Engineering Manager

Metabase (Headquarters: Remote (Global))

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Metabase is the easiest way for people to get insights from their data, from tiny startups who get up and running quickly to major corporations with tens of thousands of users. We are an open-source business intelligence tool used by tens of thousands of companies globally. We bring data tools with the elegance and simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence.

We are hiring for multiple Engineering Manager positions.

You Will:
* Directly manage a team of engineers and help them ship features that delight Metabase users.
* Work closely with Product, Design, and Success teams to plan and execute on the product roadmap, balancing feature development, tech improvements and bug fixes.
* Coach individuals, tune processes, remove obstacles, and optimize the environment to continuously increase the speed of iteration.
* Be technical, deeply understand the problems the team is solving and make decisions within that context.
* Hire, onboard, and nurture top-level engineering IC talent.

Skills and Experience:
* Strong written and verbal communication, with a bias to written communication to support async processes in a fully remote and distributed team.
* 2+ years of engineering management experience or equivalent (demonstrable skill at key aspects of building and improving an engineering team, and supporting and developing people's careers).
* Ability to debug project execution to identify issues and changes to one or more of people, process, and project scope.
* Strong product sensibilities - ability to critically navigate product proposal docs and Figma designs, translate them to engineering requirements, and identify/mitigate risks.
* Strong technical background in one of: Clojure or Frontend (React + Typescript) ecosystems. Can fluently read code, tech design docs, engage in technical discussions, provide constructive technical feedback, and is close to implementation details.
* Use technical understanding to make decisions regarding project execution and delivery.
* Problem decomposition skills to reduce risk, increase feedback surface area, and adjust plans based on reality.
* Ability to coach and grow engineers, especially in a low structure environment.

Why Metabase?
* Relentlessly user-focused, building long-term value.
* Open source codebase (github.com/metabase/metabase).
* Genuinely interesting and non-trivial problems in data interaction.
* Growing company and business.
* Fully remote global team (in 30+ countries), asynchronous work style, flexibility, autonomy, and growth opportunities.

We're a global team (50% outside the US), fully distributed, who get things done asynchronously, with plenty of uninterrupted time, supporting each other to do the best work of our careers.