Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee Honeydew's Operations Experience engineering team, including contractors.

• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, offer direct feedback, and foster the growth of team members.

• Take ownership of team planning, delivery, efforts, and outcomes.

• Engage in agile ceremonies and participate in planning and design sessions for operational feature projects.

• Ensure the team maintains a predictable shipping schedule and identify risks and trade-offs early.

• Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and both Product and Engineering leadership on feature planning and execution.

• Shape the structure, headcount, and hiring strategy through 2027.

• Set team ownership milestones, which include one-on-ones, planning and delivery responsibilities, and documented growth plans.

• Establish baseline metrics for cycle time, throughput, and deployment frequency, aiming to improve at least two by 20% or more by day 180.

• Evaluate planned operations projects and determine required capacity.

• Draft a comprehensive vision for team structure, headcount, and hiring strategy.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to provide direct feedback, manage performance (including addressing underperformance), and nurture engineers at various seniority levels and employment models.

• Exceptional communication skills at all levels of the organization.

• Capability to convert priorities into actionable plans while ensuring the team consistently delivers results.

• Proficiency in identifying risks and trade-offs early in the process.

• Experience collaborating across multiple teams and departments.

• Sufficient technical knowledge to understand systems, evaluate technical trade-offs, uphold quality standards, and gain the respect of senior engineers.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience managing an engineering team (preferred).

• Familiarity with React, Node, AWS, and SQL (preferred).

• A player-coach mentality and readiness to engage in coding (preferred).

• Authorization to work for any employer in the United States without restrictions.

• Visa sponsorship status is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Equity opportunities.

• Comprehensive health benefits.

• Fully remote position.

• Employee perks.

• Recognition programs.