Engineering Manager, Discovery
Getting together with real people in real life makes powerful things happen. Side hustles become careers, ideas become movements, and chance encounters become lifelong connections. At Meetup, you’ll help create the future of real community—a future where people show up, do things, and actually talk.
Software Engineering Managers at Meetup build high performing teams. We value engineering managers who are keen to stay close to the ground, the product, and the people. We want engineering managers who guide teams to work more effectively as well as manage, coach and grow engineers.
This is an exciting opportunity to help build a team responsible for a critical area of Meetup -- Discovery, helping our members find the best events in our platform. You'll be able to influence everything from the personal to the organizational, by directly managing engineers, working with the team to define engineering practices, and guiding team culture. If you're applying for this role, you get as much satisfaction from the professional development of your reports as you do from the challenge of creating a successful team.
You're our ideal team member if you:
- Are a leader with strong interest in building a highly productive team while creating a fulfilling work experience for engineers.
- Thrive in improving team processes and collaboration methods, focusing on Agile practices.
- Have experience with career development and performance management of local and remote engineers
- Have experience interviewing & recruiting engineers
- Are adaptable, and can handle changing requirements and difficult problems. You build process for the long-term while managing iterative, short-term needs.
What you get to do:
- Be an effective people manager that focuses on coaching, team culture, and recruiting.
- Partner with the Director of Engineering to shape how the team is organized and continuously improve how the team works.
- Guide your reports' professional development through coaching, timely and specific feedback, regular 1-on-1s, and highlighting growth opportunities.
- Unblock team members by working with neighboring teams to determine solutions and timelines.
Our engineers are smart, flexible, great problem solvers. Managers are responsible for organizational transparency, career development, mentorship, and honest feedback. We build fast and release code often, relying on their leadership to increase productivity by removing obstacles and keeping processes effective.
Check out our engineering blog: https://medium.com/making-meetup
Meetup employees are bold, supportive, and passionate about empowering people to come together and create community for everyone. We care about moving fast, real-world change, and building diverse, dynamic teams in a safe and inclusive environment. You in?