Engineering Manager (Remote) - Merlyn Mind｜Meet.jobs

About the jobMerlyn Mind is a "Remote First" VC-backed AI EdTech startup that brings the latest advances in AI to Education to help improve the lives of teachers and ultimately the learning outcomes of their students. Our leadership team includes talents from IBM, Amazon, Facebook, Roku, Broadcom, HP, Allen Institute for AI, and more. We have come together to build on a unified product experience for an extremely urgent mission – building a digital assistant for teachers, to untether teachers from the desk and help them with managing classroom technologies.

You take pragmatic and iterative approach to building software: you have an ability to simplify and get things done, analyze customer feedback and focus on the most impactful and successful ideas customers need, fail fast, and work effectively with external and internal teams.

You have experience with large, architecturally complex eco-systems in both consumer and enterprise spaces. You are highly quantitative, have great judgment and passion for building the right product to our customer. You are hands on leader who loves working closely with engineers to architect and develop robust, scalable technical designs. You are a coach, a mentor, attuned to people career aspirations, a leader who creates positive climate in the workspace with focus on empathy.

While this role is posted for New York, we are a remote first company and open to hiring this talent anywhere in the world! 

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Qualifications

 

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

5+ years of experience with hands-on architectural or distributed systems experience

3+ years of people management experience, managing engineers

5+ years of experience designing and developing complex, interactive consumer applications as an engineer

Deep knowledge of one modern programming languages (Java, JavaScript, C/C++, Objective C) and open-source technologies

Experience in delivering software projects using Agile / Scrum methodologies

Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

Experience mentoring junior software engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Experience communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy

Experience influencing software engineers’ best practices within your team

Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between

 

Merlyn Mind is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, and training. We make hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Benefits:

Every last Friday of the month Paid Time off for everyone.

After your second year anniversary you get one month off!

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Unlimited Paid time off

Parental leave

Vision insurance