Engineering Manager

From the very beginning, Ally has believed that the right people united by the right mission can redefine the possible

Ally is a B2B SaaS startup. We enable teams to focus, align and achieve goals, with strong employee engagement. Our OKR solution is ridiculously easy to use and scalable to startups and larger teams.

We believe in being where the work happens. Ally is well integrated with the tools and products that we already use in our daily workflows. Further, you can access it from the web and mobile. Ally’s Insights identifies problems and helps the team make the necessary changes to achieve the goals on time.

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on, Engineering Manager to lead a growing team that builds and scales our product. As a technical leader, you own the engineering vision and oversee the technical standards your team thrives on. As a manager of engineers, you coach and develop our promising, young talent and ensure their collective energy is applied effectively and efficiently to accomplish not only the organizational goals, but also their individual career goals. An ideal candidate would have an accomplished record as an individual contributor and experience managing an engineering team.

What does an engineering manager do at Ally?

• Build and lead engineering team in achieving a high level of technical quality, reliability, and ease-of-use
• Own, oversee, and delegate the design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and delivery of large-scale software applications
• Own the careers of your team members, deliver regular and timely feedback, represent your team for annual reviews and reward high performers
• Collaborate with recruiting team to drive sourcing, screening, interviewing and recruitment of the right talent for your team
• Own the morale of your team, unblock them at critical junctures and set up the team to make the right decisions
• Champion operational excellence, establishing metrics and process for regular assessment and improvement
• Understand, prioritize and deliver the feature roadmap while decreasing technical debt
• Work effectively with a cross-functional team of product managers, designers and engineers
• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Minimum of 10 years of professional work experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing a high performing engineering team
• Strong coding skills using Ruby, Java, C/C++, Scala (or equivalent programming language)
• Excellent knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms
• Experience shipping software to customers at scale
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Clear oral and written communication skills
• Above all, an insatiable desire and ability to learn

Benefits

• Ownership and autonomy to drive customer and culture initiatives
• Centrally located in the city; right next to Metro station
• Opportunity to get mentored and mentor junior engineers
• Competitive salaries
• Paid time off
• Medical insurance