What’s CrowdRiff?
Good visuals are appealing to the eye, but great visuals tell stories that reignite your desire to discover, spark your creative imagination and even influence what we buy, eat, and do. That’s why CrowdRiff exists: to empower destination marketers to showcase their unique destinations through powerful visual storytelling solutions. ✨ CrowdRiff is built around the idea of pushing the boundaries of exploration; and our dedication to finding experiences that feel more authentic and undiscovered make us who we are.
We like to think of ourselves as modern-day explorers, who believe in taking action now and thrive in an open, challenging, and encouraging environment. Our team is a quirky and diverse crew that has one thing in common: our love for great visuals. Picture this. You will contribute to amplifying unique travel experiences like scuba diving in Tahiti 🌊, exploring Napa’s wine country🥂, bungee jumping in Queenstown 🤩and much more while having access to some of our amazing travel perks that allow you to immerse yourselves in local communities and culture.At CrowdRiff, you have the freedom, autonomy, and resources to set the course of your own future along with an incredible crew.
We understand that to feel empowered and to keep forging new paths professionally and personally, we need to pull out all the stops. That’s why we take a proactive approach and set not only professional but also personal goals for all CrowdRiffers. To make this possible, we offer opportunities related to training, tuition, conferences, workshops, or anything else that will help you achieve your goals under our ‘DevDollars’ program. Every day, we work across departments, time zones, and even oceans to reach our goals and delight our customers - all while being remote. If you are looking to make travel an incredible experience today, and for future generations, and are passionate about visuals & tech, you’re just our type. 💯
Your Role: Engineering Manager
We are looking for an engineering manager with a focus on growing teams and collaborating with our business stakeholders. You’re excited about building and leading teams. You enjoy mentoring individuals and coaching them through their career growth. In this role, you will work with stakeholders on providing direction and focus to the project, plans on exploring solutions and ensure the team delivers with high quality and predictability. You will work with other engineering leaders to elevate engineering efficiency.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage a team of 5 engineers and monitor team health
- Coach and mentor team members and elevate engineering excellence
- Collaborate with other engineering leaders to build, hire and retain teams
- Create a space for collaboration between the team and stakeholders to deliver the best solutions to interesting problems
- Communicate changes and updates tailored to appropriate audiences
- Ensure teams deliver with high quality and predictability
- Contribute to the Engineering team’s culture, processes and best practices
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and growth
Ideally you’ll have:
- Has experience in leading and managing a diverse team
- Has experience in mentoring and coaching individuals
- Hands-on experience in delivering quality solutions in a timely manner
- Has a software development background that enables you to drive technical decisions within the team
- Hands-on experience in refining development processes
- Has excellent communication skills to information across different levels
- Has experience with resolving problems, leading change and managing risks
- Willing and able to dive into code when it’s needed
Nice to have:
- Experience working with Go
- Experience working with JavaScript/TypeScript and Node ecosystem
- Experience with container & orchestration technologies like Docker, Kubernetes and Knative
- Experience with Instagram and/or Facebook APIs
Why CrowdRiff?
At CrowdRiff, we don’t just believe in wow-ing our customers, but also our employees. That’s why, in addition to your competitive salary and medical/dental/vision plan, we offer perks like:
Well-being & growth:
🍼 Parental leave🧑🎓 Extended learning and development opportunities through our DevDollars program 💰Equity incentives
Flexibility at work:
☀️Feel-good Fridays with every other Friday off in summer 🤝 No-meeting Fridays year-round💪 Work from home allowance + Flexible work hours🎉 Regular team socials & team events
Travel:
⛱ Up to 8 weeks of vacation 💲 Up to $3000 towards your next trip 🌍 Travel and work from a country of your choice for 90 days 🧑✈️ Access to a personal travel concierge Want to hear more? Visit our website and learn more about our team.Upon request, CrowdRiff will provide job applicants with any accommodations they may require for the interview process, candidate assessments, and all other applicable steps within the recruitment and selection process. When requested, CrowdRiff will consult with the applicant to provide suitable accommodations. CrowdRiff is proud to be a diverse and equal opportunity employer and as such does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origins, age, sexual orientation, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. Selection decisions are solely based on job-related factors.Apply for this job
