Engineering Manager

<meta><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Overview</strong></b></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">We're looking for </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">an Engineering Manager to lead a small, focused engineering team building licensed music experiences for top fitness, retail, and consumer brands. This is a people-first role for someone who takes delivery seriously, holds a high bar for quality, and knows how to get the best out of engineers.</span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><br></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">You'll manage a team of 6 and be responsible for managing sprint execution, driving release quality, and building a team culture where engineers thrive. You'll lead the team’s transition to AI-native development including building a training program, establishing standards, and working alongside engineers until new workflows become second nature</span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><br></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">What you'll do</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead, coach, and develop a team of 6 engineers and 1 QA helping each person grow technically and professionally through regular 1:1s, actionable feedback, and genuine investment in their development.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Own sprint health and delivery consistency creating the conditions for the team to plan well, execute reliably, and ship with confidence. </span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Establish and maintain engineering performance standards, including code review practices, testing expectations, and release readiness criteria.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead the engineering team's transition to AI-first development by building a training program, establishing best practices, and working alongside engineers until new workflows become second nature.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Serve as a key stakeholder in shaping company-wide AI policies and best practices, bringing an engineering perspective to how AI tools are adopted responsibly and effectively across the organization.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Guide technical discussions, surface risks, and ensure architectural decisions are sound.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Actively participate in code reviews and contribute to technical solutions when needed. You’re a hands-on manager who can engage with the codebase. </span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Partner closely with Product to translate roadmap priorities into well-scoped, executable engineering work.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, CX, Sales, Marketing, and Music Affairs.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-color:#222222;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Be able to thrive in a startup environment: love dealing with fast pace, changing needs, and limited resources.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><br></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Our stack</strong></b></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Our infrastructure is hosted on AWS. Our backend is a GraphQL API built on Node.js services backed by MySQL, Elasticsearch, and S3. Our web frontend is functional React with TypeScript. We publish SDKs for iOS (Objective-C), Android (Kotlin), web (TypeScript), and React Native (JavaScript). Our deployment pipeline runs on GitHub Actions.</span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><br></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">What you bring</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in an engineering ma</span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">nagement role.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">A proven coach and mentor. You’re passionate about helping engineers grow and have a track record of developing strong teams. </span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience leading a team through AI tool adoption, including building standards and onboarding team members to new workflows.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">A track record of improving team delivery and raising the bar on engineering quality.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hands-on technical ability. You can engage with the codebase, participate in design discussions, and earn credibility with engineers.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Bias toward action, highly collaborative. Comfortable working with the product team to assess solutions to user problems with the goal of balancing impact, efficacy, feasibility, and complexity.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders on features and technical strategy.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong communication skills: you write clearly, give direct feedback, and can translate technical context for non-technical stakeholders.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Comfort operating in a startup environment where priorities shift and resources are finite.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><br></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Benefits</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;text-align:start;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Remote company</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;text-align:start;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Competitive salary</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;text-align:start;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Equity</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;text-align:start;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Comprehensive health, dental, vision and disability insurance along with a 401k matching plan. Full details</span><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </strong></b><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MA74RW-V1q8v1FBvFH6KvLuWpzNhJoqfHK4pEvOIm04/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" class="css-173makr-linkStyle" style="color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">here</strong></b></a><span style="color:rgb(34,35,38);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">.</span></li></ul>