ABOUT US

Echobind is a digital agency that builds beautiful, engaging software for clients. We have great internal technical processes and set up our culture for our employees to learn constantly. We're the place to work if you want to share your engineering expertise and become a multiplier for the organization. If you're eager to apply your knowledge, mentor others, and hone your craft while getting the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, keep reading.

OUR VALUES

Be a great human

Empathize. Lead. Proactively identify and seize opportunities to effect positive change. Celebrate the success of others as much as your own.

Be curious

Constantly learning, exploring, and challenging the status quo. Open to new ideas. Understand and adapt to the business, clients, and products you work with.

Be veracious

Put quality first. Clearly define the problem, then build the right solution. Be impeccable with your word.

Requirements

THE ROLE

The Engineering Manager will lead and manage engineers as well as interface directly with members of our team and client teams. You will also have opportunities to expand upon your skills as a full stack developer, sharing expertise with members of the team, working on a wide variety of client and internal projects.

You will report to our Director of Engineering and manage one of our two engineering teams. We prioritize a healthy work-life balance and have been a remote organization since our inception. This position is based anywhere within the United States.

Responsibilities

In addition to leading and mentoring engineers, you will:

• Assist with RFP's, estimation, grooming, and project audits.
• Iterate on internal development best practices and operations.
• Write content based on your learning and experiences.

Must haves

In order for you to be successful in the role, you need the ability to:

• Provide constructive feedback and help your team develop goals.
• Draw from past relevant experience to lead and help others on your team.
• Be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with complicated and ambitious business requirements.
• Have professional and/or personal projects to demonstrate your abilities as a developer as well as the areas you're actively improving upon.
• Prioritize and self-manage. We give our employees a lot of autonomy.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Be a great human to your colleagues and our clients.
• Be eager to coach our teams on best practices and approaches.
• Be hungry to level-up your skills and those of your coworkers.
• Be humble and willing to raise your hand to ask for help when you need it.
• Be comfortable and happy working remotely with a fast and reliable internet connection.

Experience

This role is for individuals with:

• 6+ years software development experience, including web and/or mobile development.
• Experience in the JavaScript Stack: TypeScript, Node.js, React/React Native and/or Ruby on Rails
• 2+ years of management experience.

Traits

• Compassion and empathy. Have a people-first leadership style.
• Knowledgeable. You demonstrate delivering value in software engineering organizations.
• Curious. You challenge the status quo and suggest improvements in workflow, scope or design.
• Mentoring and coaching. Be able and eager to develop and coach our teams on best practices and approaches.
• Ownership. Be proactive and accountable for your work, and leave things better than when you found them.
• Critical thinking. You know how to identify a problem and how to solve it, or you figure out how.

Nice to haves

• You are involved in your local developer community.
• You contribute to open source projects.
• You have prior experience or interest speaking at conferences or participating in events.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary + annual bonus.
• Full Medical, Dental and Vision benefits.
• 401k match.
• PTO + Holidays.
• Company provided parental and maternity leave.

Perks

• Annual Home Office Stipend.
• Employee Assistance Program. (Wellness Resources, Work and Life Counseling, and Legal Services).
• Weekly investment time built into your regular work week.
• An incredible remote team that will support and champion your work.
• Company sponsored events including conferences and an annual team summit.

Echobind's work comes from a group of human beings who have different perspectives, backgrounds, educations, lifestyles, and leanings. Our work is better because of these differences. Echobind is happily an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We'll always welcome people to apply with us regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Find out more about our work and our culture here.