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Engineering Manager
About the role
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join our team. You will lead a team of engineers and set priorities with product.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of engineers and set priorities with product.
- Hire, coach and review performance.
- Keep delivery predictable and quality high.
- Resolve conflicts and remove blockers.
- Report progress and risks upward.
Required
- Managing and growing software engineers
- Delivery and planning
- Hiring and performance management
- Technical judgement across the stack
- Communication with product and executives
Preferred
- Agile coaching
- Budgeting
- Hands-on coding history
- Cloud or data platforms
- Cross-team leadership
Tools and stack
Jira or similar, Roadmaps, One-on-one notes, Metrics dashboards, Code review tools, Hiring tools
Employment type: [Contract / W2 / C2C / Full-time]
Location: [City, ST / Remote]
Duration: [months]
Work authorization: [accepted types]Responsibilities explained
Each responsibility maps to something a candidate should be able to describe.
- Lead a team of engineers and set priorities with product.
- Hire, coach and review performance.
- Keep delivery predictable and quality high.
- Resolve conflicts and remove blockers.
- Report progress and risks upward.
Required skills
Treat these as the screen. If a candidate cannot speak to them, they are rarely a fit.
- Managing and growing software engineers
- Delivery and planning
- Hiring and performance management
- Technical judgement across the stack
- Communication with product and executives
Preferred skills
Use these to rank candidates who meet the required list.
- Agile coaching
- Budgeting
- Hands-on coding history
- Cloud or data platforms
- Cross-team leadership
Other titles this role appears under
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- Engineering Manager
- Software Engineering Manager
- Development Manager
- Manager, Software Development
Seniority guide
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- Mid: manages one team.
- Senior: manages several teams or managers.
- Director level: sets strategy across groups.
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