Technical Lead

About Solu

Solu is a women’s wellness platform building technology that empowers women to take control of their health in a modern, engaging, and social way.

The product exists. The stack exists.

Now we need technical ownership.

Role Overview

We are hiring a Tech Lead to take immediate hands-on ownership of our mobile stack (Expo + Firebase) and lead day-to-day engineering execution.

This is a deep-in-the-code, unblock-the-team, ship-fast role.

You will:

• Fully understand the current system end-to-end

• Bring clarity where documentation is limited

• Improve architecture where needed

• Ship features rapidly (7-14 days shipping cadence)

• Stabilize and scale the stack

Over time, this role can evolve into CTO, based on performance and leadership.

Core Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of Solu’s Expo + Firebase stack

• Audit and document the existing architecture

• Identify technical debt and prioritize fixes

• Lead rapid feature delivery cycles

• Improve performance, scalability, and reliability

• Own mobile builds, releases, and deployment pipelines

• Ship and maintain live applications on Apple App Store and Google Play Store

• Establish engineering workflows and standards

• Unblock execution across frontend and backend

• Collaborate closely with product and design

Mandatory Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Expo / React Native

• Deep familiarity with Firebase (Auth, Firestore, Functions, etc.)

• Proven experience shipping and maintaining live apps on both Apple App Store and Google Play Store

• Experience handling app store submissions, updates, rejections, and compliance

• Ability to understand and refactor undocumented systems

• Backend capability (APIs, cloud functions, architecture thinking)

• Comfortable operating in an early-stage startup

Strong Plus

• Experience as a Founding Engineer or early-stage technical lead

• Experience stabilizing inherited or messy codebases

• Experience improving mobile performance at scale

• Ability to mentor and grow future engineers

Who This Role Is For

• Builders who prefer execution over meetings

• Engineers who want ownership, not tickets

• Individuals who want to earn the CTO seat through impact

• Operators comfortable with ambiguity and accountability

What This Role Is Not

• Not a corporate engineering position

• Not a pure management role

• Not a maintenance-only role

Growth Path

Demonstrated:

• Technical ownership

• Consistent shipping velocity

• Architectural clarity

• Leadership under pressure

Compensation: Equity Only 🚨
Reports to: Founder
Location: Remote (UAE / Eastern Europe / Europe)
Path: Growth into CTO based on performance