Senior
Engineering Manager - Front-end background (UK)
The Opportunity
We are looking for Senior software engineers with front-end expertise who can also be people managers of other software engineers, for a share of their time (up to 50%).
On the engineering part:
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Design and implement high-performance, scalable, and responsive user interfaces.
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Optimize frontend performance to ensure smooth and efficient user experiences.
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Tackle real-time challenges, enabling concurrent editing resilient to network disruptions, based on a single source of truth managed through efficient caching.
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Translate functional requirements into elegant and simple designs, delivering high-quality code.
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Understand and address the product and customer needs, suggesting innovative ideas to deliver maximum value to end users.
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We are also looking for engineers who understand the product and the customer's needs in detail and can suggest innovative ideas: in the end, it's all about delivering value to end users.
On the people management part, here is what it entails:
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Coach up to six direct reports, providing guidance and support (usually every two weeks).
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Define expectations, collect and deliver feedback, and build career development plans using our skill leveling matrix.
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Participate in performance-related decisions with other managers, including proposing and calibrating salary raises and handling under-performance remediation.
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(Optional) Lead ad hoc projects to structure engineering efforts, such as organizing technical demos, leading - All Hands meetings, or evolving our skill leveling matrix.
In the Pigment engineering team, people managers do not have the responsibility of a particular technical domain, as this is the role of technical leads: this way, we make sure career decisions and technical choices are independent of one another.
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Experience as a software engineer working on a product in production - for managers specifically, this experience must be evaluated during the interview process at a “senior” level (that is, usually from 7-8 years).
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Experience in people management of at least 2-3 years.
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Proven experience with front technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, React, Vue, and Angular (among others).
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Great team spirit with a problem-solving attitude and user experience focus
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A good dose of humility and the willingness to grow (no matter your seniority!).
What you will get:
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Competitive salary
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Equity
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The best health insurance with Alan Blue is entirely free for you and your family ?
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Trust and flexible working hours
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Brand new offices in the heart of Paris, London, New York, and, Toronto
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Remote-friendly environment
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