Engineering Manager I

Your Impact

As an Engineering Manager, you will not only build high-quality software delivering feature sets that delight customers but also drive the architecture of one or more subsystems towards our aspirational goal of everything ‘well-crafted’. In this role, you will also be expected to contribute technically through leading system design and architecture, implementing solutions, and reviewing code. You will also grow into a role where you are directly managing up to 4 other engineers. Although prior people management experience is not required, a strong interest in developing along the management track is essential.

What You'll Do

• Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team
• Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals.
• Liaising with team members, management, product managers, and product designers to ensure projects are completed to standard.
• Facilitating effective cross-team communication and coordination.
• Motivating staff and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns.
• Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes.
• Writing progress reports and delivering presentations to the relevant stakeholder

Who You Are

• Possess 8+ years of software development experience for large scale web applications.
• Minimum 2+ years experience managing a small team of junior to senior developers 
• Have a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• Have previous experience in a Tech Lead role with demonstrated leadership abilities.
• Have experience designing and operating software in a Cloud Provider such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Have experience with SQL-based cloud data storage technologies.
• An engineer who is able to design and communicate external and internal architectural perspectives of well-encapsulated systems (e.g. Service Oriented Architecture, Docker-based Services, micro-services).
• Strong skills in API and Data Model Design and Implementation including how to scale out, make highly available, and map to storage systems.
• Ability to design and implement a layered application architecture that can be easily changed to accommodate evolving business requirements.
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills

Even Better If You Have...

• Understanding of how to design and develop from a Security Perspective.
• Used Feature or Release Toggles as a code branching strategy.
• Experience selecting and extending 3rd party components (commercial or open-source) that provide operational leverage.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with an emphasis on a well-maintained testing pyramid.
• Experience with NoSql data stores, data caches, and other non-relational data storage technologies.
• Experience with Federated GraphQL, providing a unified API access across different systems.
• Worked with messaging and streaming platforms such as Kafka and understand the principles of event-driven architecture.
• You are familiar with Protobuf and gRPC for defining service interfaces and efficiently serializing structured data

 

Perks of DISCO

• Open, inclusive, and fun environment
• Benefits, including medical and dental insurance
• Competitive salary plus discretionary bonus
• Opportunity to be a part of a startup that is revolutionizing the legal industry
• Growth opportunities throughout the company