Senior Engineering Manager, Labelbox

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field. Advanced degree preferred
• 8+ years of work experience in a software company in full-stack development, including backend
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing one or more highly technical teams
• Demonstrated experience in project management and tools such as Jira
• Experience with agile software development and exhibited end-to-end ownership of projects
• A disciplined approach to software development with focus on testing and quality
• Extensive software design and architecture skills in large-scale systems, including APIs, pub-sub frameworks, designing database schemas, data migrations
• Proficiency in programming languages such as TypeScript, Java, Python
• Experience working with cloud computing platforms and data processing technologies
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment with a willingness to dive deep and to get things done

Desirable

• As an engineering manager for the Alignerr engineering team at Labelbox, you will lead and grow a team working on building a scalable platform that enables hiring, onboarding, billing/payment management of highly skilled individuals in specialized domains from across the world, to train and tutor AI
• You will manage the day to day running of the team, including sprint planning, daily scrums, 1:1s, etc
• You will also bring to the table domain knowledge in full-stack development and related tooling
• You will work closely with sister teams across the engineering organization to collaborate on key initiatives
• This role expects the team manager to be technically sound with domain knowledge in full-stack frameworks (including backend development) as well as knowledge of AI systems which are used in developing the Alignerr applications
• Drive engineering execution for your team through guidance and technical leadership
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize work items, track progress and deliver on commitments
• Prioritize tasks, lead the release, and sprint planning efforts
• Recruit and grow a high-performing engineering team
• Work with each engineer in the team on a career progression plan. Identify and address skill gaps
• Interested and able to be a hands-on contributor during the entire development cycle from conception and design through release
• Brainstorm with engineers on system design and architecture
• Unblock and guide the team to ensure adherence to commitment deadlines and quality standards
• Interface and communicate regularly with senior management and technical architects
• Work with the broader engineering organization to ensure that the infrastructure and tools we build are performant, scalable, reliable, and secure
• Engage with stakeholders, including customers, to understand their needs, gather requirements, and translate into planned deliverables
• Contribute to technical documentation
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies

• Flexible vacation policy (we don't count PTO Days)
• 401k Program
• College savings account
• HSA
• Daily lunches paid for by the company (especially convenient while working from home)
• Virtual wellness and guided meditation programs
• Dog-friendly office
• Regular company social events (happy hours, off-sites)
• Professional development benefits and resources
• Remote friendly (we hire in-office and remote employees)

Total funding: $188.9m

Labelbox offers a web service and API helping companies better manage the process of annotating and labeling data used for machine learning (ML). This reduces costly and labor-intensive human data labeling, a major stumbling block for the increasing number of larger companies looking to deploy ML at scale.