Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Higharc, a VC-backed startup revolutionizing home design and construction, as an Engineering Manager. Lead and develop a subset of our distributed engineering team, building and improving a revolutionary design tool and web platform. The ideal candidate excels at rapid feature development through iterative delivery, prioritizing product quality and addressing technical debt. This remote role, based anywhere in the Americas, reports to the VP of Engineering. You will lead engineering projects, collaborate with the Building Generation team, maintain a deep product understanding, and develop new processes to enhance quality and speed. Furthermore, you will inspire, develop, and grow your team, fostering a culture of ownership, inclusiveness, and high standards.

Requirements

• Experience building complex, frontend-heavy interactive web applications that are widely used and loved
• Demonstrated proficiency with React/Redux applications in TypeScript/JavaScript
• Success in managing a high-impact team in a remote work environment
• 3+ years of experience as a people lead, with demonstrated ability to ensure the success and growth of your team members
• A history of healthy collaboration with product managers, engineers, and other engineering managers on developing roadmaps and working towards them

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, specifications, and estimation of engineering projects in the Higharc Studio space, as well as management of team capacity and work assignments
• Collaborate closely on a shared problem space with the Building Generation team which focuses on the computational geometry underlying the Studio product
• Maintain a deep level of understanding of the technical aspects of our product to help facilitate fast, informed decisions
• Identify, develop, and institute new processes that raise quality while also delivering rapidly on strategic projects
• Effectively inspire, develop, and grow the talent on your team via regular 1:1’s, annual performance reviews, and continual actionable feedback
• Develop a team of high-performing engineers, partnering with senior engineers to multiply their impact, and mentoring more junior engineers
• Foster ownership, inclusiveness, accountability, high standards, and urgency in the team

Preferred Qualifications

Bonus points for familiarity with Three.js or similar graphics frameworks

Benefits

• Competitive salaries with significant equity, in a fast-growing, well-funded company
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Meaningful maternity/paternity leave
• Short and long-term disability plans
• A 401K
• A stipend to create the ideal home office
• Flexible hours