Full-Time Engineering Manager

Overview 

As a Software Engineering Manager you understand and shape the Agile and Lean processes we follow and can help drive the technology and product direction of the company. You’ll work with both internal teams, third-party partners, and our customers to prioritize needs & drive growth. 

Responsibilities

• Leading teams of highly-creative software professionals in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Understanding and driving Lean, Systems Thinking software engineering principals
• Establishing best practices for software engineering to ensure high-quality services that can be easily run in production
• Collaborating with architects and other technology leaders to help drive the direction of technology within the team and the company
• Monitoring high-level projects to ensure in-flight projects are on track
• Dropping down to a low level, when needed, to help direct project teams and keep projects on course
• Building trust and rapport with your directs, having meaningful 1:1s, cultivating careers and creating a culture of continuous feedback and psychological safety to ensure that engineers feel that Rithum is a place they can learn and grow through their career. 

Qualifications  

Minimum Qualifications  

• 5+ years as Sr. Software Engineer or higher
• 5+ years with team-lead or other leadership experience
• Practical, hands-on experience with Typescript, Javascript, Python
• Hands-on experience with AWS technologies, especially EC2, ECS, AWS OpenSearch, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis 

Preferred Qualifications 

• #Learn-it-all attitude to be able to dive in and understand unfamiliar systems and projects
• Ability to balance business needs with technical debt/cross-team dependencies
• Focus on delivering quality software in a timely manner #BiasForSpeedAndQuality
• Ability to be a great mentor #HireAndDevelopTheBest
• Positive attitude that shows #PersistentOptimism