About the Role

We are seeking an engineering manager to grow our engineers and our engineering practice. We believe in practicing managers, who want to contribute to the code as well as grow engineers. This role will be responsible for coaching up to 5 engineers in growing their career and contributing code and coding practice to a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop in an agile environment, including TDD and flexible pair programming
• Contribute to balanced teams, working with product and design to shape the application
• Consistently deliver quality code that supports business goals
• Understanding of data structures, TDD, and software engineering design patterns and principles
• Coach up to 5 engineers in career growth and improvement
• Guide the engineering practice across teams to create more effective methods
• Hybrid IC/manager position with up to 50% hands-on coding
• Participate in an on-call rotation, ensuring timely resolution of critical system issues, and contributing to the continuous improvement of our system reliability and availability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deploy AI features that improve user experience and operational efficiency

Requirements

• Professional experience with Ruby on Rails
• Minimum of 5 years of experience delivering software in a production environment
• Minimum of 2 years of management experience
• Experience with automated evaluation and testing of LLM powered workflows
• Experience with LangSmith or similar tools for observability and evaluation
• Familiarity with prompt engineering and prompt lifecycle management
• Familiarity with LangGraph, AutoGen, or other agent orchestration frameworks
• Skill with AI powered coding tools (eg. Cursor)
• Must reside in the U.S.

Nice to have

• Delight in learning
• Experience with React and TypeScript
• Experience in designing goal-driven interviewing and hiring processes
• Experience working cross-functionally to improve business process
• Experience as technical lead on projects working with UX/UI design and/or product management.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: Comprehensive plans with options for low-to-no-cost premiums.
• Employer HSA Contribution: Company-funded contributions to your Health Savings Account.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Equity Incentive Plan
• Annual Company-Wide Bonus: Opportunity for up to 15% bonus based on company performance.
• Remote-First Culture: We are remote-first with a dedicated NYC office and reimbursement options for co-working spaces.
• Flexible Vacation Policy
• Summer Fridays: 5 additional Fridays off during the summer (separate from PTO).
• Home Office and Wellness Stipend
• Monthly Internet Stipend
• Annual Learning and Development Stipend

Base Salary Band (based on experience and level)

$195,000 - $240,000