Engineering Manager-SDKs

About Ditto:

Ditto is on a mission to unleash the full power of edge devices by removing all the plumbing required to build amazing applications. We bridge the digital divide by enabling real-time data synchronization—even when internet connectivity is limited or non-existent. Our peer-to-peer technology is trusted by major customers like Chick-fil-A and Delta Airlines, and we also work closely with the U.S. military on mission-critical connectivity solutions. As a fast-growing startup poised for a future IPO, our team is globally distributed, and our core values are trust, communication, and continuous improvement. We celebrate diversity and strive to create a team that encompasses a wide range of backgrounds, skill sets, and perspectives.

About the Position We are seeking an experienced and motivated Engineering Manager to lead our SDK team and deliver high-quality, developer-friendly SDKs across mobile, desktop, and web platforms and in multiple languages. In this role, you will drive the development of our SDKs, ensuring they are performant, easy to use, and loved by developers on every platform and in every language. You will also play a crucial role in the Ditto developer ecosystem by managing and growing a talented engineering team and establishing a culture that collaborates with cross-functional partners to deliver best-in-class SDK libraries for our customers. A passion for great developer experience, a management outlook that optimizes for repeatable & automated processes, and a strong product mindset is essential.

As the Engineering Manager for the SDK team, you will:

Lead our SDK Engineering Team – Lead and magnify the impact of a team of 6-10 skilled individual contributors. Be responsible for ensuring their success, aiding their career growth, and facilitating their technical work.

Recruit and Grow Talent – Build a strong engineering team through hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career development initiatives.

Build a Great Developer Experience – Ensure our SDKs are a delight to use, well-documented, follow platform-specific best practices, and feel at home in every environment.

Raise the Bar on Technical Excellence – Ensure high test coverage, rigorous engineering, stellar documentation, and a consistently high technical bar across all SDKs.

Collaborate Across Teams – Collaborate with your team, engineering leadership, and product managers to define SDK roadmaps, prioritize features, and align engineering efforts with business goals.

Automate and Optimize – Improve developer workflows through automation, large scale CI/CD, and investments in tooling that maximize productivity and ensure scalability.

Ship It! — Regularly ship patch, minor, and major versions of our SDKs for all our supported platforms, and invest in automation and tooling to make this a breeze.

Be a Culture Custodian — Set team culture by example, expanding Ditto’s culture of trust, communication, and continual improvement.

What you’ll Need:

• 2+ years of experience managing teams of software engineers. This includes people-management responsibilities such as hiring, performance management, and career development.
• 5+ years of technical leadership, including driving best practices, project scoping and design, and providing architectural guidance.
• A willingness to travel, including internationally, up to once a quarter for team get togethers.
• Prior experience with mobile development or leading mobile development teams (iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, etc.)
• Excellent leadership skills with a focus on team growth, mentorship, and collaboration.
• A strategic, product-oriented mindset, with the ability to balance technical priorities with business needs.
• Experience with large scale CI/CD pipelines, automation, and developer tooling & workflows to automate software releases.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. As a fully distributed team, async communication is the norm and the development process often includes written architecture and design documents, and as an engineering manager video-based company updates and presentations will be the norm.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience developing or managing an SDK library product or SDK library API design
• Experience with a wide range o