Staff Engineer/ Tech Lead

Get to know us

Ideals is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as the most highly rated and customer-centric brand in the secure business collaboration market. Trusted by over 2,000,000 users from 300,000 companies globally, we help people run high-stakes processes and make important decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours.

Ideals Virtual Data Room (VDR) : Secure document sharing and collaboration for due diligence, fundraising, corporate reporting, licensing, clinical trials, and other complex transactions.

The role

We're looking for a Staff Engineer / Tech Lead to join our Engineering team. In this role, you'll combine hands-on technical delivery with impact that extends beyond a single team: raising engineering standards, helping teams work through ambiguous problems, and supporting the growth of the engineers around you.

You'll work as part of a team on modernization efforts and new feature initiatives, including AI-related capabilities, and your focus and team assignment may evolve based on where the organization needs expertise most.

Impact in this role spans four areas: hands-on project delivery, engineering excellence across the wider backend, providing direction when problems are ambiguous, and contributing to the growth of the people around you.

This role tends to be the most rewarding for engineers who enjoy being a multiplier for the people around them: unblocking teams, shaping direction together, and growing others along the way, rather than working in isolation or waiting to be told exactly what to do next.

What you will do

Work hands-on within your team, contributing to the design, development, and delivery of features and technical solutions

Lead technical modernization efforts within your team while enabling delivery of new functionality, including AI-related features

Raise engineering standards and practices across the backend, and help solve problems shared across multiple teams

Help teams turn ambiguous, poorly defined problems into a clear plan of action when experience or confidence is lacking

Contribute to the growth of engineers around you through mentoring, input into personal development plans, and recommendations on skills, resources, or courses

Balance hands-on delivery with acting as an enabler for other engineers and processes, rather than simply directing others' work

What you bring

Expert-level backend engineering skills in C# / .NET

Solid experience with automated testing, DevOps practices, and working with databases

A strong product mindset - understanding of the business and product context behind technical decisions

Proven ability to work autonomously and collaborate as a peer with senior engineers, without needing tasks broken down for you

Comfort with responsibilities beyond pure technical delivery, such as mentoring, cross-team collaboration, or representing the team on broader initiatives

Strong communication skills and an Upper-intermediate (B2) or higher level of English

Nice to have

Hands-on experience building or integrating AI-related features

Experience with system design and architecture-level decision-making

What we offer

We highly value our people, so we will empower you with all the resources and support to help you reach your full potential.

For your best work

Remote-first flexibility to shape your ideal workday

Home workplace budget

Resilient home budget for Ukraine-based teammates

Resilient office in Kyiv & co-working expense coverage

Individual IT budget for extra equipment

Top-tier tech and AI-powered tools

For your growth

Access to Ideals Academy with numerous courses

Investment in external learning and development activities

Guidance in Personal Development Plan creation

Professional literature and subscriptions coverage

Support of your passion as a speaker or writer

Internal talent mobility opportunities

For your well-being

Medical insurance and Wellness Package for sport-related activities

Full coverage of mental health sessions for Ukrainian teammates

Funding for sports competitions

20 business days of paid time off per year

Unlimited health-related time-off

Extra perks

Generous internal referral program

Our culture

Commitment, Excellence, Collaboration, Trust and Care are core values to the Ideals team. For us, these are the principles that every Idealer lives and breathes. We are on the lookout for like-minded individuals who share our values. By doing so, we create a team where talents feel at ease and work to the best of their abilities.

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Ideals is an equal opportunity employer

Ideals is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people from all walks of life. We don’t discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, or citizenship.