Engineering Manager - Core Services at Okra

The Role

• It’s an amazing time to join Okra. Our Engineering team is responsible for building tools and infrastructure to gather, analyze, and visualize financial data.
• We believe the way millions of people interact with their finances will change over time, and our Engineering team will be at the forefront of creating that experience. 
• You’ll be the person helping us achieve this vision.
• Your focus will be to grow our Core Services team, and partner with our product managers and engineers to build and maintain our core services.
• This is a most mission-critical component of our infrastructure.
• You’ll work closely with the Head of Engineering and our CEO/CTO to build an organisational structure and processes that scale as we continue to grow. 

Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:

• Recruit, grow, and enable an incredible team of driven engineers who have high expectations around craft, ownership and impact. 
• Fostering a collaborative culture that embodies our principles and empowers users.
• Mentoring and developing your team of engineers; supporting their goal setting and career growth.
• Delivering world-class results, while continuously challenging yourself and your team to “make it better”.
• Working with other engineer managers and functional leads to set direction for your team, the engineering team, and Okra as a whole.
• Crafting a thoughtful, long-term technical strategy that anticipates future needs.

Requirements
What you’ll need: 

• Experience leading teams of 5 - 10 engineers. 
• Significant experience as a software engineer. 
• Willingness to roll your sleeves up and code when needed.
• Enterprise level MERN stack experience. 
• Passion for cultivating highly functioning teams and organizations. 
• A record of levelling up your reports and providing individuals with meaningful opportunities for growth. 
• Excitement for recruiting and a thoughtful approach to headcount planning. 
• Experience building teams during a hyper-growth phase is a huge plus.
• Experience leading remote and distributed teams.