Full-Stack Technical Lead Manager

Forerunner•San Francisco, CA

5d•Remote

About The Position

The engineering team at Forerunner strives to be small but dedicated, working relentlessly to help local governmental bodies and their floodplain managers reason about the flooding risks that all communities face in the USA. The domain is complicated, nuanced, and rapidly changing, and we at Forerunner break down this complexity for our users so they can do what truly matters - fight against climate change and the possible loss of homes in the case of flooding. We offer schedule flexibility and ask for accountability in return. We are unable to sponsor H1-B visas at this time, so permanent residency or citizenship is required. Our tech stack and other engineering tools include, but are not limited to: Typescript / React.js / React Native frontend with jest / cypress / maestro for testing GraphQL API powered by a Node.js / Typescript backend with jest for testing. Postgres as our database, alongside heavy use of postgis git , Github and Github Actions for code review and CI Deployment to AWS using ECS and similar products A variety of other cloud providers and SaaS tools, such as GCP and Twilio While expertise with all of the technologies above is by no means not necessary, a working understanding of at least a few of them is required. We strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply - the problem of climate change impact all of us, and we want to reflect that within our team's composition.

Requirements

Prior management experience is required for this role, as we’re looking for someone with at least 1-2+ years of experience managing engineers on a small team.
A working understanding of at least a few of the technologies in the tech stack is required.
Permanent residency or citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Expertise with all of the technologies listed in the tech stack.

Responsibilities

Managing the quality, correctness, and timeliness of the software their team produces by preparing for and leading planning meetings, writing and/or reviewing code, pair programming, and interacting closely with our design / product counterparts.
Managing the career growth of their reports by conducting regular one-on-ones and quarterly reviews, as well as recurring mentorship where needed.
Provide hands-on support to their direct reports to help them grow in their careers, as Forerunner strongly believes in continued learning and up-leveling. To do this, a TLM provides actionable, constructive feedback during recurring one-on-ones, code reviews, quarterly reviews, and mentorship meetings.
Build, test, and deploy full-stack software on a regular basis, working within our frontends, backends, and with the underlying data modeling that underpins them. This means working on a postgres query one day and on a React component the next, all the while making sure all work is adequately tested.
Review the work of your team with a compassionate yet thorough, critical eye. This includes pair-programing with and mentorship of more junior engineers, which means hopping on a Slack or Zoom call with another engineer to collaborate on a particularly thorny piece of code or to talk through different approaches that can be used to solve the problem at hand.
The engineering team gives all engineers the opportunity to plan out and execute on large features, and as a technical lead manager, you'd be responsible for writing the occasional design document as well as providing guidance for and thoroughly vetting those designs of your team, regardless of complexity or domain.
Seek out clarity in the face of ambiguity. As the team’s technical lead manager, you’re responsible for setting the team’s technical direction while collaborating with non-engineering stakeholders to determine the product direction that best satisfies our customer’s needs, particularly during our quarterly planning process.
As domain expertise is always hard to come by and benefits from dedicated time and curiosity (especially in a space as nuanced as climate change), we ask our TLMs to always ask questions and follow-up with curiosity.
Communicate clearly, whether in a stand-up meeting, planning meeting, or otherwise. We're a small team working entirely remotely, which requires us to be prompt and clear with both written and spoken communication.