Mobile Engineering Manager, tastytrade

• Experience managing hybrid (remote and in-person) teams of 5-15 people
• A firm understanding of modern software engineering practices, languages, frameworks, and common technologies
• For this role, you’ll need a strong understanding of either the Android platform (using Java/Kotlin) or the iOS platform (using Swift/Objective C), along with a foundational knowledge of the other platform. General knowledge of Java is also beneficial
• The ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders in simple language
• 4+ years of professional experience working as a software engineer manager and 10+ years of experience as a software engineer
• The ability to jump in and assist with technical challenges
• A proven track record of team leadership including the ability to rapidly deliver both changes to existing production systems and greenfield efforts
• Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals
• Local hire is preferred, but not currently required

Desirable

• As a Mobile Engineering Manager at tastytrade, you’ll be part of the team that builds out the retail brokerage business and supports our other business initiatives
• We care about the speed and stability of our back-end systems as much as we care about the experience our customer-facing applications create
• Our architecture is consistently evolving as our business grows and we face different technical challenges, but always with a focus on practicality and performance
• You’ll help to create an environment for our engineers to succeed by providing mentorship, meeting with stakeholders, contributing to our culture, and ensuring team efficiency and growth
• We have a native Android app for the phone form factor, and native iOS applications for both iPhone and iPad
• Ensure that our mobile team rapidly delivers new features and improvements in the tastytrade client trading applications while maintaining stability and quality
• You’ll work closely with our product management team to organize, identify, and assign work based on priority and importance
• Serve as a technical leader for the mobile team in partnership with our engineering managers and engineering leadership as well as managing individual contributors
• Drive the continued development of long-term technical strategy for mobile and broader front-end developer experience
• Establish technical vision and lead efforts to architect, build, and launch solutions
• Balance engineering time between new features and foundational improvements (architecture, CI/CD, automated testing and release management strategy)
• Increase engineer quality of life and enablement through process improvement and tooling
• Interact directly with the tastytrade business and product teams to capture and translate requirements and technical direction into production-quality code
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align technical initiatives and decisions
• You’ll be expected to take point on complex engineering challenges and provide guidance for the mobile team
• Foster high-quality software development through code reviews and pair-programming
• Participate in coding, debugging, and optimization tasks
• Build efficient, reliable, performant, and scalable solutions
• Prototype new technologies and systems when needed to unblock the team
• Mentor, guide, and support the career growth of individual contributors
• Hold regular 1:1s and provide clear feedback around individual performance
• Draft, maintain, and deliver on quarterly OKRs and team goals
• Ensure individual goals are aligned with broader technology strategy, business strategy, and individual career development
• Take responsibility for the performance of your team and the development of its individual members
• Promote active involvement in building and evolving of tastytrade engineering culture
• Partner with talent acquisition to improve hiring processes and fill team vacancies
• Engage with other managers and technical leaders to ensure healthy communication, engineering concerns, and to create an environment where top level engineering talent wants to work
• Identify opportunities impacting native product developers through business understanding
• Innovate and improve current solutions while building new capabilities
• Apply data-driven approach to measuring developer productivity and effectiveness
• Contribute to engineering best practices and standards