Senior Engineering Manager
About the role
We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact team of software engineers. Key responsibilities include guiding projects from conception to completion, supporting engineers through coaching and career development, and collaborating with product and engineering leadership.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers with a strong focus on people development, team health, and career growth
- Support engineers through regular coaching, feedback, goal setting, and career development conversations
- Create clarity for the team around priorities, expectations, ownership, and successful outcomes
- Partner closely with product and engineering leadership to define priorities, drive execution, and deliver successful outcomes
- Support projects from early planning and architecture through implementation, rollout, and long-term maintenance
- Absorb technical tradeoffs, assist with code reviews, and help unblock engineers
- Contribute to the conceptualization and technical design of new ideas and product enhancements
- Help drive architectural improvements that prioritize scalability, reliability, maintainability, and performance
- Reinforce strong engineering standards, development practices, testing habits, and ownership across the team
- Support hiring, onboarding, mentorship, performance feedback, and career development across the engineering organization
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably building modern web applications
- Experience managing, leading, or mentoring engineers in a fast-moving technical environment
- A genuine interest in people management, coaching, feedback, and engineer growth
- Strong technical judgment and the ability to understand code, architecture, system design, and engineering tradeoffs
- Comfort assisting with code reviews and technical discussions, even if you are not expected to contribute production code regularly
- Bachelor's Degree required, ideally in Computer Science
- Experience working with databases and analyzing queries for optimization opportunities
- Comfortable working in a fully remote environment
Qualifications
- Ability to design systems and features with scalability, security, reliability, and performance in mind
- Comfortable working in a fully remote environment
Skills
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
- Technical expertise in modern web application development
- Experience with database design and query optimization
- Ability to work in a fully remote environment
Benefits
- The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is: $170,000/year - $230,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
- For Colorado, the salary range is: $180,000 - $215,000 + bonus + equity + benefits
Pay
The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is: $170,000/year - $230,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. For Colorado, the salary range is: $180,000 - $215,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. This salary range is a good faith estimate of what Vetcove may pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on skills, qualifications, and experience.
Schedule
Vetcove operates in a fully remote environment that emphasizes ownership, autonomy, communication, and teamwork.
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