[Hiring] Engineering Manager - Foundational Services @Outside

Role Description

Join Outside as an Engineering Manager for the Foundational Services team! You will manage 2 groups of engineers responsible for building shared services used within all products in order to provide a seamless experience. From the way people log in, update their account, and access their benefits, this team is tasked with delivering high-quality products & services at every touch point across our products.

As a leader, your primary role is to put the goals of our customers and business first, drive product and architecture decisions with your product and design counterparts, and help your team reach its maximum potential. You'll work closely with engineering leaders across Outside to set technical strategy and direction. You are accountable for the health and execution of these services and the team that builds them and so your skillset should also be sound in architecture, feature development, and code review.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of architecture, feature development, and code review.
• Ability to drive product and architecture decisions.
• Experience in fostering a collaborative team culture.

Requirements

• Build and maintain a collaborative team culture that reflects the division's values.
• Foster an environment where engineers understand the business impact of their work.
• Model good hygiene - fix what's broken, clean up what's messy.
• Manage conflict constructively.
• Run regular 1:1s and goal-setting conversations.
• Actively seek out challenging, impactful work for each engineer.
• Facilitate feedback conversations early and often.
• Build relationships with partner teams.
• Triage inbound requests from customer service and cross-team stakeholders.
• Engage deeply with the team's architecture and technical decisions.
• Ensure technical decisions are documented with clear tradeoffs.
• Facilitate planning exercises that surface unknowns and produce reliable estimates.
• Establish and model modern engineering practices.
• Get hands-on when needed, prototyping or spiking to help the team.

Benefits

• Entirely remote jobs that could be performed in Colorado.
• Salary range of $150,000 to $180,000.
• Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission.
• Benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, and Flexible Time Away.
• Sick leave and more.

Company Description

Outside Interactive, Inc., the premier hub for active lifestyle enthusiasts, offers best-in-class content and experiences to more than 70 million of the world’s most passionate outdoor, wellness, and endurance enthusiasts every month. We inspire and educate a diverse audience to participate in the activities they love and are dedicated to making real change in the outdoor and fitness industries.