Engineering Manager

What You'll Do

• Lead and manage Engineering teams, ensuring members of the team's performance align with the overall department goals by holding direct reports accountable to performance expectations.
• Coach, mentor, and advocate for your engineers, growing a stronger team through stronger individuals. 
• Responsible for the delivery of high-quality, scalable software to production on a regular basis, owning the quality, documentation, tests, and communication across teams.
• Manage the team’s day-to-day with a high awareness of what your team/teams are doing to remove blockers and ensure efforts are in sync with the priorities. 
• Keep your team informed of the priorities and vision that is driving the organization, making sure they understand the what and the why, to advance the organization’s goals.
• Advance the organization's goals within your team and ensure success in hitting them.
• Exhibit ownership end to end, and claim your team’s wins and failures with a mindset of continuous improvement.
• Work with your Director of Engineering, peers, and our Product partners to scope, plan, and execute with impeccable communication around estimates and risk.
• Recognize the gaps and needs of your teams and take action to solve them.
• Analyze, design, implement and optimize processes that your teams will leverage to be effective.
• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders and SMEs to support growth initiatives and drive alignment on shared vision and objectives.
• Contribute your leadership and expertise to the broader organization, influencing more than just your team.

Qualifications

5+ years of engineering experience. 
1+ year of people management or team leadership experience, including performance and career development. 
Clear ability to pragmatically balance business priorities with technical constraints.
Experience driving initiatives, while holding teams accountable for results and ensuring continuous improvement.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position is responsible for leading teams of engineers in domestic and international locations. Reports may include employees and contract workers.

The Perks of Working With Us

Take advantage of our comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental coverage.
Invest in your future with our matching 401(k) program.
Build relationships and take part in learning opportunities through our Employee Resource Groups.
Enjoy office wide engagement activities, team events, happy hours and more!
Leave the suit and tie at home; our dress code is casual.
Work in the heart of downtown Chicago, IL!
Sweat it out at the LifeStart gym in our office building that includes brand new Peloton bikes, top-of-the-line equipment and personal training options.
Maximize your wellness with free counseling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
Take time to manage your physical and mental health - we offer company paid holidays, paid vacation time and wellness days.
Receive 100% paid parental leave when you become a new parent.
Get paid to work with your friends through our Referral Program!
Get relocation assistance! If you are not local to the area, we offer relocation packages.