Remote Manager, Software Engineering Job in Greater Seattle Circle

Who you are

• 3 or more years of experience with technical leadership
• 7 or more years of experience with software engineering
• 3 or more years experience coding in one of the following languages: Go, Java, and/or Javascript
• Hands on technical manager experienced in designing, building and deploying secure, scalable products and services
• You are currently hands on coding and motivated to continue being hands on
• You love the idea of coaching and building leaders (both within your direct team and outside of your team)
• You have a passion for enabling and motivating people to do their best work
• You work very well cross-functionally, and are able to think rigorously and make hard decisions and tradeoffs
• You have experience managing remote teams
• The ability to thrive on a fast pace environment with high level of autonomy and responsibilities

What the job involves

• Run day-to-day activities of a dynamic engineering teams, including requirements grooming, scrums, retrospectives and team outings
• Design, build, and maintain APIs, user-facing experiences, services, and systems
• Actively hands on coding and directly supporting hands on engineers
• Provide technical and architectural direction for the development, design, integration, testing, and maintenance of our platform
• Lead agile software processes for engineering teams and introduce best-in-class industry practices
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure the teams' contributions align with company objectives, develop technology roadmaps and set realistic product release schedules
• Perform full lifecycle of team management to attract, engage, retain, coach and performance manage teams of exceptional engineers (e.g., mentoring, recruiting, training and development, performance evaluation)
• Act as an internal ambassador for the engineering team to other groups, communicating the opportunities and constraints technology offers to the development of projects
• Manage technical debt to ensure our development velocity stays responsive and predictable while minimizing production incidents of our operations
• Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of Circle's engineering management team
• Coordinate the execution of these activities working with cross-functional teams within Circle