[Remote] Senior Engineering Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GiveCampus is the world's leading fundraising platform for non-profit educational institutions. They are seeking a smart and technically focused Engineering Dev Manager to manage engineering pods and help in planning and delivering on the product roadmap while supporting team members' professional development.ResponsibilitiesPod and people management - making sure the pods are humming along with well structured interactions/schedule and clear goals. For individuals on pods, this includes growth & development, performance management, onboarding as well as making hard decisions (moving out people who aren't a fit), and retentionAct as a multiplier and unblocker to help your pods quickly build new features from start to finish and back end to front endWork closely with Tech Leads and Product Managers to help define and refine projects - weighing in on architecture, work breakdown, scheduling and release planningCommunicate status and progress on delivery objectives to senior managementWork closely with and supporting your teammates in an agile development environment and helping reinforce and continue to improve our agile practicesContribute to the work in progress, including architecture and PR review and updating shared documentationMentor junior and mid/senior staff to help them grow in their craftDrive efforts around the interviewing and onboarding new team members to your pods and assist in the refinement of our team-wide interviewing processesContribute to team-wide initiatives including coding standards, technical debt refinement and system security monitoringWork closely with the VP of Engineering and CTO on team-wide professional development initiativesParticipate in the support of the platform on a rotational basis (pod based support and 24/7 on call rotation for incident lead to support engineers who are on call)SkillsHave lead one or more teams as both a technical lead and people manager in a fast-paced, agile development environmentSystem design experience with a focus on architecting solutions that can be implemented incrementally while keeping an eye towards scale and resilienceLeadership skills which balance both people management and technical excellence. Someone who can coach team members on technical and agile practices while still weighing in on PR reviews around high-risk code changesFunctional, real world programming experience (vs. theoretical) in one of the following: Ruby, Python or Javascript/node.jsExperience with MVC frameworks such as Rails, Django, Pyramid, etcExperience with modern front-end frameworks like React and Vue.jsSQL database experience (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite)3 plus years in a manager role, 10 plus years of hands-on development experienceManaged teams that shipped code supporting tens of thousands of users, including enterprise/business customersDeep expertise with Ruby/Ruby on Rails and automated testing (rspec or minitest)Experience with deployments to Heroku, AWS, or similarOperations experience and how it pertains to site reliability/speedFamiliarity with networking, caching, database, and how to triage performance and stability issues (ideally with Postgres or MySQL)Experience working on a fundraising/crowdfunding platformExperience working on a fintech or payments technology productBenefitsTeam members work from anywhere they chooseBeautiful 12,000sf office in Washington, DC that is available for people to use whenever they wantRegularly organize team meet-ups, visit partner institutions, and host retreats in various locationsFlexible, distributed workExpected to attend multiple company-wide and team-specific onsites throughout the yearCompany and department retreats 2-3 times a yearCompany OverviewGiveCampus is a fundraising platform for nonprofit educational institutions. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://go.givecampus.com/.Company H1B SponsorshipGiveCampus has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.