Senior Engineering Manager

About the role

As our Sr. Engineering Manager, you will work in tandem with the Product Managers, Engineers, and Designers to shape the future of Firstbase’s products. You’ll thrive in this role if you have experience building relationships with and influencing cross-functional team members, delivering high-quality projects on time, and analyzing data to produce actionable recommendations. Top candidates for this position are technically credible and know the details of what engineers work on, their time is spent safeguarding their team’s health, hiring a world-class team, and putting them in the best position to succeed. They own the delivery of product commitments and are always looking to improve productivity. They must also coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals. 

What's Firstbase.io?Firstbase, a YC-backed company, is building an all-in-one Company OS to help define how founders across the globe launch, manage, and grow their businesses.

More than thirty thousand founders from over 190 countries have used our incorporation product, Firstbase Start, to launch their startups. For many founders, "firstbase.io" has become what they type into their address bars when they consider incorporating a business. 

We are backed by Y Combinator & our team, investors, and advisors include people from Apple, Gusto, Carta, Wise, Plaid, and many other great companies.

Why you should join

Firstbase is much more than just incorporation. Our team is dedicated to building products & solving some of the startups’ hardest problems, with particular focus on:

• Democratizing access to financial infrastructure

• Automating tasks every founder faces when running a business

• Making tools and resources more accessible to everyone, everywhere

• Building integrated solutions for founders and removing friction

• Delivering opportunities to traditionally overlooked founders and companies

• Democratizing access to knowledge

Join us on a mission to help more companies succeed!

Who are we looking for

We are looking for risk-takers with diverse experience who can provide fearless feedback.

You will have the following duties

• Hire and build a successful team
• Lead and drive significant results for multiple teams
• Managing 3 or more engineering teams with at least three engineering manager direct reports
• Leading business critical cross-functional initiatives in addition to managing a team
• Generate and implement process improvements, especially cross-team processes
• Hold regular 1:1s with team members and skip-level 1:1s with indirect reports
• Provide management mentorship
• Give regular and clear feedback on the individual’s performance
• Draft quarterly OKRs and Engineering KPIs
• Improve product quality, security, and performance

You should meet the following requirements

• At least 4 years of experience managing software development teams
• At least 5 years of experience with Golang
• Familiarity with AWS services - K8's, Docker, GitLab pipelines, and microservice architecture
• BSc in computer science, electrical engineering or equivalent
• Startup experience, building production systems from an early stage
• Familiarity with concepts of IT environments and complex integrations
• Hands-on experience with modern Frontend and Backend technologies
• Experience dealing with time series data
• Understanding control systems
• Collaborate effectively with others
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams
• Not hesitant to get hands dirty and do whatever is necessary to ensure success

Some perks you might enjoy

• Competitive salary & equity

We lean on some of the best market data to ensure that we offer the most competitive compensation.

• Hybrid work environment

We work both remotely & from our offices in New York City in São Paulo – optimizing for collaboration while providing flexibility to team members.

• 21 days of PTO + birthday off

We offer flexibility to allow people to relax and recharge whenever they need it.

• Build your ideal work setup

We understand that how you work is extremely important, so we provide a stipend to set you up for success here at Firstbase.

• Health benefits

Firstbase offers health insurance reimbursements to both US and international employees

• Learning & development

We provide a stipend together with resources to help people grow and develop in their careers.

• Amazing annual bonuses

Every team at Firstbase has a bonus structure which usually accounts for 10% of OTE.

If you think you're unqualified or don't meet all the requirements for this role, we encourage you to still apply. We celebrate diverse candidates, adjacent experiences, and simply put, good people who want to build great things. If that's you, then we'd love to meet.