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title: 'Staff Engineer/ Tech Lead at Ideals'
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# Staff Engineer/ Tech Lead at Ideals

- **Company:** Ideals
- **Location:** Ukraine
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ideals/ada4f6d8-20c1-4b10-96d4-aeb1a61cdf87

## Job description

Get to know us Ideals is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as [the most highly rated and customer-centric brand](https://www.g2.com/categories/virtual-data-room?tab=highest_rated) in the secure business collaboration market. Trusted by over 2,000,000 users from 300,000 companies globally, we help people run high-stakes processes and make important decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours. https://www.idealsvdr.com/: Secure document sharing and collaboration for due diligence, fundraising, corporate reporting, licensing, clinical trials, and other complex transactions.

## The role

We're looking for a Staff Engineer / Tech Lead to join our Engineering team. In this role, you'll combine hands-on technical delivery with impact that extends beyond a single team: raising engineering standards, helping teams work through ambiguous problems, and supporting the growth of the engineers around you. You'll work as part of a team on modernization efforts and new feature initiatives, including AI-related capabilities, and your focus and team assignment may evolve based on where the organization needs expertise most. Impact in this role spans four areas: hands-on project delivery, engineering excellence across the wider backend, providing direction when problems are ambiguous, and contributing to the growth of the people around you. This role tends to be the most rewarding for engineers who enjoy being a multiplier for the people around them: unblocking teams, shaping direction together, and growing others along the way, rather than working in isolation or waiting to be told exactly what to do next.

## What you will do

- Work hands-on within your team, contributing to the design, development, and delivery of features and technical solutions
- Lead technical modernization efforts within your team while enabling delivery of new functionality, including AI-related features
- Raise engineering standards and practices across the backend, and help solve problems shared across multiple teams
- Help teams turn ambiguous, poorly defined problems into a clear plan of action when experience or confidence is lacking
- Contribute to the growth of engineers around you through mentoring, input into personal development plans, and recommendations on skills, resources, or courses
- Balance hands-on delivery with acting as an enabler for other engineers and processes, rather than simply directing others' work

## What you bring

- Expert-level backend engineering skills in C# / .NET
- Solid experience with automated testing, DevOps practices, and working with databases
- A strong product mindset - understanding of the business and product context behind technical decisions
- Proven ability to work autonomously and collaborate as a peer with senior engineers, without needing tasks broken down for you
- Comfort with responsibilities beyond pure technical delivery, such as mentoring, cross-team collaboration, or representing the team on broader initiatives
- Strong communication skills and an Upper-intermediate (B2) or higher level of English

## Nice to have

- Hands-on experience building or integrating AI-related features
- Experience with system design and architecture-level decision-making

## What we offer

We highly value our people, so we will empower you with all the resources and support to help you reach your full potential.

For your best work

- Remote-first flexibility to shape your ideal workday
- Home workplace budget
- Resilient home budget for Ukraine-based teammates
- Resilient office in Kyiv & co-working expense coverage
- Individual IT budget for extra equipment
- Top-tier tech and AI-powered tools

For your growth

- Access to Ideals Academy with numerous courses
- Investment in external learning and development activities
- Guidance in Personal Development Plan creation
- Professional literature and subscriptions coverage
- Support of your passion as a speaker or writer
- Internal talent mobility opportunities

For your well-being

- Medical insurance and Wellness Package for sport-related activities
- Full coverage of mental health sessions for Ukrainian teammates
- Funding for sports competitions
- 20 business days of paid time off per year
- Unlimited health-related time-off

Extra perks

- Generous internal referral program

Our culture Commitment, Excellence, Collaboration, Trust and Care are core values to the Ideals team. For us, these are the principles that every Idealer lives and breathes. We are on the lookout for like-minded individuals who share our values. By doing so, we create a team where talents feel at ease and work to the best of their abilities. [Discover more](https://ideals.jobs/our-culture/).

Ideals is an equal opportunity employer Ideals is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people from all walks of life. We don’t discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, or citizenship.

## About Ideals

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ideals provides a market-leading virtual data room (VDR) platform that enables secure document sharing and due diligence for M&A, fundraising, IPOs, and other high-stakes financial transactions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped)
- **Headquarters**: United States (with 9 global offices and employees in 37 countries)
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Virtual Data Room (VDR) software, Secure Document Sharing, M&A Technology, Board Management
- Target customers: Enterprises, investment banks, law firms, private equity and venture capital firms, and corporations involved in M&A, fundraising, and financial transactions (B2B, Enterprise)
- Mission or purpose statement: To accelerate critical business decisions by enabling secure, efficient document sharing during the due diligence phase of transactions.

## Products & Services
- **[Ideals Virtual Data Room (VDR)**]: The core SaaS product – a secure online repository for storing and sharing confidential documents during financial transactions. Features include granular access controls, Fence View (document concealment), dynamic watermarking, automatic indexing, and detailed analytics.
- **[Ideals Board**]: A newer SaaS product for board management and governance, designed to streamline meeting preparation, collaboration, and secure communication for board members.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held, bootstrapped)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of GBP 3,850,807 (approx. $4.9M USD); 2M+ customers trust the platform; 175,000+ organizations served.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Bootstrapped – no external investors. Key partners include global data centers for compliance (GDPR, SOC2, HIPAA).
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Headcount grew 20.9% year-over-year (now 423 employees).
    - Rated G2 Market Leader for five consecutive years based on 700+ reviews (4.7 out of 5).
    - Expanding a new Sales hub in Bogotá, Colombia, aiming to grow from 6 to 20+ SDRs by mid-2026.
    - Board management software market projected to hit $6.44B by 2031, signaling a new growth vector.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Bootstrapped Stability**: Profitable and independent, allowing for long-term strategic decisions without investor pressure.
- **Market Leadership**: Consistently ranked as the #1 VDR provider on G2, a key independent review platform.
- **Global Compliance & Security**: Operates 9 data centers worldwide and adheres to stringent standards (GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA), a critical requirement for enterprise clients.
- **High Customer Trust**: Serves 2M+ professionals across 175,000+ organizations, including Fortune 500 companies.
- **Product Ecosystem**: Expanding from a VDR into board management (Ideals Board), creating a sticky, multi-product offering.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic Expansion**: Building out a new Sales hub in Bogotá, Colombia, to tap into Latin American talent and markets.
- **Product Diversification**: Driving adoption of the new Ideals Board product to complement the core VDR business.
- **AI-Powered Efficiency**: Equipping teams with the latest tech and AI-powered tools to automate routine work and focus on high-impact initiatives.
- **Scaling the Sales Team**: Aggressively hiring across sales roles (Account Executives, SDRs, Sales Managers) in the US, Europe, and Latin America.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-First Culture**: Ideals is a remote-first company with employees in 30+ countries. Some roles may require in-person client interaction or co-working visits, but the default is flexibility.
- **High-Growth Environment**: With 20.9% headcount growth and a new product launch, the company offers significant opportunity for career advancement and impact.
- **Investment in Growth**: Personalized development plans, access to "Ideals Academy," fully-covered courses, books, and subscriptions.
- **Strong Company Culture**: 89% of employees call Ideals a great place to work. Values include Commitment, Care, Trust, Excellence, and Collaboration.
- **Attractive Benefits**: Home office budget, co-working expense coverage, tailored wellness package, global meetups, and a $1,000 employee referral bonus.
- **Startup Vibe, Solid Playbook**: Described as having a startup energy with a mature playbook, meaning less bureaucracy but clear processes.

## Sources
1. [ideals.jobs](https://ideals.jobs/)
2. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/idealsvdr)
3. [LinkedIn Jobs Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/idealsvdr/jobs)
4. [Ideals VDR Website](https://www.idealsvdr.com/?page_id=7)
5. [Ideals Bogotá Sales Hub Page](https://ideals.jobs/colombia-sales/)

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