What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineering Manager position at Redbrick?

Part of the Redbrick portfolio of companies, Leadpages is a complete lead generation platform that helps small businesses, marketing teams, and digital marketers find new customers and close sales online. Leadpages' no-code website builder, AI Engine, and full suite of digital marketing tools give growing businesses everything they need to collect leads. Leveraging eleven years of conversion data and industry expertise, Leadpages recently launched performance marketing services to offer its customers a hands-off marketing solution. Distinguished by best-in-class support, Leadpages is a three-time Inc. 500 company. Leadpages is a Certified B Corporation as part of the Redbrick portfolio. Redbrick has been named one of Canada's Top Small and Medium Employers for five years running.

One thing that our team members say they value most is our fun and truly "people-first" culture. Ours is a place where you're given the autonomy to do your best work, from home or in the office, with the tools and support you need to do so. We cheerlead your goals and accomplishments and are invested in your future.

Here are some of the things our team loves most about working at Leadpages :

Highly competitive salary
Attractive vacation, healthcare & benefits, including generous RRSP matching
Monthly fitness reimbursements to support a healthy and active lifestyle
State-of-the-art and centrally located office
Flexible work hours and options to work remotely
High-end hardware and equipment - in office and at home
Autonomy and freedom to do your best work on your own terms
Opportunities to learn and grow through professional development support, funding, and mentorship
Internal mobility : opportunities to work with various products and teams across the Redbrick portfolio of companies
Modern tech stacks (React, TypeScript, Python, Kubernetes)
Opportunities to contribute to open-source communities

Leadpages has provided me with the opportunity to learn new skills and find effective ways to apply my existing skill set to a new role. Each day is different, and I'm lucky to work with supportive colleagues all across North America and customers all over the world!"

Jake, Senior Technical Support Specialist

What does a day look like in my role?

Leadpages's Software Engineering Manager will be a dynamic player / coach who serves as an inspiring leader with a passion for managing people, developing software and solving problems. This individual will grow and lead a team of engineers, oversee and technically contribute towards ongoing projects, and collaborate cross-functionally with other teams, executive staff and product management to fulfill our Roadmap.

Your primary responsibilities will be to manage and mentor a growing (~7 ) team of software engineers, review and potentially write industry-leading code and work alongside the wider engineering team in delivering software to meet the needs of our customers. To succeed in this role, you will have a passion for software development, be willing to actively contribute to a culture of collaboration and innovation, and possess a background in the SaaS space. Ultimately your job is to ensure that you and your team continue to ship high-quality software to support our scaling and growing business!

What it means to be Software Engineering Manager

We get it : You need to know what you're applying for before you sign up, right? This is what you need to know : As our Software Engineering Manager, you'll be responsible for :

Successfully managing, motivating and mentoring select members of the software engineering team

Leading project teams toward the best technical solution and design / architectural decisions that meet the needs of our customers

Using your extensive hands-on development experience to actively assist project teams

Applying best practices to lead engineering teams through design, development, unit testing, code reviews, and deployment of features and components

Ensuring your team's goals are aligned with the company and keeping them on track

Developing people within your teams towards their career progression goals

Collaborating with the product management team to deliver innovative, reliable products that delight our customers

Coordinating across multiple engineering teams and with engineering leadership when defining new designs and solutions

Advocating for high-quality standards in the team's work. Holding members accountable for adequately reviewing and testing code

Ensuring a high level of quality in Leadpages's software products

Continuously looking for ways to improve the engineering organization

After 1 week

You will be onboarded with the engineering and leadership teams and get a sense of how you fit within the company

You will be introduced to your team in a group and in 1 on 1s

You will be getting familiar with Leadpages' products and processes

You will become familiar with our development environment and repositories

After 1 month

You will know all members of the Product and Engineering teams and understand who to ask for what

You will be introduced to our product roadmap and understand where you can make the greatest impact

You will find a rhythm with your direct reports and start to define plans for meeting their unique needs

You will be contributing to (and or leading) an active project

You will have reviewed (and potentially written) code in one or more repositories

After 6 months

You will feel confident in your role and will be contributing on many fronts

You have built a strong rapport with your team and are helping them learn and grow in their roles

You will have helped release one (or more) projects and have a hunger for more!

You will have offered valuable insights into engineering processes and are actively contributing to ongoing improvements

You are actively communicating with senior leadership and cross-departmentally disseminating information appropriately

What we would like to see in you.

Every Redbricker has three things in common : We're curious, hungry, and good-humoured. We try our best to balance hard work with good, old-fashioned fun. As a Software Engineering Manager with Leadpages, there are extra specialties we're on the lookout for :

BS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent education

7 years of development experience (preferably in Python and / or Javascript / Typescript / React.js)

3 years of managing engineering teams

4 years of SaaS product experience

This is a remote role, with the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment in Victoria, BC

Experience with large scale applications in a cloud platform, with preferred experience on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Success at participating in cross-functional engineering teams; naturally collaborative but decisive when needed

Ability to manage technical projects and schedules in a rapid-growth environment, to coordinate successful / timely releases and achieve quality objectives

Provide demonstrated leadership and stellar people-management and conflict-resolution skills

Strong communication skills, analytical skills and a thorough understanding of software engineering

Experience in leading delivery teams in agile software engineering practices

Ability to convincingly articulate complex analytical ideas in a simple way to a variety of key stakeholders from different functions

Experience working with people across different timezones, including remote management of people and deliverables

Redbrick and Leadpages are committed to creating a diverse environment where everyone can be their true authentic selves. We value all differences as they are essential for a thriving, happy, and productive workplace. If you'd like to join us and help build a disruptive company where we are all proud to belong, here are the next steps to becoming the next Software Engineering Manager at Leadpages :

Apply with your cover letter, resume, and links to your GitHub or public repos.

Take this opportunity to tell us your story and why you'd be a good fit for our team.

If you need accommodations during the hiring process, please reach out to us at accommodation.request@rdbrck.com. We're here to support your success.

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