Senior Engineering Manager
Raya
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
CloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaScriptNode.js
About the role
- Manage, lead, and mentor a team of software engineers specializing in Node.js.
- Develop and execute product development plans in alignment with the strategic vision set by senior leadership.
- Ensure that the team follows industry best practices in software design, development, testing, and operations.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and data team stakeholders to understand business requirements, and translate them into technical specifications.
- Steer the agile development process, encouraging communication, collaboration, and responsiveness to changes, and business needs.
- Oversee the development and continuous enhancement of scalable, secure, and efficient cloud software systems in a mature codebase powering a thriving business.
- ~50% hands on technical software engineering, ~50% people/performance/project management is expected.
Requirements
- Minimum 6 years of experience in people management of high performance engineering teams, in a role with direct reports.
- Deep knowledge of Node.js is expected. Go experience is a nice to have.
- Familiarity with cloud architecture, services, deployment models, and distributed systems is required.
- Proven project management skills - a track record of creative problem solving, and execution to fulfill commitments.
- Experience sourcing, screening, interviewing, and hiring software engineers.
- Excellent communication, and leadership skills with a clear ability to empower team members.
- Experience serving within and administering an operational excellence program: production readiness, observability, on call.
Benefits
- comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- $50 a day food delivery budget
- equity-based employment
- great culture
- learning opportunities
- unlimited vacation
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- $1,000 a year to go somewhere in the world that they’ve never been
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Node.jsGocloud architecturecloud servicesdeployment modelsdistributed systemssoftware designsoftware developmentsoftware testingsoftware operations
Soft skills
people managementleadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem solvingproject managementmentoringempowermentresponsivenessteam management