Engineering Manager (Remote)

Introduction

Are you passionate about using technology to make people's lives better? Are you interested in becoming a part of one of the hottest trends in the world of start-ups today? Are you excited about joining the online ultra-fast grocery delivery service business pioneer and driving the trend forward? Then this may be the right opportunity for you.

Role and Responsibilities

1. Lead over a product in the Technology department.
2. Self-sufficiently lead the software development lifecycle: technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring.
3. Work with cross-functional teams effectively to enable business growth.
4. Recruit, train, retain, and simply make Blok a great yet challenging place to work for the people in your team.
5. Mentor team, resulting in trickle-down happiness and efficiency.
   
   Requirements

1. You have at least 2 years of experience in a managerial position in a technology company.
2. You’ve designed, built, scaled, and maintained production services, and know-how to compose a service-oriented architecture. You’ll lead by example by executing when necessary.
3. Bias towards action. You believe that speed and quality aren't mutually exclusive. You've shown good judgment about shipping as fast as possible while still making sure that products are built in a sustainable, responsible way. You embrace the agile software development mindset.
4. Hiring prowess. You're a strong leader who can attract talent around the world, raising the bar for excellence. You retained, mentored, and hired senior engineers and managers with a track record of building productive, world-class engineering teams.
5. Mentorship. You know that the most important part of your job is setting the team up for success. Through motivating, mentoring, teaching, and reviewing, you help other specialists make sound architectural decisions, improve their code quality, and get out of their comfort zone.
6. You have the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with others at all levels within the organization. You have experience with effectively creating alignments with multiple teams and operating well in ambiguity.
7. Dedication. You care tremendously about keeping the experience consistent for users. You are your harshest critic and hold yourself personally accountable, jumping in and taking ownership of problems that might not even be in your team's scope.
8. Experience within our tech-stack (Microservices, Node.js, Java, React, MongoDB, Kotlin, Swift, Redis, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, WebSockets, etc.)
   
   Who You Are

1. Passionate about technology and making an impact.
2. A perpetual learner, who stretches their boundaries and enjoys new ideas.
3. A doer who takes initiative regardless of boundaries empowers their teams and works well in a cross-functional set-up.