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Trusted by some of the world’s biggest brands, we’re passionate about user experience and the transformative power of human insight.</span><br></p>\n<p><br><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">About the role</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">We’re looking for a Technical Team Lead to join our team - someone who loves building great products and helping other engineers do their best work. </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">At Optimal, we build tools that help teams make better decisions through user research. We’re a small, ambitious team, which means you’ll have real impact on how we build, ship, and scale our product. You’ll play a key role in shaping the strategy and roadmap - partnering closely with other technical leaders and our CTPO.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This role is a mix of hands-on engineering, technical leadership, and people leadership. 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