Engineering Manager

About Ambient

Ambient combines a decade of operational experience with design and engineering prowess to improve apartment living and management in the most impactful, cost-effective way possible.

The name "Ambient" embodies our vision to create a category-defining platform that seamlessly integrates smart technology into the built environment and transforms the way people live, visit, and work in multifamily communities. Our focus is on increasing the value of multifamily properties by making them more efficient to operate and more comfortable to live in.

Overview

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager for the Resident Team at Ambient. You'll be helping us build software and solve problems at the intersection of software and devices. You’ll be expected to manage, mentor, and guide software engineers across different technical disciplines. In addition, you will be the bridge across multiple different teams and projects, making sure our efforts are on track and processes are running smoothly.

You'll have access to our Draper, UT office, and be expected to work at least 1 day per week in this location.

If you’ve got proven experience as an Engineering Manager, are comfortable with a bit of ambiguity and small-to-medium size software engineering teams, and are curious about the smart apartments space, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Directly manage an engineering team of 8-12 software engineers spanning different applications engineering disciplines (including front end, back end, and mobile)
• Guide and coach engineers, providing day-to-day support in their work and longer-term career guidance and mentorship
• Manage projects for your team and act as the bridge across multiple groups including software engineering, mobile, product design, quality engineering, operations, and other business teams 
• Make sure tickets are being completed and lead the SDLC process as needed
• Contribute to learning and knowledge sharing efforts in training and forum style meetings, depending on the context
• Keep project statuses up to date in Jira and Productboard, and maintain all relevant documentation in Google Docs and Notion

Requirements

• Prior experience as an Engineering Manager, having led teams of at least eight or more engineers across more than one engineering discipline (ideally in a similarly sized startup or small-to-medium sized technology company)
• A background in hands-on software development, preferably as a backend / platform engineer
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, with the capacity to determine priorities and quickly respond to updates while continuing to provide accurate timelines
• Deep enough technical knowledge to understand how a system works along with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical teams
• Experience with standard project management tools (we use Jira and Productboard) and platforms for documentation (we use Notion and Google Docs)
• Clear and concise communication skills, with the ability and confidence to navigate across multiple different teams and types of subject matter
• Comfortable taking ambiguous and potential unclear problems and breaking them down into actionable steps
• A high level of interest in and curiosity for the smart home and smart apartments space

Great to have, but not required:

• Experience with Python and/or Golang (our primary languages)
• Experience with our particular set of project management tools, Jira and Productboard
• IoT experience with protocols like Zigbee and Z-Wave
• Experience with design tools like Figma
• Experience with quality tracking software (we use Testrails)

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Ambient Property Technologies Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability or genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

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