[Remote] Senior Engineering Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vetcove is modernizing the future of veterinary software and the pet parent healthcare experience. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a high impact team of software engineers, focusing on mentorship, team development, and technical strategy.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers with a strong focus on people development, team health, and career growth
- Support engineers through regular coaching, feedback, goal setting, and career development conversations
- Create clarity for the team around priorities, expectations, ownership, and successful outcomes
- Partner closely with product and engineering leadership to define priorities, drive execution, and deliver successful outcomes
- Support projects from early planning and architecture through implementation, rollout, and long term maintenance
- Stay close to the technical work by understanding system design, reviewing technical plans, participating in architecture discussions, and helping evaluate tradeoffs
- Assist with code reviews and technical feedback where helpful, while primarily enabling the team rather than acting as a regular direct contributor
- Help unblock engineers by providing context, asking the right questions, connecting people, and clarifying priorities
- Contribute to the conceptualization and technical design of new ideas and product enhancements
- Help drive architectural improvements that prioritize scalability, reliability, maintainability, and performance
- Reinforce strong engineering standards, development practices, testing habits, and ownership across the team
- Help promote a culture of quality, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Work directly with our CTO, engineering leadership, and cross functional partners to continuously evolve our products and technical foundation
- Support hiring, onboarding, mentorship, performance feedback, and career development across the engineering organization
- Foster a collaborative, low ego, high ownership culture in a fully remote environment
Skills
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably building modern web applications
- Experience managing, leading, or mentoring engineers in a fast moving technical environment
- A genuine interest in people management, coaching, feedback, and engineer growth
- Strong technical judgment and the ability to understand code, architecture, system design, and engineering tradeoffs
- Comfort assisting with code reviews and technical discussions, even if you are not expected to contribute production code regularly
- Bachelor's Degree required, ideally in Computer Science
- Ability to design systems and features with scalability, security, reliability, and performance in mind
- Experience working with databases and analyzing queries for optimization opportunities
- Comfortable working in a fully remote environment
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check
- Vetcove is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace
- We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status
- We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
- If you require accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know and we will make every effort to accommodate your needs
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