Development Manager
Awesome Motive, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Florida • United States
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About the role
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of developers through hands-on collaboration.
- Facilitate technical discussions.
- Remove blockers and shield the team from distractions while maintaining productivity.
- Drive hiring decisions and help build a world-class engineering team.
- Establish and maintain development processes that enable high-velocity delivery.
- Collaborate with Product, QA, and Design teams to ensure alignment.
- Take full ownership of team deliverables and deadlines - no excuses.
- Foster a culture of extreme ownership and high agency within your team.
- Write production-quality code for critical features and complex problems.
- Architect technical solutions and make key technical decisions.
- Ability to evaluate, implement, and establish best practices for AI tools adoption to enhance team productivity while maintaining code ownership and security standards.
- Lead by example through hands-on coding, debugging, and problem-solving.
- Perform code reviews and ensure code quality standards are exceeded.
- Optimize performance and scalability for millions of WordPress users.
- Drive technical excellence through direct contribution to the codebase.
- Prepare and review technical design documents (Pitches) for major features.
- Troubleshoot and resolve the most challenging technical issues through direct involvement.
Requirements
- Proven work experience in web development, 7+ years.
- Hands-on engineering leadership experience, 3+ years.
- Strong proficiency in PHP (modern PHP 7+/8+), 5+ years.
- Experience with Laravel or other modern PHP frameworks.
- Experience leveraging AI-powered coding assistants to accelerate development workflows and improve code quality across the team.
- Extensive experience with WordPress plugin development, 4+ years.
- Expert-level understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3.
- Deep experience with MySQL, database optimization, and scaling.
- Mastery of software design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean architecture.
- Proven track record of shipping production code regularly while in a leadership role.
- Experience with Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong experience with RESTful APIs and third-party integrations.
- Demonstrated ability to debug and solve complex technical problems independently.
- Proven experience leading engineering teams while maintaining individual contribution.
- Track record of mentoring developers and improving team capabilities.
- Ability to make autonomous decisions and take full accountability for outcomes.
- Experience balancing technical debt with feature delivery.
- Ability to manage special projects while maintaining a high level of collaboration with the Project Management function.
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
- Ability to keep complex ideas and features simple. (Simplicity is a core value!)
- English at the upper intermediate level or higher.
- Experience leading fully remote, distributed teams.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary.
- Term Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment for all full-time team members during their employment.
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance benefits for full-time U.S. employees.
- Health Insurance benefits for all employees in Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and Ukraine.
- Work from your home. We’re spread out all over the world – United States, Canada, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, Singapore, and more.
- Flexible PTO after 90 days of employment. We encourage employees to take the time they need for a vacation, stay healthy, and spend time with friends and family.
- Holidays (based on your location)
- Paid Parental Leave.
- We happily provide or reimburse software you’ll need as well as books or courses that promote continued learning.
- We cover all costs of company travel (including our annual all-company retreat and mini-team meetups).
- Additional Perks include AM Welcome Box for new team members, Yearly Anniversary Gifts, and Technology Stipend each work anniversary.
- We give you the opportunity to solve challenging and meaningful problems that make a difference.
- Ability to work with some of the best people in the business through frequent, if not daily, interactions.
- And in case you were wondering: no politics, no b.s., and no jerks.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
PHPLaravelJavaScriptHTML5CSS3MySQLRESTful APIsAI toolsGitCI/CD
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingaccountabilitycommunicationownershipadaptabilitysimplicityteam building