Engineering Lead, Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer

Location: Hybrid, New York City

This role is expected to work remotely on a regular basis, with regular on-site meetings. We're seeking candidates located in or near NYC.

Our vision is simple: the whole world, empowered.

Endless Access is tackling one of the defining challenges of our time: how do you educate entire nations of young people in today's most valuable skills when they may lack reliable internet, expensive devices, or access to quality education? We believe access to digital tools and skills is foundational - not just to individual opportunity, but to closing the global digital divide.

Through our learning programs and open-source initiatives, we work to ensure that underserved communities worldwide can become not just digital consumers, but creators.

Our strategy revolves around Community Game Making. Our flagship project, Threadbare, is a free, open-source game built to be fun to play and approachable to contributors at every skill level. Around it, we've built a learning community where young people progress from player to creator to contributor - developing real, transferable skills in game development and the broader digital economy through peer-to-peer mentorship and collaborative project work.

We've proven the model works with thousands of learners across the Global South, and we're now ready to scale to millions.

At the center of our community is a web platform that weaves together learning experiences, learner recognition, portfolio publishing, and the tools contributors need to participate in a real game project. We're looking for an Engineering Lead to own the technical direction and day-to-day engineering operations of that platform. This is a hands‑on role that combines deep technical expertise with team and delivery management.

On the technical side, you'll drive architecture decisions, set code standards, and participate actively in engineering - solving complex problems and ensuring high-quality output across a full-stack codebase. You'll also lead the team's engineering practices, from code review and QA to monitoring and the smart use of AI tools to keep the team moving fast.

On the people and delivery side, you'll run the team's agile processes - standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, issue triage, and serve as the primary point of contact between engineers and the rest of the organization. You'll work closely with Product to establish roadmap priorities, validate work in progress against product intentions, and help translate product requirements into actionable engineering work.

This is a role for someone who leads from the front - technically sharp, operationally rigorous, and able to keep a distributed team aligned and moving at pace.

• Expertise in web development (Java script/Typescript), working across frontend, backend and databases. You craft complex systems without difficulty, and you’re recognised for your ability to swiftly solve the most complicated engineering problems.
• Strong engineering team management experience. You can smoothly and effectively run the day-to-day agile engineering processes of a small team.
• Product collaboration skills. You can help take product features from ideation to actionable tickets, working closely with the Product Manager on planning and prioritisation. You’re a key part of the product roadmap formation, with enough product instinct to push back constructively when needed and to help the team stay focused on the right problems.
• Meticulous communication and organisational skills. You don’t let requests get dropped or questions go unanswered. You ensure key information gets recorded in the right places. You ensure the…