Senior Engineering Manager
Java
Senior Engineering Manager
San Francisco
Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Senior
Employment Type
Permanent
Operating mode
Remote
Tech stack
Java
Python
JavaScript
Job description
At Plato, we’re on a mission to help engineering managers become great leaders. Our platform intelligently matches “mentees” to highly experienced engineering leaders of various backgrounds to help resolve their most pressing management challenges. After raising over $3M from SaaStr's Jason Lemkin, Slack, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan, and more earlier this year, we've experienced exceptional and rapid growth.
We are looking for an engineering leader to join our team and help build the future of engineering and product leadership.
Who you are
- You have experience leading an engineering team.
- You’re capable of leading globally distributed team members who might have different skill sets from your own.
- You have a deep understanding of how software is built and deployed.
- You have very strong verbal and written English communication skills.
- You’re comfortable with participatory management.
- You have a track record of holding a team accountable to goals and aligned with company-wide strategic priorities, while maintaining high levels of autonomy on your team.
Must haves
- 5 years+ of work experience in a similar role
- Humble and Growth mindset - You're humble and you're always finding way to grow in your skills and mindset with books, mentors, training...
- Strategic thinking / visioning - You're able to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way. Determines opportunities and threats through comprehensive analysis of current and future trends
- High standards - You expects personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best
- Honesty / Integrity - You do not cut corners ethically, you earn and maintain trust
Nice to have
- Connected to Mentorship / Coaching - Someone who is connected to Mentorship (has been a mentor at Plato, has been a mentor to someone etc.) or someone who has been a coach. Or can demonstrate that they love doing that
- Knowledge in Java, Python and JavaScript
Key activities
- Lead engineering team(s) to ship high quality software on predictable schedules during our product cycles.
Manage the context in which team members operate, including:- Represent the team in planning and product meetings
- Translate engineering team vision into action
- Coordinate with Product Managers and other areas such as Quality, Marketing and Marketplace success
Have regular one-on-one syncs with engineers, where you will:- Set expectations, provide regular feedback & keep team members accountable
- Develop a strong two-way feedback loop where you share organizational context and build a deep understanding of the engineer and how they work
- Support engineers and help reach a resolution when challenges arise
- Craft a fulfilling and engaging work experience through regular career growth and development conversation
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