Technical Software Engineering Manager (Angular)

Company Description

Cricut® makes smart cutting machines that work with an easy-to-use app, an ever-growing collection of materials, and crafting essentials to help you design and personalize almost anything — custom cards, unique apparel, everyday items, and so much more.

Let’s make.

Overview

We believe everyone is born creative. We’re a diverse tapestry of thinkers, dreamers, givers, DIYers, handi-workers, artisans, and forever and always architects of things.

At Cricut, we place the power of handmade into the hands of all. We give you beautiful, easy-to-master tools so you can make something unique, remarkable, perfect. We surround you with ideas, community, inspiration, and encouragement to take your creativity further than you ever imagined. And as a community, we celebrate the exhilarating act of making every single day.

So, make that handcrafted card that feels like a hug. Design a shirt for fun, for family, or for a full-blown business. Craft with a passion or for a purpose. Make something big and bold, itsy-bitsy, amazingly ambitious, or just plain silly. Whatever you make, just make your heart out. Because here’s the remarkable truth: When we all make together, we make all things possible.

Let’s make.

Pay range:

Technical Software Engineering Manager (Angular): $106,400 - $156,700 (USD)

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at Cricut. You may be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses dependent on position. You will receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, HSA with company contributions, FSA, Employee Assistance Program, paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, life insurance covered at 1X annual salary, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, LifeStyle account, and discounts and perks. You receive 20 days of paid vacation, 3 sick days, and will be eligible for 12 or more paid holidays per year. 

***Please note: This position is based in our office located in South Jordan, UT. If you are residing in Utah, you will be expected to work from our South Jordan office. However, if you are located outside of Utah, this position is open to remote work.

Job Description

Cricut is looking for a highly motivated and inspirational hands-on Angular Engineering Manager and leader with excellent qualifications to help design and build Angular native apps to work seamlessly with our Cricut machines. You will work in a fast-paced environment, to deliver world class apps that delight our customers and help grow the business. You are expected to be hands on and in the details in all phases of development including planning, execution, and release. You live for the best customer experience, are passionate about building great software, and care deeply about building and strengthening a great engineer team and culture.  

Responsibilities:

• A Technical Software Engineering Manager that will code 30% of the time
• Work collaboratively with fellow department members, product managers, test engineers, and designers to develop and maintain Cricut Agular applications.  
• Lead Agile/Scrum development.  
• Lead the engineering team in developing new features, improving existing features and improving the quality of the apps.  
• Work with engineering to figure out architecture, work-breakdown, estimates and schedules.  
• Apply software engineering design patterns to develop well-structured, performant application code.  
• Perform code reviews, write unit and UI tests, and contribute to architectural planning and refactoring.  
• Ensure best coding practices.  
• Collaborate with API teams on API design.  
• Collaborate with mobile teams on cross-platform features.
• Training, mentorship, and development of team members.

Qualifications

• Highly Proficient in Angular4+, JavaScript, ES8+, HTML5, CSS3.
• Proficient in test driven development, automated testing, and the use of testing frameworks.
• Experience with Webpack, NodeJS, Electron.
• Experience with Less/Sass CSS Pre-processors.
• In-depth experience in working with Scalable Vector Graphics & vector graphics editing.
• Experience in modular and scalable software development.
• Experience maintaining a living and complex codebase with a modern stack.
• Designing and developing modular, reusable, testable front-end components.
• Desire to learn cutting edge technology to solv