rePurpose Global

Engineering Manager

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New York, NY

Hybrid

160K-180K Annually

Senior level

Greentech • Social Impact

The Role

Manage and grow a team of engineers while contributing code directly, collaborating with product teams, and refining technical architecture and processes.

Summary Generated by Built In

rePurpose Global is the world’s leading Plastic Action Platform, bringing together brands, consumers, innovators, and policymakers to collectively combat the plastic waste crisis and support impactful environmental and social action.

We are a series-funded social enterprise and are backed by some of the world’s best investors. We have enabled over 350+ leading brands to measure, reduce, and take action on their plastic footprints, while driving systems change on a global scale. Our efforts have led to the recovery of over 25 million kilograms of plastic waste from the environment to date, protecting vulnerable coastal regions across the world. In doing so, the organization has enabled the delivery of waste management services to millions of people for the first time, while positively impacting the lives of thousands of marginalized waste workers across the world.

We’re just getting started on our mission - the fight against plastic pollution is going to take everything we’ve got, and more. We are looking for entrepreneurial and passionate team members who thrive in a collaborative and purpose-driven environment. We invite you to join our 60+ member global team that is striving hard everyday to create a truly consequential company.

As an Engineering Manager at rePurpose Global you will be responsible for managing and growing a team of engineers while serving as an independent contributor as required. This role will start as predominantly an IC role, evolving into a manager role as the team continues to grow. We’re looking for a player/coach who loves to build products while mentoring and growing a team of engineers. You will collaborate heavily with our product managers and other business leaders throughout the company to ensure alignment between our products and people.

Responsibilities

Manage a team of full-stack engineers: provide mentorship and career guidance, organize sprint plans, run performance reviews.
Independent contributions: as a player/coach you will be expected to contribute code directly.
Collaborate with product and design teams on roadmapping, refining requirements and estimation.
Work closely with the VP of Engineering to refine our processes and technical architecture.
Project manage the team’s work, ensuring adherence to deadlines and best practices.
Excellent leadership skills, combining a low-ego approach, competitive spirit, and ability to motivate and empower others

7+ years of total experience, with at least 2 years of management experience
Experience working in a start-up environment with a fast pace and evolving needs
Experience with the following technologies: Typescript, Nodejs, Relational databases (we use Postgres but any similar experience works!), Modern frontend frameworks (we use Vue, but experience with React or Angular works too), Cloud infrastructure (we use AWS, but experience with GCP or Azure is acceptable), CI/CD
Biased towards action. You are thoughtful in planning how to build technology but are not afraid to make decisions and do the work that is required to get results

Location Preference:

The role is hybrid working, we are looking for the team members to be located at our head office in New York, with weekly in-office days. We have a truly global team - with members across Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, London, Nairobi, Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, and Jakarta.

Top Skills

Angular

AWS

Azure

Ci/Cd

GCP

Node.js

Postgres

React

Relational Databases

Typescript

Vue

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The Company

New York, New York

81 Employees

Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

rePurpose Global is the world’s leading Plastic Action Platform, bringing together brands, consumers, innovators, and policymakers to collectively combat the plastic waste crisis. Through its pioneering solutions across the circular economy value chain, rePurpose has helped more than 300 companies measure, reduce, and take action on their plastic footprints, while driving systems change on a global scale. rePurpose Impact Projects have recovered over 15 million kilograms of plastic waste from the environment to date, protecting vulnerable coastal regions across the Americas, Africa, and Asia. In doing so, the organization has enabled the delivery of waste management services to millions of people for the first time, while positively impacting the lives of thousands of marginalized waste workers across the world. Founded in 2016, rePurpose Global now employs over 70 full-time team members across offices worldwide. For more information, please visit https://repurpose.global/. If you'd like to work with us, head on over to our Careers Page to look at the open positions and browse through their job descriptions: https://www.business.repurpose.global/careers