Manager, Software Engineering

Summary

Join Weedmaps as a Manager, Software Engineering, and lead software engineering teams in producing high-quality software using agile methodologies. You will manage and motivate your team, take ownership of significant features, and collaborate with various teams across the organization. This hybrid role requires strong leadership, communication, and technical skills, along with experience in a startup environment. The position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth within a leading technology company in the cannabis industry.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree or work experience
• Minimum of 5-10 years’ software development experience at startup / mid-sized companies (startup experience preferred)
• Minimum of 3 years of leadership / management experience (startup experience preferred)
• Effective and persuasive communication skills at all levels of management, both written and verbal
• Experience working collaboratively at a high level with other teams within an organization
• Extensive and varied web development and web architecture experience
• Fluency using Git and GitHub in a large team environment
• Familiarity with full stack technologies and concerns
• Have worked with Atlassian products, such as JIRA, Confluence, Advanced Roadmaps, etc

Responsibilities

• Manage and motivate the team to accomplish significant deliverables within tight deadlines
• Take ownership of significant features, driving them from development to production
• Partner with peers within Engineering, Product, and TechOps to drive technical excellence
• Collaborate closely with management of other teams including Revenue, Operations, and PeopleOps
• Lead teams of polyglot Senior-level engineers, while coaching more junior-level developers
• Communicate development issues, team challenges, and overall productivity of teams with executive leadership
• Deliver performance reviews for your team members and set up performance goals
• Influence quality and productivity improvements through involvement in the development of new and improved procedures, process innovations, training, and changes in corporate culture
• Contribute to technical requirements and represent Engineering’s interests in the software development lifecycle
• Perform code reviews in the spirit of mentoring, guide good practices in engineering, and help the team test and release working, quality software
• Cultivate a culture of engineering excellence in a rapid pace environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a polyglot environment (Ruby, Elixir, JavaScript, Go, etc.)
• Experience with front-end JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React, Meteor, etc.)
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases (Postgres, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis, etc.)

Benefits

• Physical Health benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision: Employee - employer paid premium 100%
• Company contribution to a HSA when electing the High Deductible Health Plan
• For plans that offer coverage to your dependents, you pay a small contribution
• Mental Health benefits: Free access to CALM app for employees and dependents
• Employee Training
• Mental Health seminars and Q&A sessions
• Basic Life & AD&D - employer paid 1x salary up to $250,000
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (with employer match contribution)
• Generous PTO, Paid Sick Leave, and Company Holidays
• Supplemental, voluntary benefits
• Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings - including a company contribution
• FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Family planning/fertility
• Identity theft protection
• Legal access to a network of attorneys
• Paid parental leave
• Generous PTO and company holidays
• Numerous opportunities and tools to learn and grow your professional skills
• Endless opportunities to network and connect with other Weedmappers through speaker series, Employee Resource Groups, happy hours, team celebrations, game nights, and much more!