Engineering Manager, Backend - Control Plane

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💎 Seniority level: Manager

📍 Location: United States, Canada

💸 Salary: 231000.0 - 289000.0 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Software Development

🏢 Company: Tailscale👥 51-100💰 $100,480,659 Series B almost 3 years agoInfrastructure Information Technology Cyber Security Network Security

🗣️ Languages: English

🪄 Skills: Backend DevelopmentLeadershipSoftware DevelopmentPeople ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipGoMentoringTechnical supportSoftware Engineering

Requirements:

Demonstrated leadership with substantial experience in managing and mentoring Engineering teams, including performance evaluations, career development, and fostering a collaborative work environment
Background building and operating production services with high availability and performance targets
Expertise managing on call rotations and incident response
A highly technical manager, able to independently evaluate complex technical tradeoffs in design conversations while leaning on experts in the team for design and implementation
Experience developing in Go, used for much of the system
Ability to give and process constructive feedback, as well as work independently
Flexibility to adjust to the dynamic nature of a startup

Responsibilities:

Provide guidance, mentorship, and career development for a team of software engineers.
Contribute toward the success of our Product organization which includes Engineering, Product Management, and Design.
Provide technical direction in projects as needed, as well as growing the technical leadership capabilities of the engineers reporting to you.
Help in growing the organization: interviewing and recruiting, guiding the development of the engineering culture, developing processes as we grow.
Achieve significant business outcomes through cross-functional collaboration with product managers, data scientists, and designers
Help your team to improve their performance, the quality of their work; make major design decisions
Hire, nurture, and oversee a team of engineers while fostering an atmosphere of psychological well-being, embracing diversity and promoting inclusion.
Lead a team responsible for managing a critical production service, including operational concerns (monitoring, alerting, on call, etc)
Manage healthy conflict by moderating design discussions and cultivating a positive culture of feedback with candor and kindness
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams across the organization to complete complex projects spanning multiple technical domains
Drive planning across multiple time horizons, from immediate tactical needs to long-term strategic direction

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