Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Xplor's Mariana Tek team as an Engineering Manager and lead a cross-functional team building innovative fitness studio management software. You will own the Mariana Tek Admin application, responsible for daily operations and point-of-sale features. This role requires delivering strategic product and technical initiatives for business growth, ensuring consistent delivery, and optimizing engineering processes. You'll mentor and develop engineers, fostering a high-performing team culture. The team is fully remote, primarily based in North America, with occasional collaboration with contractors in other time zones. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in web application development, team leadership, and agile methodologies. Xplor offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including parental leave, flexible work arrangements, and access to mental health support.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience building web applications
• 2+ years (most recently) leading/managing software development teams
• Experience with agile software development methodologies and iterative development
• Experience working with stakeholders to create and execute quarterly product roadmaps
• Able to manage, mentor, and lead software engineers of various levels of experience
• Able to create a culture that fosters high performing teams with a focus on developing their talents and passions
• Experience in delivering scalable, maintainable, extensible, and performant software
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and kindly with technical and non-technical colleagues

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and manage an engineering team working on the Mariana Tek Admin product to deliver rapid product iterations
• Ensure team members have clear career goals, and use them to build a career development plan
• Work with team members to ensure the team is meeting or exceeding performance expectations
• Utilize KPIs like cycle time, deployment frequency, and change failure rate as data points to help the team improve
• Celebrate the team’s accomplishments. Work not only as a mentor but as the primary advocate for your team
• Work with team leads, architects, and security across engineering to help define, advocate, and achieve the overall technical vision of the Mariana Tek product
• Work closely with cross functional stakeholders to develop the product roadmap
• Actively participate in planning to ensure the team understands and buys into the business goals they are working towards

Preferred Qualifications

• Bonus points for experience building SaaS platforms or point of sale systems
• Extra bonus points if you’ve worked on ecommerce or fitness products

Benefits

• 12 weeks Gender Neutral Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary carer
• #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community
• Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program
• Access to free mental health support
• Flexible working arrangements
• May be considered for a discretionary bonus