Manager, Software Engineering

Murmuration•New York, NY

8d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Manager, Software Engineering to lead the Explorer Team as we bring the product from limited alpha to general availability. Explorer is a data visualization product that facilitates political data exploration through interactive maps and exportable tables, supplemented by an NLP-powered search function. It is live today with a limited set of partners. Getting it to general availability involves establishing the engineering patterns, operational foundations, and testing strategies the product will run on for years. You will lead the small, close-knit team doing that work. You are inheriting an engaged core group and hiring alongside them, which means the team you finish general availability with is a team that you helped build. This is a role for someone who reads a shifting roadmap as a problem to solve rather than a sign something is broken, and who treats team health as a delivery strategy, not a separate initiative.

Requirements

4+ years of management experience on a high-performing software engineering team, including performance management and individual development
Technical depth sufficient to review designs, ask the right questions about architecture and tradeoffs, and earn the trust of experienced engineers. This role may, in rare cases, require you to carry sprint work, but in all cases requires strong technical judgment derived from direct experience
Production experience with AWS
A track record of leading delivery through ambiguity, and of keeping a team steady and productive through it
A track record of coaching with a multiplier effect: the people you mentor go on to coach others the same way
Demonstrated commitment to building inclusive, high-trust, high-performing teams, visible in how you run a team and handle conflict
Experience partnering closely with product management on roadmap, prioritization, and scoping
Belief, like ours, that how we build is just as important as what we build

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Voter File Data
Experience with or interest in political data
A background in political tech, civic tech, advocacy, or mission-driven organizations

Responsibilities

Manage and grow the team
Manage a team of up to 10 engineers, ensuring each person a clear understanding of how their work aligns with our engineering vision and benefits our Partners
Cultivate an inclusive, high-trust culture aligned with Murmuration and engineering values on a team small enough that culture is set by daily behavior rather than policy
Manage performance directly and early with support from your director and the people team
Grow the team through participation in our candidate vetting and hiring processes
Own our sprint planning and scrum ceremonies, keeping them aligned with product priorities and genuinely useful
Lead effective retrospectives with an eye toward team-level learning and improvement over time
Oversee the software development lifecycle for Explorer, ensuring the platform we hand to partners is robust, stable, secure, and maintainable
Create project plans in partnership with other technical leaders, and provide technical project management to ensure delivery of team goals
Identify process and technical challenges and propose solutions that improve both team effectiveness and team health
Partner with product management to deliver the Explorer roadmap and to prioritize and scope work with the team's input
Handle multi-month initiatives and prioritization across competing work, making decisions about process, work allocation, and technical approach as requirements firm up
Absorb unexpected inputs in partnership with your cross-functional stakeholders and your director, and translate them into a workable plan
Coordinate parallel workstreams within the team and collaborate with dependent engineering teams and cross-functional partners across product, design, research, data, and partner success
Communicate proactively and bridge technical and non-technical audiences, sharing updates and risks clearly and early

Benefits

Health, vision, and dental insurance with 100% of premiums covered for you and qualifying family members
Retirement benefits with a 5% employer match
A flexible unlimited PTO plan
Generous paid parental leave
Pre-tax commuter benefits
A company laptop
A flexible remote work environment
A home office setup stipend for all new employees
Monthly reimbursement for remote work expenses
A yearly professional development fund
Mental health and wellness benefits through Calm and Better Help
Yearly in-person staff retreats
A welcoming culture that celebrates diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging