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Engineering Team Leader

Engineering Team Leader

RemoteWorkFromHome, Eastern Cape, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future-focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world.

A Team Leader is responsible for all the work of a team and the spokesperson for everyone in it. They are expected to manage the team dynamics and always bring the best in everyone. A team leader is not expected to be the best in a team but rather help others become the best version there is and gear the team towards optimized execution.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage a small product team of 3-5 engineers (backend and frontend).
  • 30% of the time spent doing management work. Outside of that, actively participates in product development in their team.
  • Be involved in hiring processes for their own team and potentially help out their peers.
  • In addition to being involved in hiring, also being responsible for the onboarding process of new engineers.
  • By being the spokesperson for everyone in their team, they are expected to manage the team dynamics and bring out the best in them.
  • Giving continuous and constructive feedback on all things.
  • Helps the team to grow continuously as a group and is responsible for each direct report’s career.
  • Provide guidance and coaching to the team.

Requirements

  • Managed an engineering team of at least 2 people.
  • Extensive experience with Backend (Elixir / Phoenix).
  • Commitment to promoting all of Remote's values within the team and the greater organisation.
  • Solid communication skills.
  • Solid knowledge of engineering and development principles and best practices.
  • Proven organizational skills with attention to detail.
  • Focused on efficient processes with a kind, people-first approach.
  • Being able to inspire others and instill confidence.
  • Good understanding of team dynamics.
  • Ambitious and intentional about diversity, equality, and inclusion.
  • Practicals

  • You'll report to : Engineering Manager
  • Direct reports : 2-5 Engineers
  • Team : Engineering
  • Location : Anywhere in the world
  • Start date : As soon as possible
  • Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates.

    The base salary range for this full-time position is USD 73,150 to USD 164,600. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level.

    Application process

  • Interview with recruiter
  • Interview with Hiring Manager
  • Async code challenge + review
  • Interview with team members
  • Bar Raiser Interview
  • Executive Interview
  • Offer and Prior employment verification check
  • Benefits

  • Work from anywhere
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Flexible working hours (we are async)
  • 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • Mental health support services
  • Stock options
  • Learning budget
  • Home office budget & IT equipment
  • Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
  • We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings).

    We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer, it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable.

    We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience.

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