Engineering Manager

Location: Remote 

As our Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for shaping and successfully delivering a groundbreaking new product initiative from inception to execution within the MikMak Platform. You will be responsible for the development, quality, and engineering excellence of the new product initiative and other key features and components in the MikMak Platform. You will be a hands-on player-coach, leading a small team of senior Software and Data Scientists, architects, and QA to deliver high-quality internet scale solutions. You will report directly to our CPTO, be responsible for mentoring your team, driving technical excellence, and collaborating closely with Product Management to ensure the timely delivery of best-in-class features. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Hands-on leader, with the skills and experience to dig into technical details that include reviewing code, software and schema designs, architecture proposals , reviewing test cases, writing code during crunch time,  help with debugging issues in production 
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of data, software, and QA engineers composed of full time employees and offshore contractors
• Act as the Scrum Master for the team, liaising with Product Mgmt, and driving agile best practices around sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming
• Work closely with key internal stakeholders within Engineering, Product Management, and Customer facing teams
• Drive engineering excellence, with a focus on high quality standards, predictable releases, and best-in-class features related to all aspects of data processing and analytics.
• Establish and enforce modern engineering best practices, including code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, technical documentation, and automated testing.
• Evangelize best practices within the engineering organization and the company for all data related aspects of the Platform
• Build a collaborative, high-performing team culture that aligns with company values, while fostering career growth and skill development. 

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience, including 3+ years of management experience in a fast paced SaaS product company, and 5+ years of prior hands-on experience as a Software Engineer. 
• Extensive experience managing the full engineering lifecycle for core and critical components of a SaaS platform, ensuring over 99.99% uptime. 
• Deep understanding and proven experience in building products using data modeling, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). 
• Proficient in Python with hands-on experience in data modeling, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications. 
• Experienced in designing data-centric features for high-volume, high-throughput data persistence and processing systems. 
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and automation frameworks for data pipelines and processing. 
• Proven experience to analyze, debug, and solve complex technical problems efficiently.
• Attention to detail and enforcing the highest standards of quality and performance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Skilled at motivating engineers to perform at their best while holding them accountable for delivering high-quality software on time. 

What We Offer: 

• Competitive salary and benefits package. 
• Opportunity to work in a high-growth, innovative environment. 
• Remote forward company 
• Ready to make an impact? Join us on this exciting journey! 

ABOUT US 

MikMak is the leading global platform for eCommerce enablement and analytics. Our software grows brands commerce-first by accelerating sales, driving profitability, and helping them convert their customers worldwide. 

We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors, including Wavecrest Growth Partners, Luminari Capital, and VaynerMedia. Our Board members and advisors include Gary Vaynerchuck (VaynerMedia), Deepak Sindwani (Wavecrest Growth Partners), Irene Chang Britt (Campbell’s Soup Company and Kraft Foods), Daniel Leff (Luminari Capital), and Danny Stein (serial entrepreneur, executive, and investor).

A note to our applicants

MikMak is proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Each individual at MikMak brings their own perspectives, work experiences, lifestyles, and cultures with them, and we believe that a more diverse team creates a more innovative environment and helps us all grow and learn as individuals.

To support MikMak’s commitment to provide a healthy and safe work environment, we require all of our team members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter any of our physical work locations. In accordance with law, accommodations may be available in specific circumstances, including religious beliefs and medical conditions.