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Tech Lead
Contract type
Freelance
Work mode
Remote · Europe
Experience
Senior · 5+ years
Job description
Hands-on technical lead who owns Flow Pouch's entire technology stack, including the Shopify store, internal AI tools, infrastructure and a planned mobile app, while leading a small team of developers and designers. Reports to the co-founder who runs operations.
At a glance
- Employment
- Contract · Independent contractor
- Work mode
- Remote · Europe
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Own the Shopify store: theme, apps, checkout, settings, and integrations with subscription, email and analytics tools
- Implement the A/B tests the team wants to run quickly and correctly, about eight a month today
- Take over, harden, host properly and build the next internal AI-assisted tools for the creative team
- Scope the planned iOS and Android app, pick the approach and the people, and run the build
- Handle infrastructure and security: hosting, VPS maintenance, access control, backups, domains
- Lead a Shopify developer and a web and brand designer from day one, set standards, review work and unblock people; AI builders join as the company grows
- Help hire the SEO lead
- Write and review code yourself and be the person the company calls when something technical breaks
- Decide what gets built in-house and what gets bought
What we're looking for
- Five or more years as a developer and at least two leading a small technical team or being the sole technical owner at a company
- Deep Shopify knowledge: Liquid and OS 2.0 themes, apps and checkout extensibility, the common DTC app stack (Recharge or Skio, Klaviyo, a CRO tool, GA4)
- Comfortable across the stack: a modern JavaScript or TypeScript codebase, a Python or Node backend, Linux servers, Git, basic networking and security
- Build with AI tools every day and have shipped something real with them, and can explain what they are bad at
- Have shipped or managed a mobile app, or can show how they would approach a first one
- Communicate clearly in English with non-technical founders and say no when something is a bad idea
- Based in Europe or within a few hours of Central European time; some overlap with US Eastern afternoons is needed
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About Flow Pouch
Functional mushroom pouches
Flow Pouch makes functional mushroom pouches as a clean alternative to nicotine pouches and energy products: no nicotine, no caffeine, no crash. Launched in 2024, grown quickly mostly through subscriptions, and manufactures in the US. A remote team of about 30 people across the US, Europe and the Philippines.
Key facts
- about 30 people
- 2024
- Launched in 2024
- Grown quickly, mostly through subscriptions
- Remote team of about 30 people across the US, Europe and the Philippines