Engineering Manager

Headquarters: Remote
URL: https://careers.followupboss.com

• Opportunity to have a big impact on our growth and your career
• No red tape or pointless meetings
• Competitive base salary - top 10% in US; for this position, the starting salary is $220k.
• Strong benefits package including a 401k with 6% match, health/dental/vision insurance for you and our family, funding for continuing education, paid parental leave, kindle + unlimited books, home office setup, company meetups, and 20 PTO + 10 sick days.
• See the direct impact of your work and the value you created for customers.
• Provide direct input on technical and non-technical decisions—your opinion matters.

• You would describe yourself as a patient, empathetic, and having a good sense of humor.
• You’re independent, self-motivated and can stay efficient and productive without someone looking over your shoulder all day long
• You have superb written and verbal skills (with a professional yet fun demeanor)
• You are based in the United States (or similar time zone)
• You are happy to communicate directly with customers (we are customer driven).

• Self-motivated and proactive mindset.
• Remote work experience is required.
• Based in the USA, with a quiet home office with fast internet.
• At least 8+ years of experience in web development, and at least 3 years of management experience.
• You have the desire to grow and learn as a manager, grow and develop others, and get results through others rather than personal technical proficiency.
• You are proficient with software development practices for triage, prioritization, and execution. We use Shape Up.
• You communicate clearly and can develop positive relationships with others, regardless of their rank or role.
• You resolve problems, manage risk, lead change, facilitate collaborative decision-making, and delegate to team members with different skill sets from your own.
• Strong technical background, preferably with PHP, React, RDBMS, and AWS.
• Exceptional time management skills.
• Attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Pragmatic decision-making.

• Mentor and provide regular feedback to employees regarding code quality, career development, communication style, and work-life balance.
• Communicate your team’s goals, the scope and risks of your projects, and be responsible for the delivery of initiatives on clear timelines.
• Ensure the software your team delivers is on time, high quality, measurable, and maintainable.
• Participate in hiring and sourcing to build a diverse, high performance engineering team.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and design leadership to define and prioritize projects that help us meet our objectives.
• Provide clarity to the team and the company, ensuring they have a clear understanding of the direction of the projects and the reasoning behind decisions.
• Ensure our service runs with a high level of reliability, performance, and security.
• Encourage an environment of technical excellence, and facilitate architectural discussions and decision making.
• Be a technical point of contact for partnerships as we grow.
• Technical vetting of product pitches.
• Do some practical coding with the team when it makes sense.

• Become familiar with our product, codebase and processes.
• Pair with engineering leadership to gain knowledge about the system and how we work.
• Improve the new hire onboarding process, by being a part of it.
• Transition of 6-7 current engineers to your charge.

• Leading 2-3 product projects within our development cycle.
• Assist in code review.
• Assist in planning our tech debt/cool down work.

• Improve processes in the areas of testing, dev tooling, code quality, and training.
• Assist in engineering hiring and sourcing efforts
• Provide technical vetting for product pitches

• Teamwork
• Communication
• Code Quality
• Focus and Prioritization
• Customer Driven
• Leadership Qualities