Engineering Manager at TaxBit

Opportunity for Impact

TaxBit’s Engineering team is growing. In order to deliver quality products with high velocity, we need leaders to develop talent, lead teams, solve challenging technical problems, and evolve our organizational processes.

Engineering managers own team delivery and develop talent with an eye towards customer value. They seek to unblock the critical path whether it’s a people, process, or product challenge. They ensure sound technical design tradeoffs are made upfront, and quality code is shipped efficiently to production. They take pride in the output of their team and the quality of their operations. 

Engineering managers will partner with leadership on resourcing and evolving team structures as TaxBit continues to deliver SaaS solutions to consumer, enterprise, and government verticals. They’ll collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to understand the customer and business needs, lead a culture of customer-focus, and strongly support a bias to ship. 

Role and Responsibilities

• Drive daily standup and engineering rhythm for one or more engineering teams
• Partner with product management and other stakeholders to establish quarterly objectives & key results (OKRs) and maintain customer obsession 
• Regularly communicate accomplishments and risks upward and outward
• Facilitate technical designs and ensure quality code reviews across team members
• Maintain healthy production systems and establish a team culture of learning from outages
• Develop junior and senior people through various career stages with regular 1-on-1s, feedback, and performance reviews
• Participate as a hiring manager on interview loops

Professional Qualifications

• 10+ years professional software engineering experience
• 3+ years as people manager leading high functioning teams
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Proficient in AWS or alternative cloud architecture
• Familiar with modern devops/SRE systems and processes
• Ability to problem-solve and assist teams with solutions to technical problems

Personal Characteristics

• Experience attracting, developing, and retaining top talent
• 4+ years building SaaS cloud-based products 
• Experience managing sensitive data and working with security and compliance teams
• Thrives in early-stage environments and can handle ambiguity

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive cash compensation (based on experience)
• Equity (RSUs)
• Competitive benefits package
• A modern 401(k) plan that includes access to crypto, financial wellness benefits, low fees and more 
• Hybrid working model: 3 days in-office, 2 days WFH/flexible
• Monday team lunches, snacks and drinks 
• Discretionary Time Off - enjoy the flexibility to rest, refuel, and recharge 
• Paid parental leave to bond with your child 
• Fertility Benefit 
• Autonomous work and flexibility in how work is performed