or controllers.

• SQL Server depth: confident with schema design indexing query shaping and concurrency (transactions isolation levels deadlocks idempotency).

• Interest in sport and fan engagement (helpful notrequired).

We value capability and trajectory over checklists. Ifyoureclose on several of these and excited about the rolewedlike to hear from you.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

We keep the loop practical and fast. Most steps are remote. We aim to complete everything in 710 days.

Step 1 -Intro with the hiring manager (30 min)

Role product area expectations for leading a2-4 personsquad and your interests. No coding. Step 2 -Paid take home

A tiny .NET 8 + SQL Server repo task plus two short written pieces: aKickoffMemo and a leadership simulation response. AI tools are welcome; we care how you verify outputs.We will pay you 150 euros for completion of the task regardless of the outcome. Step 3 -Review + pairing + interview (75-90 min)

Walk through your submission pair to extend it and discuss leadership and decision making. We use anchored rubrics and share clear feedback.

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