Engineering Manager (Design Tools)

Overview

You are someone who loves building high performing teams. You believe that the foundations of a really good team are a clear vision, engaged and talented engineers, just enough process, fast and effective decision-making, and excellent communication. You’re never satisfied and are always looking for ways to make things better and to deliver faster with higher reliability. You care deeply about the work that you do and the people who are doing it. You practice the leader-leader model. Ok, so it’s pretty clear that you’re awesome.

And awesome people like to work on awesome stuff, right?

We want you to help us expand our suite of cutting edge tools for designers. You will get to work on tools that people genuinely enjoy using and interacting with every day. The work you do will directly contribute to people loving their work. In delivering these great experiences, you’ll also get to work with the latest tech, including WebGL, React, Go, JavaScript, Mongo, and Kubernetes. It’s genuinely a lot of fun working on a great product and pushing the edge in engineering.

There are a number of reasons you really want to be an Engineering Manager on this team. You will have the opportunity to work with a super talented, engaged engineers who love what they do. You will work with an experienced leadership team that has successfully grown and mentored managers. You’ll be part of a peer group that is supportive and always learning.

As an Engineering Manager, you will:

• Be accountable for your team’s delivery and execution on projects and operation of services.
• Lead and grow the engineers on your team through coaching and mentoring, regular reviews, and one-on-ones.
• Manage projects through effective planning, communication of status, and coordination of activities within your team and across teams.
• Continuously improve your team’s processes.

REQUIREMENTS

A great candidate is someone who is:

• Experienced in mentoring and coaching engineers.
• Experienced in delivering complex projects quickly and with a focus on quality and reliability.
• Process-oriented but hates bureaucracy. Experienced with Agile and/or Lean.
• Good at getting things done with minimal oversight while maintaining good information flow.
• Experienced hiring good engineers who add to the strengths of the team.
• Balances good strategic vision with tactical execution.

If this sounds like you, please let us know in a cover letter why you think this is a perfect fit for you.

BENEFITS

InVision offers an incredibly unique work environment. The company employs more than 200 team members working remotely in 14 countries around the world. In the United States we have teams including hubs in New York, San Francisco, Austin, Portland, and Boston. Each InVision team member is given the freedom and tools to do their best work from wherever they choose. Among other benefits, we have a flexible vacation policy, unlimited Starbucks cards for each employee, and unlimited books related to your profession.