ABOUT SIDE
At Side, we believe everyone should own their path.
Side is the only real estate brokerage platform exclusively for the nation’s best agents. Based on its belief that homeownership is a fundamental human right, we provide top-performing real estate agents, teams, and independent brokerages with the best system, support, and service, in order to elevate the experience and results of buyers and sellers.
Side is led by experienced industry professionals and world-class engineers who develop technology designed to improve agent productivity and enhance the client experience. The company is backed by over $250M in funding from top tier venture capital firms, including Coatue Management, Tiger Global Management, D1 Capital Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Matrix Partners, and 8VC. Side currently partners with agents in California, Texas, and Florida, with plans to expand nationally in the coming months.
At Side, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate and innovate your way to success. Becoming an inSider means that you’ll be empowering business leaders to become business owners, all while forging your own path with like-minded entrepreneurs. Join us at Side and own your career, your impact, and your life!
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Engineering organization is ~40 engineers, on three teams: Transaction/Brokerage Management, Agent Marketing and Platform Engineering. We appreciate diversity of thought and backgrounds. Core Transaction Engineering is responsible for building the features of our main product offering. What's also really cool is that we share office space with some of our real estate agents, giving us unparalleled access to feature ideas and feedback on product development.
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WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- As a manager of the Core Transaction Engineering team, you will lead and empower a team of frontend, backend, and full-stack engineers through hiring, mentoring, training, feedback, and career development.
- You will grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with Side’s values. You know how to handle conflicts well and help build consensus.
- You will collaborate with the Product, Design, and other engineering teams to define customer and internal facing features, as well as evaluating external partnerships for integration into our platform.
- You will advocate and advance agile software development practices and track metrics for quality and team performance that result in continuous improvement.
- You will provide strong technical leadership. You will also lead and participate in critical technical, design, and product discussions with leaders across our product and operations.
- You will be responsible for the success of your team's product and deliver quantifiable results in a timely manner.
WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU A STRONG FIT FOR THE ROLE?
- We are looking for someone with at least 3+ years of consistent track record of managing, developing, leading, and coaching software engineers of all levels to deliver high quality software in high velocity teams.
- You have experience with hiring great engineers and scaling up engineering teams.
- You should have experience working with PMs, designers and/or data scientists, and others teams to identify, prioritize, and solve problems.
- You have at least 5+ years of hands-on software development experience and have the ability to provide technical mentorship and guidance to the team.
- It would be a plus if you have hired and managed other engineering managers.
- It would be a plus if you have a strong experience with Javascript, especially React/Next.js on the frontend and Node on the backend.
COMPENSATION/PERKS
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Best-in-class benefits, including 100% healthcare coverage (medical, vision and dental)
- Flexible PTO
- Learning & Development credit
- Pet friendly environment
Side is dedicated to working with the highest skilled people from the most inclusive talent pool feasible. We maintain that diversity in all aspects leads to positive change, solutions and innovation for our customers and career fulfillment for our employees. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply!
Side uses the E-Verify employment verification program.
Our stewardship of the data of many of our customers means that a background and DRE license check is required to join Side. We will, nonetheless, consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accord with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.