Engineering Team Leader

Summary

Join Remote as a Team Leader and manage a small product team of 3-5 engineers, balancing management responsibilities with active participation in product development. You will be involved in hiring and onboarding new engineers, providing continuous feedback, and guiding team growth. This fully remote position offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible paid time off, flexible working hours, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave. Remote prioritizes a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages applications from all backgrounds. The ideal candidate will have experience managing an engineering team, extensive backend experience (Elixir/Phoenix), and a commitment to Remote's values.

Requirements

• Managed an engineering team of at least 2 people
• Extensive experience with Backend (Elixir/Phoenix)
• Commitment to promoting all of Remote's values within the team and the greater organisation
• Solid communication skills
• Solid knowledge of engineering and development principles and best practices
• Proven organizational skills with attention to detail
• Focused on efficient processes with a kind, people-first approach
• Being able to inspire others and instill confidence
• Good understand of team dynamics
• Ambitious and intentional about diversity, equality and inclusion

Responsibilities

• Manage a small product team of 3-5 engineers (backend and frontend)
• 30% of the time spent doing management work. Outside of that actively participates in product development in their team
• Be involved in hiring processes for their own team and potentially help out their peers
• In addition to being involved in hiring, also being responsible for the onboarding process of new engineers
• By being the spokesperson for everyone in their team they are expected to manage the team dynamics and bring out the best in them
• Giving continuous and constructive feedback on all the things
• Helps the team to grow continuously as a group and is responsible for each direct report’s career
• Provide guidance and coaching to the team

Benefits

• Work from anywhere
• Flexible paid time off
• Flexible working hours (we are async )
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Mental health support services
• Stock options
• Learning budget
• Home office budget & IT equipment
• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces