Key skills
Management experienceSoftware developmentReactPythonAWS servicesTerraformTeam buildingHiringonboardingEmpathetic communicationTypeScriptNode.jsPlaywrightAWSECSFargateCircleCILambdaCloudWatchPostgresRedisDatadogCollaboration
About this role
Clay is a company focused on helping organizations turn growth ideas into reality through creativity and innovation. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a high-performing engineering team, ensuring they deliver high-quality solutions while fostering a collaborative culture and supporting team member development.
Responsibilities:
- Defining team purpose and areas of ownership. You’ll ensure goals are well understood and internalized. You’ll also introduce principles and frameworks for your team to be able to make day-to-day prioritization decisions independently
- Planning, prioritization and staffing. You’ll set and update the team roadmap (in collaboration with PMs). You’ll also allocate team members to work — determining who works on what and when
- Building and maintaining the team culture. You’ll build and grow a team that works well together and is motivated. You’ll support team members in achieving their career goals
- Hiring and onboarding top engineering talent. You’ll actively recruit, interview, and onboard engineers, ensuring new hires ramp up quickly and contribute effectively
- Contributing to engineering wide initiatives. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll contribute to and lead initiatives that enhance engineering excellence and scalability across the organization
- Owning the outcomes for your team. You’ll introduce processes to get the important work done smoothly, and keep folks accountable. You’ll interface with the rest of the organization on behalf of the team
Requirements:
- 2+ years of management experience
- 6+ years of overall software development experience
- Managed and coached 3+ direct reports for growth and success in a fast paced environment
- Track record of building scalable, high-performance systems with a strong focus on customer delight and user experience
- Empathetic communicator who expresses nuanced ideas clearly at different levels of abstraction for different audiences
- Familiar with current tech stack or can learn unfamiliar technologies quickly
- Familiarity with React, Typescript, Python, Node.js
- Experience with AWS services: Aurora (Postgres), Elasticache (Redis), Elastic Container Registry (ECR), ECS (Fargate), Lambda, OpenSearch
- Experience with IaC: Terraform
- Experience with deployment tools: CircleCI, Netlify, Playwright
- Experience with observability tools: Cloudwatch, Datadog, Mezmo