Engineering Manager
Cartwheel
RubyRuby on Rails
Salary
💰 $160,000 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
RubyRuby on Rails
About the role
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, balancing hands-on technical work with coaching and execution.
- Drive technical planning and team execution, from early discovery to final delivery.
- Partner on AI-backed product features, bringing practical experience in integrating models or AI services into production systems.
- Work side by side with Product and Design teams, connecting technical feasibility to customer outcomes.
- Transform product development by applying cutting-edge AI tools, driving impact in both what we build and how we build it.
- Raise the bar on technical standards, from pull request quality to incident response, ensuring that we leave things better than we found them.
- Foster a team culture where engineers take ownership of results, challenge each other constructively, and continuously level up.
Requirements
- Software engineering background: you’ve been a software engineer for 6+ years, including at least 2 years leading a team or function. Startup experience and comfort operating in fast, scrappy environments is a huge plus!
- Hands-on leadership: you’ve demonstrated your ability to guide system design, drive execution, and develop talent on growing Engineering teams.
- Experience with AI integration: you have practical experience shipping AI-powered product features or integrating third-party AI services into production systems.
- Technical adaptability: you’re familiar with Ruby on Rails or similar web frameworks (our core platform is built in Rails). You’re also open to learning new tools or frameworks to move faster and build better.
- Collaborative approach: you thrive in a cross-functional environment involving product managers, designers, marketers, and data analysts, and you value the unique perspective each person brings to the table.
- Results-driven: you’ve shown a bias for action and ownership in fast-paced, high-autonomy environments. You have strong instincts for balancing speed, quality, and simplicity in technical decision-making.
- Player/coach mindset: your team leadership style is grounded in clarity, trust, and accountability. You hold yourself to a high standard and help others to raise the bar.
- Passion: you’re excited about Instrumentl’s mission to propel nonprofits into a bigger, brighter future!
