Engineering Manager, Slice
Services
CA$150-175k
Independent pizzeria technology platform
Open for applications
Independent pizzeria technology platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
CA$150-175k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower independent pizzerias with the tech and services that power the big chains, to enable them to be in business for themselves, not by themselves.
Role
Who you are
- You should be comfortable leading teams working with:
- Python, Go, and Ruby services
- APIs, distributed systems, and asynchronous workflows
- Databases, AWS, observability, and production operations
- Service migrations, reliability, security, and performance
- We care more about evidence of impact, judgment, and trajectory than a perfectly conventional background
- Experience building and operating customer-facing software or platforms
- Experience managing high-performing engineering teams
- Strong technical judgment across backend services, APIs, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and production operations
- Experience with Python, Go, Ruby, or comparable backend technologies
- A record of improving both customer outcomes and engineering effectiveness
- The ability to turn complex, ambiguous problems into clear direction
- A founder-minded approach: resourceful, decisive, intellectually curious, and unwilling to wait for perfect conditions
- Strong instincts for leverage—knowing when to move quickly and when deeper investment is necessary
- The courage to challenge weak thinking, including your own
- Clear, direct communication across technical and non-technical audiences
- Low ego, high standards, and a strong sense of personal accountability
What the job involves
- Slice’s Services teams build the backend systems, APIs, integrations, and operational capabilities that power our platform
- We are looking for a high-agency Engineering Manager who can identify the most valuable problems, turn ambiguity into clear direction, and build a team capable of delivering exceptional results
- This is not a coordination-only role
- You will stay close to the technology, product, and customer
- You will be accountable for both your team's performance and the impact it creates
- Management is a force multiplier—not another layer of process
- Your role is to create the conditions in which talented engineers can do the best work of their careers
- That means setting a clear mission, raising standards, removing obstacles, developing judgment, and holding yourself and others accountable
- Putting people first does not mean avoiding difficult conversations or lowering the bar
- It means giving people meaningful ownership, direct feedback, strong support, and the opportunity to grow
- Partner with Product, Design, Data, and Operations to identify the problems most worth solving. Define success through measurable value for pizzerias, customers, and the business—not projects completed or code shipped
- Guide architecture and engineering decisions across the services your team owns. Help the team balance speed, reliability, simplicity, and long-term system health
- Our services are converging on Python, while parts of our ecosystem use Go and Ruby. We choose technology based on the problem and the customer value it enables—not preference or fashion
- Give engineers context, clear decision boundaries, and meaningful ownership. Expect them to move with urgency, exercise judgment, raise issues early, and own what happens in production
- When the team is blocked, work across boundaries and find a path forward rather than simply escalating the problem
- Help the team deliver valuable improvements frequently without sacrificing quality. Reduce unnecessary ceremony, make risk visible, and build lightweight mechanisms that improve focus and learning
- Use customer feedback, product data, incidents, and operational metrics to understand whether the team’s decisions are working
- Hire and retain outstanding engineers, including those from unconventional backgrounds who demonstrate unusual ability and drive
- Coach engineers across experience levels, recognize future leaders, reward strong performance, and address underperformance clearly and promptly
- Build strong relationships with other engineering, product, and business leaders. Influence through judgment and results rather than hierarchy
- Surface disagreement directly, resolve it constructively, and optimize for Slice and its customers—not only your own team
- You will lead engineers working on services that power key Slice experiences. The team collaborates across the US, Canada, UK, and North Macedonia, alongside partners in Product, Design, Data, and Operations
- We value thoughtful asynchronous communication, direct discussion, and high-quality written decisions. Geography should not determine who has context, influence, or ownership
- You will report to an Engineering Director and work with other managers and technical leaders to raise the standard across Slice Engineering
- You will be succeeding when:
- Your team understands the customer outcomes it owns
- Engineers operate with increasing independence, judgment, and urgency
- Valuable improvements reach customers frequently
- Systems become simpler, more reliable, and easier to evolve
- High performers are growing and choosing to stay
- Performance problems are addressed rather than allowed to compound
- Cross-functional partners trust the team to solve difficult problems
- Slice creates more value for pizzerias because your team exists
Application process
- Application
- 30-minute introductory conversation
- 60-minute conversation with an Engineering Director
- Two leadership and technical interviews with future peers and team members
- Conversation with our Head of RnD
- Offer
Our take
Slice gives independent pizzerias easy access to the digital tools needed to run a successful business, from bespoke websites with online ordering capabilities to digital marketing and SEO service. According to Slice, pizzerias that use its services can expect both an increase in their online order value and in repeat customers.
The market for online food ordering is huge, with the likes of Grubhub, Deliveroo and Uber Eats controlling most of the market share. To differentiate itself, Slice has honed in on the popularity of pizza. It also provides extra services to its clients that can help them compete with successful chains, and charges a flat subscription fee in comparison to the high commission rates charged by most other platforms.
Slice works with thousands of independent pizzerias across the US, making it the country's largest pizza network. It has also been featured in Crunchbase's SMB Tech 50, a testament to its growth and popularity, and has hopes to continue this upward growth in the coming years.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2021
$40m
SERIES D
May 2020
$43m
SERIES C
Total funding: $116m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental & vision healthcare.
- Tools and days-off to promote mental health
- Annual stipend for personal development and growth
- Generous paid time-off and WFH policies
- Paid time off for ALL new parents
- Compensation for each referred hire
- Exciting, collaborative hackathons 4x/year
- Regular social and charitable events
- Endless pizza
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Ilir Sela
(Founder & CEO)Founded Nerd Force in April 2003, working as CEO for 8 years. Then founded Slice to support their family's NYC pizzerias, and has served as CEO ever since.
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