Senior Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, emphasizing professional growth, team well-being, and career advancement.

• Provide ongoing coaching, constructive feedback, goal-setting, and discussions focused on career progression.

• Establish clarity regarding priorities, expectations, responsibilities, and successful outcomes.

• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to set priorities, drive execution, and achieve desired results.

• Support projects through all phases, including planning, architecture, implementation, rollout, and long-term maintenance.

• Comprehend system design, review technical plans, engage in architectural discussions, and assess trade-offs.

• Assist with code reviews and technical feedback while primarily empowering the team rather than frequently contributing production code.

• Remove obstacles for engineers by providing context, connecting individuals, and clarifying priorities.

• Participate in the conceptualization and technical design of new ideas and product enhancements.

• Propel architectural improvements for scalability, reliability, maintainability, and performance.

• Reinforce engineering standards, development practices, testing routines, and ownership.

• Encourage quality, accountability, collaboration, and a culture of continuous improvement.

• Work alongside the CTO, engineering leadership, and cross-functional partners to enhance products and technical infrastructure.

• Assist with hiring, onboarding, mentoring, performance evaluations, and career development within engineering.

• Cultivate a collaborative, low-ego, high-ownership culture in a fully remote work environment.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in developing modern web applications.

• Proven experience in managing, leading, or mentoring engineers in a rapidly evolving technical setting.

• A genuine passion for people management, coaching, feedback, and fostering engineer development.

• Strong technical acumen and the ability to comprehend code, architecture, system design, and engineering trade-offs.

• Comfortable participating in code reviews and engaging in technical discussions.

• Bachelor's Degree is required, preferably in Computer Science.

• Capability to design systems and features with a focus on scalability, security, reliability, and performance.

• Experience with databases and optimizing query performance.

• Able to thrive in a fully remote working environment.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the country for which application is made.

• Vetcove is currently unable to sponsor work visas.

• Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus

• Equity

• Comprehensive benefits package

• Background check required for employment

• Equal opportunity workplace

• Accommodations available during the application or interview process