Hi I'm Colin, Director of Engineering, Europe. How do you feel about software engineers writing product specs, making product decisions, and not breaking down projects into individual tickets? If that sounds exciting (even if a bit scary), read on because I'm looking for an engineering manager to help us build a different type of engineering team and culture at Ashby.
Time and again, I have witnessed engineers knowing what needs to be done yet being unable to get things done because of "the process" or because "more data is needed." Some of the most effective projects have been skunkworks projects, where engineers have taken total ownership of a problem and driven it to completion. To accomplish this, our engineering leaders need to think deeply about individual performance, process, and culture - not running sprint planning or driving product and technical decisions. For junior EMs we try to stay within 6 direct reports. This enables them to spend time with our teams observing, correcting, praising, and, yes, coding.



In Addition To Working With Engineers You'll Also Get To Work On Projects Yourselves. Some Examples Of Work Our Engineering Leaders Have Done
Provide feedback on product and technical specs to help engineers identify where to cut scope or improve quality. Grow engineers to the point where they can take large, loosely defined projects, and deliver them with little intervention. Engineering leaders at Ashby are great engineers and enjoy keeping their skills up-to-date (while staying off the critical path).
Improve how we generate and simulate data in demo accounts. It's a project off the critical path, but it helps you keep up-to-date on our codebase while immensely impacting the business, from Engineering to QA to Sales.
I had two experiences early in my career that set me on my path. I sometimes indulge myself and spend a morning writing some code to improve tests or provide better abstractions. It can be hard to find seasoned engineering leaders who h

📌 Frontend Engineering Manager (España)
🏢 Ashby
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