As our Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for driving efficient engineering processes and contributing towards growing and developing the engineering team. You will jointly own the teams’ execution and delivery of the product roadmap, plan and guide product enhancements, in partnership with the Product and Technical leads. 

 

Every day you will run and continuously improve an agile engineering process, be responsible for shipping high-quality products and for your team’s key projects. You will partner with leadership to identify strategic technical investments and ensure delivery of those projects.

To thrive in this role, you must have a strong technical background and a proven track record of building, deploying, and maintaining web applications and services. Your experience allows you to dive into technical problems and coach, challenge and lead as needed. You engage in discussions around technical strategy, adeptly manage technical tradeoffs and risks, and ensure alignment with product and business goals. You have a proven ability to recruit and develop talent, further strengthening the team’s capabilities. You have a sense of empathy for the customer and a focus on quality. Effective communication skills are paramount, empowering you to effectively convey ideas, coach, mentor, and educate others.

What you can expect: 

• Foster a healthy and collaborative culture that reflects our company and engineering values, and attracts, retains and grows a diverse team.
• Run an agile engineering process that empowers engineers with the context, autonomy, and tools needed to do their best work, and promotes shipping high-quality products efficiently and predictably.
• Jointly own the teams’ execution and delivery of the product roadmap in partnership with the Product Manager
• Work with leadership to identify strategic technology investments required to support business objectives, and ensure those projects are properly prioritized and delivered.
• Partner with our recruiting team to source, recruit and onboard talent to VTS.
• Coach and mentor individual team members, creating a structured environment and feedback loop that supports career development and high engagement.
• Collaborate on cross-functional teams that include product managers, designers, as well as QA
• Applications that deploy multiple times a day and rely heavily on automated testing and CI
• A modern tech stack that includes Ruby on Rails, React, Typescript, Postgres, Kafka, Python, AWS services, terraform as well as a data platform build around Snowflake, dbt, Spark, Python and modern data pipelines

What VTS Values & How We Show It:

• Strive for Excellence - We know your potential is unlimited. Take advantage of our executive coaches and our training and career development programs available to all employees! 
• Be Customer Obsessed - We’re employee obsessed too! VTS offers competitive compensation, comprehensive health benefits (including dental and vision), pre-tax commuter benefits, and a 401(k) plan. Not to mention the fun stuff - monthly happy hours, wellness events, clubs, and team lunches! 
• Be Curious - Benefit from a culture that promotes new learning. VTS offers an education stipend to all employees! 
• Move as One - We work in an open floor plan to promote cross-functional collaboration. 
• Take Ownership - Be an owner of the company you’re building with our equity packages. 
• Appreciate the Difference - VTS embraces and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of a strong work-life balance. We offer a flexible PTO policy, generous family leave program, and more!