Tuft & Needle Software Engineering Manager - Supply Chain

Our software engineering team is growing, and we are looking for a Software Engineering Manager with progressive technical experience. In this role, you will be responsible for building and delivering and exceptional technical experience for Tuft & Needle customers. You will be working with very talented, skilled and passionate developers, testers and product owners that create the experience that our customers know us for.

We are looking for a technologist with a demonstrated progression from sharp coding skills, architectural leadership, and a passion for managing high performing engineers. Our stack consists primarily of Ruby, Rails, Postgres, React.js, HAML and SCSS and is deployed to Heroku and S3. We use CircleCI for continuous integration and believe strongly in continuous deployment. Refactor without fear and ship daily! We also believe in leveraging quality API’s and tools.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with cross-functional stakeholders and partners in customer experience, marketing, supply chain, and finance, to achieve business goals


• Provide leadership and guidance to coach and motivate team to achieve optimum performance


• Drive technical projects in an innovative and fast-paced environment


• Be responsible for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects


• Serve as a champion of sound decision-making at all levels of the company


• Participate in the recruiting and hiring of highly-skilled software engineers; providing mentorship, and career development to the team

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• 2+ years management experience; building and leading software engineering teams


• 6+ years of programming experience in Ruby(preferred), Python, or similar dynamic programming languages


• Ability to scale, build and develop a team of experienced professionals, providing career development and coaching


• Ability to execute with little oversight and be able to adapt to problems quickly


• Strategic mindset - you're comfortable thinking a few steps ahead of where the team is at now


• Solid track record of developing, driving and delivering software products


• Experience building and maintaining EDI integrations a plus


• Experience with MS Dynamics NAV or similar ERP a plus

Ideal candidates can work from anywhere in the US