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Engineering Manager – Foundations

Engineering Manager – Foundations

CompanyLaunchDarkly
LocationUnited States
Salary$158900 – $240000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in a formal engineering management role.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience building modern web applications.
  • Experience guiding technical architecture and growing engineering teams in a fast-paced environment.
  • The ability to track and drive metrics, and the wisdom to understand what they can and can’t tell you.
  • Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • A thoughtful, empathetic approach to leadership and collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the portfolio of your team’s work, appropriately managing everyone’s time and assigning them to the highest priority work.
  • Help your team make design and architectural decisions to ensure success.
  • Anticipate the growth of our service and keep your parts of the service healthy.
  • As part of our you-build-it-you-run-it culture, all developers may be responsible of support applications in production, including on-call.
  • Lead and mentor a team of full-stack engineers through hiring, coaching, and performance management.
  • Partner with Product and Design to define a roadmap that balances feature delivery, operational health, and bug fixing as well as scope new features.
  • Guide architectural decisions and contribute to code reviews and technical designs.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, continuous learning, and inclusivity.
  • Help your team understand their mission and how they fit in with the overall business goals.
  • Advocate for the team’s technical needs and ensure alignment with company-wide goals.
  • Stay current with technologies and software development trends, and drive their adoption where appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

    No preferred qualifications provided.