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Engineering Manager

250k – 270kSan Francisco, CAEngineering ManagementHybrid5+ YOE
Summary

Engineering Manager responsible for leading software engineering teams, overseeing platform infrastructure on AWS, mentoring engineers, and driving technical strategy in a hybrid work environment.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in software engineering
  • Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines
  • Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems
  • Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity
  • Oversee the design, development, and deployment of platform solutions using AWS services (DynamoDB, Kinesis, EC2) and databases like Postgres
  • Work closely with engineering and product leaders to identify use cases, define requirements, and drive technical decisions
  • Promote a culture of innovation, encourage creative problem-solving, and drive continuous improvement
  • Mentor engineers at all levels, providing guidance on career development and technical skills
  • Establish clear team objectives and align them with broader business goals
  • Regularly evaluate progress and adjust priorities to meet evolving needs
  • Ensure platform infrastructure meets high standards for reliability, availability, and performance with proactive monitoring and rapid incident response
  • Act as a key contributor to overall engineering initiatives, collaborating with other leaders across the company

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
  • 5 years of experience in software engineering manager/director-related occupation
  • At least 5 years of experience leading and mentoring a team of software engineers
  • At least 5 years of experience with cross-functional collaboration with engineering, product, security, and compliance teams
  • At least 2 years of experience with AWS services such as DynamoDB and Kinesis
  • At least 2 years of experience with event-driven software architecture principles
  • At least 2 years of experience with Terraform, CircleCI, ArgoCD, AWS CloudFormation, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • At least 2 years of experience with Datadog, GitHub Actions, PagerDuty, and AWS CloudWatch
  • At least 2 years of experience forging strategic relationships with third-party vendors
  • At least 2 years of experience with customer-centric culture and driving engineering productivity

Must be available to work on projects at various, unanticipated sites throughout the United States. Telecommuting is permitted.

Skills
AWSDynamoDBKinesisEC2PostgreSQLTerraformCircleCIArgoCDAWS CloudFormationDockerKubernetesDatadogGitHub ActionsPagerDutyAWS CloudWatch
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