Engineering Manager, Kit (Formerly ConvertKit)
$175-197k
Email-first operating system for creators
Job no longer available
Email-first operating system for creators
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$175-197k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help creators grow and earn a living.
Role
Who you are
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This role is primarily about communicating with others and facilitating amazing work getting done
- At least 3-5 years of experience in a technical leadership role, and at least 3 years of prior experience writing production code at scale
- Prior experience working in or managing distributed, remote teams
- Be committed to building a diverse engineering team that serves as a role model for the software industry
- Have the ability to foster both high performance and a high degree of psychological safety on the team. This requires strong empathy, communication, and listening skills to understand and advocate for the needs of the team
- Be comfortable delivering constructive feedback to drive individual growth and fostering productive conflict to seek out the best and most diverse ideas to reach the best solutions for customers
- Be autonomous and self-motivated to work effectively in a 100% remote company
- Have enthusiasm for and belief in our
- Live and work primarily in US time zones
- Attend our bi-annual company retreats
Desirable
- Experience using data to understand product usage and make decisions
- A background in developing applications using Ruby on Rails, and experience with other tools in our technology stack: React, MySQL, Elasticsearch. This is not a hands-on coding role, and experience leading software development is more important than programming skill
What the job involves
- Cultivate an environment where team members are empowered and demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and belonging
- Be an un-blocker for members of the teams you manage
- Level up your team through feedback, educational opportunities, personal growth, mentorship, performance management, and promoting psychological safety
- Drive the execution of work, and hold the team accountable to scoped commitments
- Place your squad’s work in the context of business goals, and track and measure your team’s progress while helping to define learning objectives for each of your reports
- Play a crucial role in owning and defining good processes not only within your team, but also across engineering and with cross-functional partners
- Represent technical considerations and engineering interests with fellow managers and with the executive team
Application process
- 30 min - Recruiter screen
- 45 min - Hiring Manager screen
- 60-90 min - Working session with the team
- 60 min - Culture Contribution Chat
- 30 min- Wrap up with Hiring Manager
Our take
Kit, formerly ConvertiKit was founded in 2013 to help online creators and bloggers make money through email marketing. The company has amassed more than 550,000 creators that reach 590+ million fans.
Following a boost to email marketing engagement rates, Kit’s strong existing network put it in a good position to take advantage of it. Add to that the increasing shift towards eCommerce, and the company’s offering is increasingly looking like a smart solution for content creators looking to monetize.
Kit’s acquisition of musician marketing platform FanBridge sees the platform scooping up musicians looking to explore alternative revenue streams online following the pandemic throttling of tours and live gigs. With plans to add Spotify and BandsInTown integrations, as well as ‘tip jars’, this is an interesting direction to see the email marketing company expand into.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Vacation time: 4 weeks of paid vacation plus 10 paid holidays a year
- Health: Excellent health, vision, and dental benefits. 2 weeks of paid sick leave per year, including mental health days
- Profit sharing bonus: We celebrate our hard work and success with twice yearly profit sharing distributions
- Parental leave: 12 weeks paid leave for all caregivers, plus flexible scheduling in your child's first year
- Supportive leave: We're here to support you when life takes a turn. You'll have up to 6 weeks (each) of paid bereavement leave, medical leave and natural disaster leave
- 401K: 401k match of up to 5% of your salary to help you save for the future
- Vacation bonus: We'll help pay for your trip with a $1,000 yearly "paid paid vacation" bonus
- Learning budget: Use your annual Learning & Development budget to buy books and courses to keep your skills sharp
- Yearly conference: We'll pay for your registration and travel expenses to the conference of your choice each year
- Team retreats: The team gathers twice a year in-person for fantastic team retreats where we strategize, connect and bond
- Equipment: $4,000 equipment allowance upon joining the team and then $3,000 every two years after that
Company HQ
Downtown, Boise, ID
Leadership
Nathan Barry
(Founder & CEO)Studied Marketing and Graphic Design at Boise State University and worked as a freelance software designer. Worked as Senior UX Designer at Unity Media Group. Also founded iOS and web applications design company Legend.
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