As the Software Engineering Manager, you will report to the Director of Engineering and continuously collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to solve the most critical technical problems.

You Will

• Manage, lead by example, and mentor a team of 5+ Backend and Frontend Engineers to deliver high quality code that is secure, reusable, correct, and scalable.

• Dive deep into PR reviews and pair coding sessions to level up the team.

• Onboard as a backend engineer and look for high leverage opportunities to write code yourself.

• Help shape on call rotation processes and train your team to be effective incident responders.

• Elevate the quality of engineering across the organization by conducting code reviews, leading or participating in design sessions, improving documentation, and encouraging automation.

• Conceptualize and execute technical approaches for emerging systems and architecture.

• Build the Data Labs engineering brand through blog posts, culture, conferences, open-source projects, and meet-ups. 

• Collaborate with the Director of Engineering to help grow the engineering team and foster a culture that embodies our core values (see below).

Required Experience & Technical Skills

• Total industry experience of 12+ years desired of which 8+ years working as a Software Engineer or Architect. Experience as a manager is a plus but not required, however you must have previously worked as a tech lead.

• You are experienced in developing production-grade applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js OR similar technologies.

• Hands-on experience designing, creating and maintaining data pipelines using established workflow frameworks such as Airflow or Prefect (or similar).

• Experience building and scaling APIs with either GraphQL and Apollo or REST

• Proficient with SQL and NoSQL flavors like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DynamoDB. This includes proven experience in debugging RDBMS query performance.

• Proficient building cloud-native architectures in AWS or similar. You understand when to use Serverless/Lambda, but you also know where servers and Kubernetes can have their place.

• Exposure to front-end frameworks like React and NextJS

• Exposure to mobile applications using React Native or Native for iOS and Android

• You understand infrastructure as code using Terraform, Consul, CI/CD, and other tools.

• You've set up successful test suites to cover unit, integration, e2e, load, and security tests.

• You've worked in cross-functional Agile Scrum teams and rely on proven management methodologies.Excellent communication, presentation, and white-boarding skills.

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field; or comparable experience.

Our Core Values 

• Be Humble: You’re smart yet always interested in learning from others. 

• Work Transparently: You always deal in an honest, direct and transparent way. 

• Take Ownership: You embrace responsibility and find joy in having the answers. 

• Learn More: Through blog posts, newsletters, podcasts, video tutorials and meetups you regularly self-educate and improve your skill set. 

• Show Gratitude: You show appreciation and return kindness to those you work with. 

Perks 

• Competitive salary. 

• Competitive annual bonus targets. 

• 401k with dollar for dollar match, up to 6% of eligible earnings (base, bonus).  Plus additional company contribution. 

• RSU grants (Long Term Incentives) for approved roles. 

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance. 

• 17 paid holidays per year, including 3 floating holidays. 

• Annual Paid Time Off (PTO), with separate sick days.

• 12 weeks paid Parental Leave.

• Caregiver Leave.

• Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance Plan.

• Flexible workplace accommodations. 

• Attend AWS Re:Invent in person (Las Vegas) or virtually each year for approved roles.

• Tuition reimbursement. 

• A MacBook Pro and accompanying hardware to do great work. 

• A modern productivity toolset to get work done: Slack, Miro, Loom, Lucid, Google Docs, Atlassian and more. 

• Generous discounts on SkinMedica skin care products.