Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. FloSports is the leading digital platform for underserved sports, and they are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and grow a high-performing team of software engineers. The role involves driving the strategic vision of applications and collaborating closely with Product Managers and Designers to enhance the overall Product Engineering Department.
Responsibilities
- Manage the performance, development and engagement of software engineers (4-6 direct reports) including hiring and growing of a high-performance team in shipping full stack web applications, features and services
- Drives execution by organizing team work, setting goals, and holding the team accountable, including monitoring and escalating team issues
- Ability to collaborate with Product Owners, designers, and QA on scheduling, planning, and sizing of functional specifications and software designs
- Actively work against bottlenecks impacting the team so they can make progress towards team and department goals
- Responsible for staying familiar with industry advances that may improve the team's ability to execute more efficiently
- Responsible for the quality and technical output of the team
- Recruit, interview, and onboard new team members
- Help to foster a culture of growth, openness, and opportunities for your team, including regular collaboration with other Engineering Leaders to drive accountability, autonomy, inclusion, diversity, and performance across the department
- Participate in code reviews, technical/architectural design and discussions, ensuring teams have healthy on-call escalations and incident management
Skills
- 4+ years' experience doing software engineering in a hands-on capacity - front-end and back-end focus
- 2+ years management and / or team leadership experience in a software development role
- Experience in leading a team of software engineer, helping them improve their skills, grow their careers, hiring and performance management
- Demonstrated ability to focus on process improvements and key performance metrics that add to the overall effectiveness of the development team
- Able to collaborate effectively and act as a partner in product decisions
- Ability to understand systems and software architecture similar to a Sr. level engineer with considerations towards high traffic scalable web and distributed systems with an eye towards improving quality, reliability, performance and scalability
- Proficiency in Front-End and Backend-End technologies
- Proficient in consuming and building RESTful APIs with JSON and CRUD
- High level proficiency with CI/CD processes
- Experience with containerization preferred
- Experience with large data sets preferred
Benefits
- Recognized three years in a row as a Top Workplace by the Austin-American Statesman
- Flexibility at work - you can take control of your profession and personal schedule
- All-hands events hosted annually in beautiful Austin, Texas
- Annual equity awards for all top performers
- Competitive and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
- Peace of mind through company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance
- Generous 401(K) company match vested immediately
- Progressive parental leave policies
- Flexible paid time off
- Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events
- Company donation to youth teams and leagues that our employees coach
- Stocked snack bar, catered lunch and breakfast tacos every week
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