Firstup - Sr. Manager, Software Engineering

firstupRemote - USA$190k – $230k3w ago

Remote Senior NA Cloud Computing Software Engineering Manager Software Engineer Team Management Team Leadership AWS React Ruby

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Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 5+ years managing and developing engineering teams.
Proven experience delivering customer-facing Enterprise SaaS products at scale.
Strong hands-on or architectural experience with AWS (compute, storage, networking, security, monitoring).
Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native design, and microservices architectures.
Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React and backend frameworks such as Ruby on Rails or equivalent technologies.
Proficiency with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
Demonstrated success operating in a production-owned, “you build it, you run it” environment.
Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills in cross-functional Agile/Scrum environments.
Experience scaling and evolving Enterprise SaaS platforms through periods of growth or technical transformation.
Demonstrated experience leveraging Generative AI tools and coding agents in software development workflows.
Exposure to HR Tech or other regulated enterprise domains.
Firstup expects the base salary for this role to be between $190,000-$230,000. The starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.
Because you care - about people, the work you do, and the connections you make. Work is such a large part of life; it only makes sense to make it awesome.
If you want to engage brilliant minds in a high-growth and inclusive environment where ideas are rewarded regardless of who they come from, join us. This is a rapidly changing space so if you thrive on ambiguity, are hungry for a challenge, and have the guts to speak your mind, you could be a perfect fit.
We offer an excellent PTO program, great health benefits, a casual and friendly environment, remote work, and a leadership team who truly believes in your growth – both personally and professionally.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade, customer-facing web applications using modern microservices architectures.
Provide senior technical leadership through architecture decisions, design reviews, and code reviews, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
Drive the thoughtful adoption of Generative AI tools and coding agents to increase developer productivity, improve code quality, and accelerate innovation.
Partner closely with Product Management and Design to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Manage, mentor, and grow a distributed team of software and quality engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Own production health for your teams’ services, including on-call rotations, incident response, and post-incident reviews in a “you build it, you run it” environment.
Lead operational excellence initiatives to improve observability, resiliency, automation, and alignment with defined SLOs and enterprise SLAs.