Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, overseeing output, technical decisions, career development, and priority management.

• Provide guidance on technical decisions and support sound architectural choices.

• Collaborate with engineering leaders, product management, design, and customer success to ensure successful roadmap delivery.

• Clarify requirements, eliminate ambiguity, and make scoping decisions for ongoing product initiatives.

• Take ownership of team execution from planning and prioritization to delivery.

• Ensure that commitments are fulfilled and that any blockers are swiftly addressed.

• Manage support escalations and work with customer success to triage, prioritize, and resolve production challenges.

• Guarantee timely and high-quality feature delivery through effective scoping and innovative problem-solving.

• Oversee testing outcomes and quality assurance gates.

• Collaborate with DevOps to enhance build pipelines and CI/CD processes.

• Promote code quality, testing, and engineering best practices.

• Measure and enhance team performance indicators (KPIs).

• Monitor cycle times, work in progress, and velocity to improve delivery health.

• Engage in hiring, onboarding, and fostering the growth of the engineering team.

• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance evaluations, and career development discussions.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3-5+ years of experience leading engineering teams in SaaS software environments.

• Direct management experience with engineers of varying seniority levels.

• Proven ability to develop talent and retain high-performing individuals.

• Proficient in at least one of the following: Elixir, React, React Native, or AWS.

• Practical experience leading Agile or Kanban/Lean sprint teams.

• Demonstrable improvements in velocity, quality, or delivery timelines.

• Experience in scoping, planning, and consistently shipping software.

• Background in building and refining supportive engineering processes.

• Capability to set clear goals and expectations, monitor progress, and make necessary adjustments.

• Experience managing projects from start to finish in fast-paced or ambiguous settings.

• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience advocating for engineering requirements across functions.

• Familiar with instrumentation, observability, and engineering performance tools.

• Comfortable working in a startup or high-growth environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity package

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life insurance

• Short-term disability insurance

• Long-term disability insurance

• 401(k)

• Employee assistance program (EAP)

• Flexible PTO with no preset limits

• Remote work from any US location outside California

• Hybrid work options from offices in New Orleans or Portland

• Yearly education stipend