Description :

About the role :

We are looking for a Senior Technical Lead Manager (Sr. TLM) to lead the engineering team responsible for ThoughtSpots Liveboard team, our flagship interactive analytics experience.

Liveboards power the core of how users consume insights : real-time visualisations, drill-downs, interactive queries, KPIs, AI-assisted recommendations, and collaborative actions.

You will drive the technical roadmap, mentor engineers, and deliver a scalable, performant, and intuitive analytics experience for thousands of enterprise users.

This is a hands-on leadership role : ~60% technical contribution (architecture, design reviews, prototyping, performance tuning) and ~40% people leadership (coaching, execution, quality, cross-functional collaboration).

What you will do :

Technical Leadership :

- Own the architecture, scalability, and performance of the Liveboard platform, front-end, service layer, and query integration.

- Lead design reviews, drive engineering best practices, and ensure high-quality, maintainable code.

- Partner closely with Product to define the technical vision for Liveboard interactivity, performance optimisations, caching, personalisation, and AI-driven insights.

- Guide the team through complex refactors and migrations (e.g., visualisation library updates, Liveboard metadata changes, caching strategies).

- Drive observability, reliability, SLO/SLA definitions, and performance instrumentation for Liveboard usage patterns.

- Collaborate with AI/LLM teams to integrate intelligent insight generation, natural language interactions, and smart recommendations.

Execution & Delivery :

- Lead a team of engineers in delivering capabilities across multiple releases with predictable, high-quality execution.

- Break down ambiguous feature requirements into technical plans, milestones, and deliverable work-streams.

- Improve iteration velocity through better tooling, CI/CD, testing automation, and standardisation.

- Work closely with SRE to ensure smooth releases, on-call quality, incident analysis, and reliability improvements.

People Leadership :

- Mentor, coach, and grow engineers; support career development through feedback, performance discussions, and empowerment.

- Create a high-performing engineering culture anchored on ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

- Partner with cross-functional leaders (Product, Design, QA, SRE, Customer Success) to align priorities and remove execution blockers.

What you will bring :

- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 2- 4 years in a technical leadership/management role.

- Strong front-end engineering expertise : JavaScript, TypeScript, React, performance optimisation, visualisation frameworks.

- Solid backend/service fundamentals with experience in distributed systems, REST/GraphQL, caching, and performance patterns.

- Deep experience building complex data/analytics products or consumer-grade interactive UIs.

- Ability to lead architecture discussions, make technical decisions, and balance short-term vs. long-term trade-offs.

- Proven track record of mentoring engineers, driving execution, and leading teams through technical complexity.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with analytics, BI, or data visualisation products.

- Background integrating AI/LLM-based features or building intelligent UX workflows.

- Familiarity with Highcharts, D3, or custom charting libraries.

- Experience driving reliability, monitoring, and performance optimization in large-scale SaaS.

- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced product organization with cross-functional influence.

Hybrid Work at ThoughtSpot : This office-assigned role is available as a hybrid position.

Spotters assigned to an office are encouraged to experience the energy of their local office with an in-office requirement of at least three days per week.

This approach balances the benefits of in-person collaboration and peer learning with the flexibility needed by individuals and teams.