Manager, Software Engineering

Manager, Software Engineering (Hybrid - 1-2 days a week onsite in Irvine, HQ) 

Overview:

Empower and lead software engineering teams to efficiently produce high-quality software using agile methodologies, while fostering an owner's mindset. Drive innovation within lean processes, inspiring your team and peers to excel. Sustain a startup ethos within our expanding organization, ensuring agility and adaptability amidst industry evolution.

The impact you'll make:

• Manage and motivate team to accomplish significant deliverables within tight deadlines
• Take ownership of significant features, driving them from development to production
• Partner with peers within Engineering, Product, Development, and TechOps to drive technical excellence
• Collaborate closely with management of other teams including Revenue, Operations, and PeopleOps
• Lead teams of polyglot Senior-level engineers, while coaching more junior-level developers
• Communicate development issues, team challenges, and overall productivity of teams with executive leadership
• Deliver performance reviews for your team members and set up performance goals
• Influence quality and productivity improvements through involvement in the development of new and improved procedures, process innovations, training, and changes in corporate culture
• Cultivate a culture of engineering excellence in a rapid pace environment
• Must have strong teamwork orientation and the ability to promote collaboration within teams
• Ability to take a leadership role in an agile Scrum-like environment
• Experience working with and leading remote based teams
• Strong ability to support and mentor team members to accomplish team goals

What you've accomplished:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree or work experience
• Minimum of 5-10 years’ software development experience at startup / mid-sized companies (startup experience preferred)
• Minimum of 3 years of leadership / management experience (startup experience preferred)
• Effective and persuasive communication skills at all levels of management, both written and verbal
• Experience working collaboratively at a high level with other teams within an organization
• Extensive and varied web development and web architecture experience
• Fluency using Git and GitHub in a large team environment
• Familiarity with full stack technologies and concerns
• Have worked with Atlassian products, such as JIRA, Confluence, Advanced Roadmaps, etc.

Bonus Points

• Experience with a polyglot environment (Ruby, Elixir, JavaScript, Go, etc.)
• Experience with front-end JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React, Meteor, etc.)
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases (Postgres, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis, etc.)

The base pay range for this position is $173,000.00 to $194,000.00 per year

2024 Benefits for Full Time, Regular Employees:

• Physical Health benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision:
• Employee - employer paid premium 100%
• Company contribution to a HSA when electing the High Deductible Health Plan
• For plans that offer coverage to your dependents, you pay a small contribution
• Mental Health benefits:
• Free access to CALM app for employees and dependents
• Employee Training
• Mental Health seminars and Q&A sessions
• Basic Life & AD&D - employer paid 1x salary up to $250,000
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (with employer match contribution)
• Generous PTO, Paid Sick Leave, and Company Holidays
• Supplemental, voluntary benefits
• Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings - including a company contribution
• FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Family planning/fertility
• Identity theft protection
• Legal access to a network of attorneys
• Paid parental leave

Why Work at Weedmaps?

• You get to work at the leading technology company in the cannabis industry
• You get to play a meaningful role in helping to advance cannabis causes, including helping improve the lives of patients who rely on the benefits of cannabis
• You get an opportunity to shape the future of the cannabis industry
• You get to work on challenging issues in a collaborative environment that encourages you to do your best 
• You get to work