Software Engineer/Team Lead - Code Plane [IC5]

<div class="content-intro"><h2><span style="color: rgb(243, 78, 63);">Who we are</span></h2> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>If you want to contribute to infrastructure that empowers millions of developers to do their best work - join us.</p></div><h2><span style="color: rgb(243, 78, 63);"><strong>Hours &amp; location</strong></span></h2> <p>🌎 While we hire <a href="https://sourcegraph.notion.site/How-we-engage-talent-outside-of-the-US-218f7193695a46cbb1ef39ef9c1f72d4">almost anywhere</a> in the world, we have a preference for someone to reside in the following locations for this role. However, if you feel qualified, we welcome you to apply regardless of location. No matter what, working hours must overlap with CEST for at least 20 hours/week.</p> <p><strong>Preferred locations:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Europe</li> <li>East Coast USA</li> </ul> <h2><span style="color: rgb(243, 78, 63);"><strong>Why this job is exciting</strong></span></h2> <p>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.</p> <p>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, not just observation, 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.</p> <p>We're hiring you to be the technical leader around whom this team rallies. Our product surfaces are evolving drastically as agents reshape how software is built, and we are adjusting our engineering teams to match. It is an exciting time, and a rare chance to be a strong leader shaping dev tools for the agentic age of coding. Code Plane owns high-stakes, fast-moving products at the center of that shift and needs a tech lead who will set technical and product direction, drive the roadmap from issue to shipped, and keep the team unblocked and moving. You'll work directly with customers, design partners, and cross-functional partners to translate real customer needs into a concrete plan the team can build on, own, and follow.</p> <p>The team's surface areas include:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Batch Changes</strong> - our battle-tested execution layer for massive cross-repo changes helps developers automate large-scale code changes across all of an enterprise's repositories: keeping code up-to-date, fixing critical security issues, and paying down tech debt, with every change tracked through checks and code review until it merges. Teams at Stripe, Uber, and Dropbox, …