Job description
Lead Engineer (Technical Owner) – Full Stack
Company Overview
Shibari Study is a young and dynamic company dedicated to making shibari education accessible to people worldwide. We pride ourselves on providing high-quality educational content in a unique and engaging way. Our team combines creativity and technical excellence to provide an engaging, intuitive, and beautifully designed user experience.
Shibari Study is an online rope education platform aimed at anyone interested in the art of Shibari, from total beginners to expert-level practitioners. There are step-by-step classes for models and riggers alike, running the gamut from introductory courses for newcomers to advanced suspension techniques — all taught by carefully selected world-class instructors. The brand’s professional- yet-accessible character is conveyed through its tone and language — personal and friendly without ever being infantilizing or patronizing. Shibari Study is focused on always being open and welcoming, while educating and empowering its users.
Job Summary
This is a senior individual contributor role designed for someone who wants to grow into broader technical leadership. You will have meaningful ownership from day one. The team is deeply AI-forward. You will be provided with a Claude Code Pro account ($200/mo) and are expected to actively leverage AI-assisted workflows to maximize development velocity and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Own technical planning and delivery across product initiatives (scope, sequence, tradeoffs, timelines)
- Triage, prioritize, and resolve incoming technical issues with a calm, structured approach
- Partner with product/design to shape solutions that are maintainable and measurable
- Lead the buildout of new product initiatives (including standalone feature areas with backend + analytics)
- Reduce legacy dependency and establish a clear path to a transition to custom solution
- Maintain and extend cloud infrastructure (AWS), including reliability, cost awareness, and performance
- Manage and improve deployment pipelines and workflows using GitHub (PR hygiene, environments, releases)
- Set sensible engineering standards (logging, monitoring, testing expectations, documentation)
- Improve analytics instrumentation
- Support and unblock other teams with clear technical communication (without becoming a helpdesk)
What You Will Work On (First 3 Months)
Zero-to-One Initiatives
- Studio Partnership Program: Architect and ship the core MVP for this greenfield product.
- Lead the end-to-end implementation including backend, analytics, and reliable instrumentation.
- Sequence milestones to ensure the system is maintainable and ready for rapid post-launch iteration.
In-house Architecture Roadmap
- uScreen Headless Migration: Lead the transition from legacy template-based hosting to a decoupled, in-house frontend.
- Build the API integration layer between uScreen’s backend and our custom stack to unlock UI flexibility and performance.
- Standardize event tracking and attribution across the ecosystem to ensure data-grounded product decisions.
Technical Operating Cadence
- Establish a high-velocity release workflow using GitHub and environment-specific deployments.
- Implement a triage rhythm and a “single source of truth” for technical priorities.
- Build out observability and reliability standards to eliminate
