Engineering Manager - Applications

About You

• You prefer to build thoughtful, well-designed systems that are scalable and performant. You can navigate the tradeoffs of delivering value, hitting deadlines, and building for the future.
• You enjoy working with cross-functional groups and can coordinate with many kinds of stakeholders.
• You have empathy for your team members and those who rely on your work. You value critical feedback and personal growth. You are genuinely interested in growing individuals beyond what they thought was possible in a sustainable manner. You enjoy mentoring others and are comfortable receiving and giving kind, candid feedback.
• You have excellent communication and collaboration skills. You can build and improve teamwork processes. You are comfortable working iteratively on internal processes.
• You have good judgment and can adapt to new situations. You can persist through ambiguity and reach a solution. 
• You have experience leading engineering teams remotely.
• You have experience with a high-growth engineering environment.
• You are interested in the energy space and are excited to learn more.

The Role

• Lead by example, care for the team, develop a supportive culture and promote work/life balance.
• Use your expertise in software engineering to ensure high-quality software is delivered incrementally.
• Provide mentorship and leadership to team members.
• Help/Guide individuals in setting clear goals and provide regular feedback on performance to foster career growth.
• Support developing technical vision for product areas.
• Coordinate project staffing and prioritization with Product Managers.
• Improve overall engineering quality through documentation, technical guidance and mentoring, and establishing and upholding best practices for the team.
• Give feedback on technical specs and review and approve code as needed.
• Implement new tools and practices, and improve existing tools and practices, that make the team more effective.

Some (Not All) Technologies We Use

• Javascript, Python, Go
• React, Flask, Goa
• AWS, Docker, Nomad
• Postgres, Kafka, Redis, S3