Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Full time. Remote. 

About SamCart Engineering 

At SamCart, we are not coders – we are craftsmen. We are professionals who take pride in, and hold ourselves accountable for, the applications that we build. We practice discipline in our approach, demanding of ourselves highly performant, thoroughly tested, and exquisitely designed code. We value honest communication, close collaboration, and lifelong continuous learning. We are deeply empathetic to the impact our software has on the lives of our customers; and we readily accept that great responsibility with humility, determination, and skill.

SamCart is looking for a focused, dedicated, and experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of Senior+ Engineers. In this role, you will collaborate with Product Management and Tech Leads to deliver new features to our users on the  SamCart platform, and you will guide and mentor our teams of engineers.

You will excel in this role if you: 

• Are a software craftsman with a deep technological background, passionate about creating market-leading software through rigorous application of engineering discipline to state-of-the-art technology frameworks and systems.
• Strive for greatness in yourself and bring the same out of those around you.
• Are a lifelong learner, well read in the literature of agile/lean software development and craftsmanship, and capable of inspiring others to the same.
• Lead with empathy, building strong relationships with your direct reports and developing the next generation of technologists.

Responsibilities 

• Lead engineering teams in feature development, testing, and deployment across the full application stack. 
• Lead teams to collaborate (mob or pair) effectively with other engineers to deliver high-quality code. 
• Mentor our engineers to design, develop, write, and ship valuable, high-quality software and systems. 
• Help engineers develop their careers through personalized coaching and performance  management. 
• Lead engineering culture by example, evangelizing best practices like test-driven development and refactoring; ensure every feature that is developed meets or exceeds rigorous quality standards.

Qualifications

• Expert in full-stack software development leveraging front end frameworks (Next.js, React, etc.) and back-end frameworks (Laravel, ASP.NET, Rails, etc.) 
• Professional approach to software craftsmanship with an unflinching commitment to the disciplines of test-driven development, refactoring, simple design, collaborative programming, and acceptance tests. 
• Solid background in cloud-first environments and building cloud-native platforms in AWS.
• Demonstrated skill in building reliable software systems at Internet scale incorporating  fundamental design principles (design patterns, SOLID, etc.) in modern architectures (serverless, microservices, etc.) 
• Highly proficient in managing experienced engineers, along with a demonstrated track record of growing and building highly effective distributed teams. 
• At least 7 years of professional experience building web applications and managing engineering teams.

This is what you’ll love about SamCart

Our co-founders always say “Their success is our success” and we believe that about our people too! We want everyone to love their job at least 80% of the time and when you are successful, the whole team is successful.

• Diversity adds value to everything we do - We hire from and for a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to allow the team to bring their own unique ways of thinking and working to each project
• We have unlimited PTO with an encouraged 14-day minimum to empower our team members to maintain a healthy balance in their day-to-day lives.
• Yay, we have 401K!
• Health Insurance premiums are covered 100% by SamCart for you +1, be it a significant other or child.
• Supportive Parental leave policies for all parents
• Career growth and development are essential here at SamCart and we want all team members to build sustainable, future-proof and adaptable careers.

Our Core Values

• Play to Win
  • We play offense every single day. Unshaken by bigger companies, we see them as proof of what’s possible. We adapt, innovate, and outthink them.
• Take Risks, Embrace Failure
  • Fear doesn’t paralyze us—standing still does. We take risks and embrace failure, because it’s the quickest path to success.
• Complexity is the enemy
  • We keep it simple and stay lean in everything we do—our teams, projects, product, and strategies. We double down on what works, perfecting the few things we do best.
• Ahead of the Curve. Always.
  • We combine intuition, experience, and data to drive breakthrough ideas. We stay curious, spot trends early, and know our customers, market, and business better than anyone.
• The Customer is everything
  • We treat their business like it’s our own. Their wins are our wins. Their goals are our goals.
• Work with Purpose, Live with Balance
  • Work is important, but it’s not everything. Our greatest wins happen when we bring our best to work, without sacrificing what matters most: our families, friends, and our personal growth.

Want to learn more about what SamCart Culture looks like? Check out our Culture Page here: Culture @ SamCart