About the position
The job overview for this position is that Ask Media Group is seeking a manager of software engineering to help scale their marketing initiatives and drive user engagement. The manager will lead a team of software engineers to support the web development platform and ensure alignment with business needs. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills, business instincts, and a "get-it-done" mindset. They should also have experience in building and leading product engineering teams and a strong understanding of Scrum.
Responsibilities
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of software engineers.
- Work with partners in product and web development to deliver on team initiatives and achieve business goals.
- Encourage and facilitate transparency within the business.
- Help your team make decisions around designing solutions and work approaches to meet business expectations in an efficient manner.
- Support and improve best practices for software development.
- Track and report on work/project progress.
- Create an environment and culture that enables your team to perform at its best.
- Solid communication and presentation skills with ability to interact with different cross-functional team members.
- Strong understanding of Scrum.
- Intellectually curious and continuously striving to learn.
Requirements
- 2+ years of management experience building and leading product engineering teams
- 5+ years of experience building scaled, audience facing web products
- Solid communication and presentation skills with ability to interact with different cross-functional team members
- Strong understanding of Scrum
- Intellectually curious and continuously striving to learn
Benefits
- Salary range of $170,000 - $190,000 USD annually
- Annual bonuses and short and long-term incentives
- Remote work model
- Flexible paid time off for salaried employees
- Health insurance coverage
- Generous 401K employer matching program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Charity gift matching
- Free Care.com membership + subsidized rates for childcare
- Pet insurance
- Equal opportunity employer that values diversity