[Hiring] Engineering Manager @Fathom.video

Role Description

We’re hiring an Engineering Manager who is excited to roll up their sleeves and contribute hands-on from day one. You’ll be leading a small team of senior engineers, but also expected to stay close to the code as you help us scale our distributed systems and evolve our service architecture.

This is a great role for someone who’s been a strong IC in high-scale environments and has 2+ years of experience managing senior engineers in a fast-paced setting.

You’ll report to our CTO and work closely with our infrastructure and application teams, as well as our world-class customer support org.

How You'll Help Us Win

• You’ll lead a team responsible for building and scaling the core backend systems that power Fathom.
• This includes both hands-on development and guiding others through system design, execution, and technical decisions.

By 30 Days

• Get up to speed on our services and architecture with support from your peers.
• Begin contributing code to improve existing services and unlock new functionality.
• Identify and prioritize key areas of technical or operational improvement within the team.

By 90 Days

• Lead development on major backend initiatives—e.g., building a k8s operator or a cloud storage caching layer.
• Drive architecture reviews and ensure sound, scalable technical decisions.
• Mentor team members and introduce lightweight processes that help us move fast without creating drag.

By 180 Days

• Own the long-term health of our backend stack: scalability, cost-efficiency, maintainability.
• Partner with infrastructure and app teams to define the next evolution of our backend/frontend boundary.
• Grow the team by helping with hiring, onboarding, and career development.

Requirements

Hard Skills

• Have deep hands-on experience with Go and Kubernetes (including garbage collection, performance tuning, profiling).
• Have managed services deployed in GCP, running on GKE, containerized via Docker, and working within a Linux environment.
• Are familiar with other parts of our stack (or equivalents): Ruby/Rails, Redis, ffmpeg.
• Have 2+ years experience managing senior engineers in a high-ownership environment.
• Have worked in SaaS or PaaS environments at scale (we process 100s of millions of async jobs weekly).
• Prioritize clarity, accountability, and pragmatism over process for process’s sake.
• Are comfortable being a player-coach—balancing IC work with technical leadership and people management.
• Bonus points for experience with video streaming at scale, Cgo, or hybrid local/cloud processing models.

Soft Skills

• You have strong instincts for systems-level thinking and making tradeoffs at scale.
• You love working across disciplines and care about the business impact of your work.
• You have high attention to detail and are comfortable navigating complex or ambiguous problems.
• You have a bias for action but value thoughtful debate before committing.

Benefits

• The opportunity to shape the foundational software services of a growing company.
• A high-leverage role with broad technical ownership.
• The chance to grow a team and shape how we scale Fathom’s core services.
• No bureaucracy—just a smart, kind, highly productive team shipping real things.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• A supportive environment that encourages innovation and personal growth.

About the Interview

• No live coding.
• You’ll meet the entire team.
• No bullshit.
• Quick turnaround time.