diff --git a/profile.ts b/profile.ts
index 0a7e3ea..d240188 100644
--- a/profile.ts
+++ b/profile.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ const SIGNALS: [RegExp, number, string][] = [
   [/\bbackend\b|\bfull.?stack\b|\bapi\b|\bintegration\b/i, 2, "backend/API"],
   [/forward\s+deployed|\bfield\s+engineer|solutions?\s+engineer|customer\s+engineer/i, 4, "forward-deployed"],
   [/\bsoftware\s+engineer\b|\bdeveloper\b/i, 2, "software"],
+  // Tech Lead is an explicit target role (see CLAUDE.md), but a bare title like
+  // "Technical Lead" or "Tech Lead" alone only ever hit the generic seniority
+  // bucket below (2pts, same as "senior"/"staff") — below minScore(4), so it
+  // silently never reached the digest. Give it its own weight so it clears
+  // the bar on its own, same as the other role-specific signals above.
+  [/\btech(?:nical)?\s*lead\b/i, 3, "tech lead"],
   // seniority — he's Staff-level; junior titles are already dropped upstream
   [/\b(?:senior|staff|principal|lead|head\s+of|architect)\b/i, 2, "senior"],
 ];