Remote Manager, Software Engineering Job in San Jose, CA Affirm

Who you are

• Equivalent practical experience or Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 3+ years managing high performing engineering teams
• 7+ years in software development roles
• Proficiency in backend programming languages like Python
• Proficiency in front end frameworks like React or AngularJs
• Experience with cloud service providers such as AWS
• Experience with data frameworks such as Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes and Airflow
• Prior experience growing and managing a high performing engineering team
• Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
• Prior experience in the financial industry a plus
• Humble team-player who places the needs of others first and participates in the development of peers on the team

What the job involves

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Analytics teams to implement business critical features enabling new user experiences across the entire stack (mobile, web, backend)
• Create a long term technical roadmap that enables the team to keep up with our fast growing business
• Coach, develop, retain, and provide build individual growth plan for the team members
• Establish OKRs and critical metrics to set the engineering team’s direction and measure its success
• Mentor engineers on the team to help improve their designs, code quality, and testing
• Own availability and performance of your team’s systems
• Build a strong engineering culture around innovation, accountability, empathy, and execution
• Actively participate in making their team and workplace an inclusive environment for people from all backgrounds
• Build relationships with people across engineering and other organizations for the design, implementation, roll-out and maintenance of projects
• Participate in hiring engineers and growing talent

Application process

• Submit Application