Engineering Technical Lead

About Planet DDS

We’re on a mission to fix dental software - and we’re not playing small. Our platform replaces clunky, outdated systems with modern, cloud-based, AI-powered technology built to actually work m practice management to imaging to revenue cycle automation, we’re tearing down the old infrastructure and rebuilding the future of dentistry. Planet DDS is the fastest-growing provider of dental practice management solutions and the #1 cloud platform for DSOs and multi-location groups.

We’re on a mission to fix dental software - and we’re not playing small. Our platform replaces clunky, outdated systems with modern, cloud-based, AI-powered technology built to actually work m practice management to imaging to revenue cycle automation, we’re tearing down the old infrastructure and rebuilding the future of dentistry. Planet DDS is the fastest-growing provider of dental practice management solutions and the #1 cloud platform for DSOs and multi-location groups.

Here, you won’t just join a team - you’ll join a movement. We want bold thinkers who are ambitious enough to push limits, empathetic enough to work as one, and accountable enough to own big outcomes. Trust is our currency, collaboration is our edge, and impact is our fuel. If you’re ready to grow fast, challenge the status quo, and help reinvent an entire industry, Planet DDS is where you belong.

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We’re looking for a Tech Lead who is a strong software engineer first – someone who has integrated AI development tools deeply into how they work and can drive a small, autonomous team to deliver meaningful outcomes for our customers. This isn’t a management role. You won’t have HR responsibilities. What you will have is ownership: a dedicated product pod (typically 2 software engineers and a QA engineer), a direct line to Dev Ops, DBAs, and Product, and access to real customers so you can iterate fast and ship with confidence.

You’ll lead the technical direction of your pod, make architectural decisions, unblock your teammates, and set the standard for how modern, AI-assisted software engineering gets done at Planet DDS. You’ll have meaningful input into how we evolve our engineering practices as an organization, and you’ll be a key part of our transition to outcome-driven, pod-based delivery.

• This is a hybrid position working 1-2x per week in our Glasgow, Scotland office.

• Own the technical delivery of your pod’s commitments end-to-end: from technical design through implementation, testing, and deployment
• Drive planning, estimation, and prioritization within your pod, working closely with your Product Lead to balance technical quality with delivery speed
• Remove blockers for your team; coordinate with Dev Ops, DBAs, and other pods to keep work flowing
• Establish and maintain a sustainable pace of weekly deployments, continuously improving the team’s ability to ship with confidence
• Make sound architectural decisions that are maintainable, scalable, and aligned with our product direction
• Write production code daily – this is a hands-on role where you lead by doing, not just directing
• Use AI-assisted development tools strategically across the full SDLC: planning work with AI agents, generating and refining code, creating comprehensive test coverage, and accelerating debugging
• Drive improvements to development processes, tooling, and CI/CD pipelines within your pod and across the wider engineering org
• Mentor engineers on effective AI-assisted workflows; help establish team-wide patterns and practices that raise the bar for everyone
• Conduct meaningful code reviews that focus on design, maintainability, and helping teammates grow
• Foster a culture of technical curiosity, continuous improvement, and shared ownership of quality
• Collaborate directly with Product to shape technical solutions that address real customer problems
• Participate in customer feedback sessions to build empathy and inform technical decisions
• Translate customer needs and product goals into clear technical plans your pod can execute against

• 12+ years of commercial software engineering…