Own day-to-day execution of your engineering pod: sprint planning, delivery, and team health
Partner closely with product managers to align on quarterly goals, clear blockers, and keep work pointed in the right direction
Work alongside engineering leadership and the engineering team on architectural decisions, shaping them, not just attending them
Take on a second engineering pod within 3 to 6 months as your leadership of the first team is established
Lead full performance management for 8 to 12 engineers: 1:1s, twice-annual reviews, coaching plans, and promotion recommendations
Translate emergent AI strategies into team-level execution; partner across the org to test and refine workflows, review cycles, and SDLC practices as engineering-wide standards take shape.

7+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong background in full stack web application development
4+ years managing engineering teams, including experience managing multiple concurrent teams or pods
Track record of shipping software across an agile SDLC, with a bias towards rapid, iterative development and constantly shortening the feedback loop
Strong partner to product management who looks beyond the tech stack; possesses the business curiosity and customer insights necessary to make decisive product calls and navigate complex cross-functional trade-offs
Full-range people management experience: growing high performers, supporting struggling ones, and hiring new ones
Technical grounding strong enough to give credible feedback on code and architectural decisions
Informed point of view on AI in software engineering, you've thought about how the process changes, not just the speed
Experience with Ruby on Rails and React are a plus

Senior Manager, Engineering

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