Engineering Manager

• A passion for mentoring and developing engineers along their personal development path. • Proven expertise in software architecture and design patterns, particularly in building and managing highly available, scalable backend services. • Strong understanding of Agile development principles and a passion for failing fast and constantly iterating. • At least 3 years of experience managing a cross-functional engineering team of 5 or more. • At least 5 years as a hands-on Software Engineer in a language like Go, Java, or C++. • Willingness to pitch in where needed and obsessively unblock engineers. • A hands-on leadership style: you stay close to the code and technology, actively participating in design discussions, architectural decisions, and code reviews to guide your team. • Skills that will help you thrive in this role: • Deep, hands-on development experience with Go (GoLang) is highly preferred. Experience with Java or JavaScript is a strong plus. • Experience deploying and managing solutions in an on-premise or air-gapped environment using DevOps practices. • Experience with cloud platforms like AWS (EC2, SQS, S3, ElastiCache) or GCP. • Experience contributing to or managing a team involved in an open-source project. • Experience using NoSQL and/or relational data stores. • Professional background in data security, cryptography, or identity management. • Virtruvian qualities that will set you up for success: • Thinking outside of the box to respectfully challenge your teammates and managers in the pursuit of excellence • Strong sense of urgency with an action-oriented mindset • Able to collaborate and adapt to shifting priorities as business needs evolve • Comfortable with asynchronous communication including slack, email, zoom, etc.