Engineering Manager (Frontend)
Hands-on engineering manager leading frontend team building collaborative document editing features. Requires 7+ years engineering experience including 1+ year leadership, proficiency in Node.js, modern frontend frameworks, and AWS.
About the job
The Role
Technical Leadership
- Provide hands-on technical guidance to the team, ensuring best practices in software development, architecture, and design.
Team Management
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Product Development
- Drive the development of new features and enhancements, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability.
Collaboration
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to align on goals, prioritize initiatives, and deliver exceptional user experiences.
Code Quality
- Oversee code reviews, ensure adherence to coding standards, and advocate for clean, maintainable, and testable code.
Innovation
- Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in collaborative editing, cloud infrastructure, and web development, and apply them to improve our product.
Operational Excellence
- Ensure the stability and performance of the Docs platform, proactively addressing technical debt and optimizing system architecture.
Qualifications
Technical Expertise
- Proficiency in Node.js, relational databases, and at least one modern frontend framework.
- Experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure.
Leadership Experience
- Proven track record of managing and scaling engineering teams.
- Strong ability to mentor and develop technical talent.
Problem-Solving Skills
- Ability to tackle complex technical challenges and make data-driven decisions.
Communication
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 1 year in a leadership role.
Skills
Node.js, Relational Databases, Frontend Framework, AWS, JavaScript, React, TypeScript, Collaborative Editing, Cloud Infrastructure, Web Development
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