Software Engineering Manager (USA)

at  DistroKid

SALARY RANGE: $175,000 - $205,000 USD annually
LOCATION: Fully remote in USA ONLY
SPONSORSHIP: NO; Not provided at this time, including after student visas expire.
DistroKid is the world’s largest music distributor to Spotify, Apple, Google and more. Most new music today is released through DistroKid. Help us help millions of musicians be more prolific!
Summary:
Are you ready to turn up the volume on your career? With your excellent technical and leadership skills, you will lead engineers with technical expertise and a high level of emotional intelligence. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead by optimizing toward autonomy, ownership, accountability, empowerment, and the overall health of the team.
You will guide a team of engineers on large-scale products and services while working closely with stakeholders to define product goals and priorities. As a manager, you will work with functional peers to set the strategy and mission for teams.
You will direct a team and will often lead day-to-day work, the development of direct reports, and be responsible for the software architecture, quality, scalability, and delivery of work.
You will help guide the creation, improvement, and growth of cutting-edge tools and products for musicians around the world, including our video distribution platform, instant mastering, and artist tools. You will forge the effort in pursuing our vision for artists to be prolific at any level.
If you’re ready to conduct the future of music tech, join us and let’s make some magic together!

QUALIFICATIONS WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of engineering team management or team lead experience
• 6+ years of working directly within payments engineering teams
• 2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams
• Strong software development skills in JavaScript, Node.js, SQL, CSS, HTML, and languages like Java, PHP, Python, or similar
• Strong understanding of cloud environments and tool chains
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Desire to work in a diverse team
• Knowledge and operational experience developing and scaling event driven services
• Understanding of full-stack software development
• Hands-on experience with Agile and Scrum software development methodologies

Please refer the Job description for details