Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Summary

Join Beautiful.ai's growing engineering team as their first Engineering Manager! You will lead a team of six engineers, overseeing their growth and daily operations. Collaborate with product and QA teams for seamless project delivery, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation. This role involves people management, project delivery, team growth, process improvement, and technical leadership. You'll have the autonomy to shape the team and processes, with growth potential to a Director-level position. Beautiful.ai offers a supportive environment, competitive benefits, and a fully remote work policy.

Requirements

• 10+ years of overall experience, including several years in management roles
• Strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Node.js, and databases (MongoDB, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL) on GCP
• Proven ability to manage, mentor, and grow engineering teams
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience working closely with product and QA teams

Responsibilities

• Conduct 1-on-1s, provide regular feedback, and perform performance reviews to help team members grow
• Collaborate with product and QA teams daily to prioritize and deliver projects on time and with high quality
• Drive hiring efforts, onboard new engineers, and build a high-performing team
• Assess and enhance engineering processes to improve efficiency and team satisfaction
• Model and promote effective communication within the team by setting clear expectations, encouraging open communication, promoting transparency, encouraging cross-functional collaboration, providing feedback and recognition, and promoting a positive team culture
• Support engineers in debugging and troubleshooting, and provide technical guidance as needed
• Ensure the success of your team by recognizing and aligning each team member's personal goals and strengths with the team's objectives

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with code reviews
• Experience in a fast-paced startup environment

Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy and a fully remote work policy
• 100% Medical/Dental/Vision insurance covered for the employee / 60%-65% covered for dependents
• Comprehensive 401K program
• FSA and Commuter Benefits
• Competitive Equity with a 4 year vesting schedule
• Life / AD&D and Disability Coverage
• Parental leave for birthing or non-birthing parents - specific to each state / 60% coverage under company secondary insurance for birthing parent