Manager, Software Engineering

Who We Are

At Firstup, our mission is to improve the employee experience at every moment that matters, large and small. As the communication pipeline for the world's workforce, we now serve 40 of the Fortune 100 companies, reaching and connecting more than 17 million employees daily.

Our employees are experts in the employee experience, workforce communications and technology. 

Joining Firstup means joining a movement to make work better for every worker. As the world’s first intelligent communication platform, Firstup meaningfully engages employees at every moment from hire to retire, and delivers engagement insights to help companies support, promote and retain their talent. Our movement has taken root and is evident in our world-class customer base. Now we need your help. Ready to make a difference in the world?

Our Values

Every employee is an owner with responsibility and credit for our progress.

Leadership is in our build and we see change as a catalyst for improvement.

We win as a team, committed to help our coworkers and customers thrive.

We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to join our team! You will have opportunities to work with customers to solve technology challenges. We are quickly growing and you will deliver new solutions and services while always improving our approach to architecture, scale, availability and fault-tolerance. Engineering is a craft, and at Firstup we believe the internals of our technology are as elegant as user experience. If there is a specific challenge you are looking for, we most likely have it for you.

Teams are empowered and supported to make an impact every day. We work in autonomous product teams, and you'll work with Product Managers, Designers, QA, and other engineers on a daily basis. You will partner with others across the company in shared codebases, and contribute directly to other services when needed. We iterate quickly to see what works and what doesn't and follow the data to bring our strategy. We encourage you to take chances and fail because that is how we grow. We are a distributed team and have been since day 1. We build solutions for distributed workforces so we model our workforce the same way. In this role you really can work where you want within the United States.

• Mentor and grow a team of distributed Engineers by instilling and advocating best practices.
• Foster an environment of involvement. Engineering is a team sport at Firstup.
• Guide the creation of solutions for our most challenging technical problems as they relate to scaling and automation.
• Communicate your experience with building quality software and motivate others to do the best work of their lives.
• Develop career pathing and manage performance of your team members.
• Contribute to engineering-wide plans as part of the engineering management team.
• Promote Agile and QA best practices.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field of study; or commensurate professional experience required.
• Experience managing a team of 8+ in a startup-like environment developing SaaS applications/platforms.
• Success leading a team through complex challenges that are large in scope.
• Strong knowledge in OOD, Domain-driven design, and microservices architecture.
• Excellent communication skills and understanding of the realities of developing in a startup environment (i.e. you know the difference between small problems and big ones).
• Familiarity with our technology stack or similar (Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, Node.js, SQL, etc.)
• Previous experience as a Software Engineer.
• AI experience

Firstup expects the base salary for this role to be between $175,000-$200,000. The starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.

Why Firstup?

Because you care - about people, the work you do, and the connections you make. Work is such a large part of life; it only makes sense to make it awesome.

If you want to engage brilliant minds in a high-growth and inclusive environment where ideas are rewarded regardless of who they come from, join us. This is a rapidly changing space so if you thrive on ambiguity, are hungry for a challenge, and have the guts to speak your mind, you could be a perfect fit.

We offer an excellent PTO program, great health benefits, a casual and friendly environment, remote work, and a leadership team who truly believes in your growth – both personally and professionally.

Firstup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state or local laws.

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