Feature leading at Bolt: More than writing code

At Bolt, engineers don’t just implement tickets. They lead features end-to-end. A feature lead owns the plan, coordinates a cross-platform squad, removes blockers, and drives the rollout to make sure the feature is truly done. This post breaks down Bolt’s feature lifecycle, what goes into a strong system design document, how success metrics and analytics are defined, and how we launch safely through controlled rollouts and A/B tests.