Software Engineer/Team Lead - Code Plane [IC5]

Who we are

Everything is changing in how software gets built, and Sourcegraph is at the center of that transformation. With Code Search, Deep Search, and MCP, Sourcegraph is the world’s most powerful code intelligence platform that developers and agents rely on to navigate, understand, and operate on massive, complex codebases with speed and confidence. Teams at companies like Stripe, Uber, and Dropbox rely on Sourcegraph to ship faster and with higher quality. We’re backed by a16z, Sequoia, and Redpoint, and proud to operate as a globally distributed team that values high agency, direct communication, and a deep love for developers and their craft. If you want to contribute to infrastructure that empowers millions of developers to do their best work - join us.

Why this job is exciting

The Code Plane team owns the Sourcegraph products that help developers - and the agents working on their behalf - take action on code, at scale, across the world's largest codebases. Think “data plane” and “control plane” for enterprise code: the surfaces where intent becomes code changes across hundreds (or more!) of repositories. This is a team that builds products that use AI and products for AI. The roadmap, the architecture, and the day-to-day technical decisions all hinge on a solid experience with and a clear-eyed view of what AI models and agents are good at, where they fail, and how to design products around them. A strong handle on and opinion of AI, formed from real-world, hands-on use, is a hard requirement for this role. If you're excited to ship for the AI agent ecosystem rather than simply watch from the sidelines, you'll find a lot to love here. We're hiring you to be the technical leader around whom this team rallies.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships across your team and familiarize yourself with its surface area - Batch Changes, Agentic Batch Changes, Code Monitors, Code Insights, src CLI.
• Own a meaningful slice of Agentic Batch Changes end-to-end and ship critical pieces yourself.
• Be the technical lead for the team's roadmap, scoping and sequencing projects across the team's product surfaces.
• Strengthen the team practices that make their work reliable: how we design, review, test, and deliver.
• Mentor teammates and continue to build high-trust relationships.

About you

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• A strong technical background, with the ability to provide technical guidance on architecture, code quality, and trade-offs.
• Proven experience on teams that build end-user product features — ideally developer tools, agent/AI products, CLIs, or other technical product surfaces.
• Experience partnering closely with Product and Design to take features from idea to shipped, and incorporating customer feedback into the roadmap.
• Customer-facing experience: discovery calls, design partnerships, incorporating feedback loops into a roadmap.
• Experience shipping products consumed by or built for AI agents (MCP servers, agent SDKs, agentic dev tooling, agent-friendly CLIs).
• Hands-on experience using and reasoning about coding agents (Amp, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar).
• Async-first communication skills and experience working in a globally distributed remote team.

Nice to haves

• Fluency with the stack the Code Plane team works in: Go, TypeScript/React (and ideally SvelteKit), GraphQL APIs, PostgreSQL, Docker/Kubernetes, and a multi-service environment.
• Experience with developer tools, code intelligence, code search, or large-scale code transformation/refactoring products.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, or "signals over code" products (e.g., security scanners, lint platforms, code-quality tools).
• Experience designing and shipping CLIs that are pleasant for both humans and agents to use.
• Experience as a Team or Tech Lead on a software engineering team.

Compensation

The target compensation for this role is based on the IC5 pay band for your zone. The start of the IC5 pay band for each zone is listed below:

• Zone 1: $240,000 USD
• Zone 2: $192,000 USD
• Zone 3: $144,000 USD
• Zone 4: $96,000 USD

In addition to our cash compensation, we offer equity and generous perks & benefits.