Lead Engineer People Technology

About Bolt

Bolt is shaping a future where cities are built for people, not cars. What started as an ambitious project of a 19-year-old in 2013 has grown into a global mobility platform used by more than 200 million customers and 4.5 million driver and courier partners across 50 countries.

From ride-hailing and food delivery to scooters, e-bikes, and car-sharing, Bolt helps people move through cities every day. Small, autonomous teams drive this work, combining the speed and ownership of a startup with the scale of a global technology company backed by more than 1bn in funding.

And we're just getting started.

About the role

As a Lead Engineer People Technology, youll lead the team responsible for building and evolving the systems, integrations, and automation that support Bolts People function.

Youll set the technical direction, support and develop engineers, and help establish reliable, scalable ways to build and maintain People technology. A key part of the role will be shaping the systems and foundations needed as the People technology landscape evolves.

Youll also help define how the team uses automation and AI, make thoughtful decisions around tools and integrations, and partner with teams across Bolt to ensure data, systems, and processes remain secure and dependable.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Lead and develop the People Technology engineering team, setting priorities, supporting engineers, and providing regular feedback.
• Set the technical direction for integrations, automation, and core platforms that support People processes.
• Lead the engineering work required to build, improve, and evolve People systems and the connections between them.
• Make architecture and build-vs-buy decisions, helping the team choose practical and sustainable solutions for new technical needs.
• Stay hands-on when needed, contributing to technical design, code reviews, and implementation of key parts of the platform.
• Identify opportunities for automation and AI to improve People processes, while maintaining strong standards for security, privacy, access control, and reliability.

• Strong experience designing and building backend systems, integrations, APIs, or automation platforms and experience with AI/LLM-powered automation or agentic systems.
• Experience as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, or senior technical leader, with a track record of leading and developing engineers.
• Experience making technical and architecture decisions, with the ability to clearly communicate the trade-offs behind them.
• Comfortable working with legacy systems and leading complex migrations or major changes without disrupting critical business processes.
• Experience mentoring team members and raising a teams technical standards, ways of working, and overall engineering quality.

Nice to have

• Experience working with sensitive or regulated data, including strong access-control and privacy practices, is also a plus.

• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
• Enjoy a rewarding salary and stock options, knowing that as Bolt succeeds, so do you.
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.
• Celebrate 5 years at Bolt with a 1-month paid sabbatical to recharge.
• Connect with colleagues at annual company events and smaller team gatherings.
• Balance flexibility and in-person collaboration with our hybrid model, including at least 12 monthly in-office days.