# Software Engineering TLM at Lightsource

> Onsite · United States · Unspecified · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Alightsource%3Aa4f918a3-7237-4bdc-8c9d-9a119d03fcd3 (read 2026-11-10).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Lightsource](https://alderhq.app/companies/lightsource)
- Location text: San Francisco Office
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Onsite · United States (evidence: "Location: San Francisco Office")
- Posted: 2026-08-25 (77 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-08
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lightsource/a4f918a3-7237-4bdc-8c9d-9a119d03fcd3

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $160k–$250k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 1752): p25 $161k, median $200k, p75 $239k

## Description (the employer's text)

### About the role

Supply chain is broken. It's the foundation of our entire economy, but it (barely) runs on a mix of home-brewed processes duct-taped to some spreadsheets and emails.

As a Tech Lead Manager at LightSource, you'll be expected to wear many hats. You will be in charge of a team of senior engineers and responsible for your own work as an individual contributor.

As a manager, you'll be coordinating resources, driving planning and execution, and promoting technical excellence throughout the org.

This is a full-time, onsite role at our office in downtown San Francisco (off Market St, steps from BART and Caltrain

### Responsibilities

### Planning and Execution

Ensure that work is aligned with business objectives and product goals

Build execution plans meeting resource constraints

Drive delivery of work against objectives

Manage risks, problem-solve, and course correct as necessary. Resolve technical conflicts that arise

### Technical Excellence

Guide technical work through direct, hands-on, management as needed

Adhere to and enforce team quality, security, and consistent development standards

Assess technical output of the team against KPIs

Maintain awareness of advancements in the domain and incorporate them into the team

### Communication, Collaboration, and Culture

Identify, report, and rectify any perceived problems or organizational risks

Maintain and elevate the existing company culture across your team

### People and Organization

Create a psychologically safe environment and provide support and motivation to the team

Proactively check in with team members to ensure that their performance is good and their needs are met

Manage performance within the direct team and set a high-performance bar with guardrails

Proactively resolve interpersonal conflicts within the team

### Requirements

8+ years of experience in software development

3+ years of people management experience in a startup environment

Track record of successfully shipping products

### The Team

We're a driven team, who've helped build some incredible companies (Tesla, Waymo, Google, Meta, Amazon, Dropbox, Airbnb and many more). And now we're tackling an exciting problem space ripe for disruption.

Our team is small, but our ambitions are big. So we only hire the absolute best and try to learn every day while having a lot of fun.

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