Engineering Manager - Site Experience

Pantheon is the WebOps platform for websites that deliver extraordinary results, and they are seeking an Engineering Manager for Site Experience to lead a talented team of software engineers. The role involves guiding the team, managing projects, providing technical guidance, and ensuring successful delivery of high-quality work while aligning with organizational goals.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and Mentor: Guide the team through organizational changes, challenges, and uncertainties, maintaining productivity and morale. Drive the team's success with hands-on coaching, guidance, and troubleshooting, as you are passionate about mentoring and developing engineering talent
• Execution and Delivery: Manage projects with shifting priorities and ensure the team adapts quickly to evolving organizational structures and processes to deliver high-quality work
• Strategy and Vision: Understand the organization’s objectives and direction, aligning the team’s priorities accordingly. You will advocate for changes that benefit the team and the broader organization
• Technical Guidance: Lead architecture discussions, review code, provide constructive feedback, and contribute to technical discussions to maintain a high bar for technical excellence
• Collaboration: Contribute to team and organizational goals, working with immediate team members and cross-functional stakeholders (10-20 individuals) to ensure alignment
• Direction: Provide clear direction to your team, translating high-level goals into actionable tasks, providing feedback, and ensuring everyone is aligned. You will have autonomy within your team's scope to decide how to allocate work and solve problems while aligning with the overall engineering strategy
• Hiring: Own the hiring process for the team, including interviewing, closing candidates, and ensuring a diverse and high-performing team structure

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a solid foundation as an individual contributor demonstrating technical competence
• 1-3 years of direct people management experience, which could include leading small teams, mentoring juniors, or taking on tech lead responsibilities
• Proven ability to deliver projects successfully, ideally working directly with customers or within an agency
• Direct experience building websites using Drupal, CMS, and/or Next.js, preferably with open source contributions
• Working knowledge of Python, Golang, or other modern programming languages
• A deep understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms
• A deep understanding of scalable cloud architectures and cloud technologies, including relational databases (e.g. MySQL, MariaDB, Cloud SQL) and application caches (e.g. Redis, Memcached)
• Clear, confident communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts effectively
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or other development methodologies
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field