Engineering Manager
Smalls are looking for an Engineering Manager who is equally passionate about leading people and building great software. In this role, you’ll be both a mentor and a maker—helping your team grow, shaping the culture of engineering, and directly contributing to the architecture and code that power our systems.
What You'll Do:
Lead, mentor, hire and grow a small team of software engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, growth and learning.
Partner with product and design to align engineering priorities with business goals.
Define and evolve a technical roadmap with the ability to articulate why to the business.
Evaluate our current architecture, system design, tools and influence the set-up for the next stage of growth for the organization.
Ensure reliability, scalability, and performance monitoring.
Contribute directly to the codebase (~60% of your time), setting the standard for quality and craftsmanship.
Establish team rituals - reviews, refinement, incident management, on-call duty, retros—that make us stronger and faster together.
What we'll love about you:
2+ years of engineering leadership/management experience.
Prior experience working as a Sr. Engineer/Staff engineer with deep technical expertise and architectural experience.
A player-coach: skilled at balancing IC work with leadership responsibilities.
Experienced in building strong engineering cultures and improving teams.
Strong communicator who can bridge technical and business discussions.
Pragmatic and product-driven—you know when to move fast and when to build for the long term.
Huge plus: experience working on DTC and subscription services.
Huge plus: e with React, React router (SSR), Ruby on Rails.
Huge plus: sxperience with tools like Heroku, Postgres, Shopify, Stripe, and Contentful.
What you’ll love about us:
Mission-Driven Company: We love cats and we're here to make nine lives ten.
People-Driven Company: We treat our people like people; we're committed to Smalls, and we work hard but also respect everyone’s lives outside of work.
Data-Driven Culture: We love using data to guide decision-making where appropriate, but we also know when to move quickly and go with our gut.
Competitive Salary: Make some $$$.
Very Competitive Benefits: Fully paid Health, Vision, and Dental insurance. 4-day work week. Unlimited PTO.
Fully Remote Office & Culture: Our team is spread across the US day to day, but we travel for department & company off-sites and retreats.
Free Product: Free cat food every month.
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