Department: Technology\n\nType of Contract: Permanent\n\nWorking Pattern: Full time\n\nLocation: Remote (GMT +/- 2 hours). This role is fully remote, with 1-2 visits to our London office per month (once we have an office again) and we are open to applications from outside the UK.\n\n\n\nAbout the Role\n\nWe are hiring an Engineering Manager to work alongside our existing Engineering Managers and the Director of Technology to oversee the management of our engineers and improve processes & working practices within the Technology team.\n\nEngineers at FutureLearn work in multidisciplinary product teams, collaborating with designers, other engineers, product managers and stakeholders. The Engineering Managers sit outside of product teams and manage engineers across different teams and disciplines.\n\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nThe Engineering Manager reports to a Group Engineering Manager and has the following responsibilities:\n\nManaging individual engineers\n\nThe Engineering Managers support the professional development, performance and career progression of their direct reports through coaching and mentoring, and by helping them to decide & set goals and agree actionable steps towards achieving them. They encourage their reports to actively learn at work, and support that learning by proactively collecting feedback and providing it regularly & promptly.\n\nThe Engineering Manager is responsible for encouraging a healthy work/life balance and supporting their direct reports' happiness and wellbeing at work. They provide pastoral care to their reports by listening to their personal needs & concerns and addressing them where possible.\n\nSupporting the Technology Team\n\nThe Engineering Managers are responsible for developing & evolving the necessary structures to support everyone in the Technology Team; running and refining the Technology Team hiring and onboarding processes, salary and performance reviews, succession planning, and ensuring line management is fair and consistent across the team.\n\nThey will coordinate and facilitate discussions about team changes and are responsible for balancing skills and experience across the teams. They will encourage an inclusive culture of learning and knowledge sharing by organising & attending internal events and identifying opportunities for collaboration.\n\nRepresenting FutureLearn to the wider world\n\nThe Engineering Managers help coordinate the placement & sharing of job ads to best attract a diverse range of candidates. They are also responsible for community outreach within the Technology team, in order to promote FutureLearn’s mission, culture and technology strategy.\n\nRequirements\n\nAbout you\n\nWe’re looking for an excellent communicator, with previous experience line managing engineers, and/or technical leads and technical architects. This experience could be either from a full-time position as a manager or as an additional responsibility to another role.\n\nYou’ll have previous experience working as an engineer in software development or other technology areas, so you understand what it means to work in a high-performing team in a product-focused tech company. As a manager you’ve had previous experience setting salaries, working policies and guidelines for teams, and have been involved in hiring & growing teams.\n\nExperience of any of the following is a bonus:\n\nExperience of managing in a matrix environment\nDesigning career paths for technologists\nWorking in education\n\nBenefits\n- ~£50k-£70k depending on experience\n- 28 days holiday (plus 8 days public holiday)\n- Buy & sell up to 5 days holiday\n- Westfield Healthcare Cash Plan\n- Free access to Calm app\n- Dedicated personal learning & development budget\n- Charity day (volunteer for a charity of your choice)\n- Cycle to work scheme\n- Season Ticket loan\n- Flexible working environment/hours\n- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave benefits\n- Pension\n\n\nAbout FutureLearn\nFutureLearn is a leading social learning platform formed in December 2012 by The Open University and is now jointly owned by The Open University and The SEEK Group. FutureLearn has over 14 million people signed up worldwide. FutureLearn uses design, technology and partnerships to create enjoyable, credible and flexible short online courses, ExpertTracks and microcredentials, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate degrees that improve working lives. It partners with over a quarter of the world’s top universities, as well as organisations such as Accenture, the British Council, CIPD, Raspberry Pi and Health Education England (HEE). It’s also involved in government-backed initiatives to address skills gaps such as The Institute of Coding and the National Centre for Computing Education.\n\nFutureLearners live and breathe the company values and have a strong connection with our purpose, to transform access to education. We offer lots of flexibility and a cool work environment. At FutureLearn, we look after each other.\n\n\nApplications\nPlease use our online form by pressing 'Apply for this job' below, including your CV and a cover letter telling us why you'd like to come work with us.\n\n\nEngineering Manager interview process\n\nWe do an initial competency interview which consists of some screening questions, like checking your right to work in the UK (unfortunately we can’t sponsor visas), and your experience in our hiring competencies.\n\nThis first interview has two purposes: it's a chance for you to ask questions about how we work, and for us to find out what you're looking for from your next role.\n\nWe'll also be interested to find out more about your management skills, leadership skills, emotional intelligence, decisiveness, analytical & forward thinking and resilience & adaptability. So we'll be interested to talk about things like: your approach to dealing with difficult situations like dealing with conflict or challenging conversations, how you manage your reports and how you learn new things and teach others.\n\nThe final stage consists of a half-day interview, where you’ll do several interviews with members on our team. We’ll share more and prepare you with information about each session beforehand.\n\nHow we assess candidates\n\nWe use a set of competencies to evaluate candidates throughout the interview process: emotional intelligence, management skills, leadership skills, resilience & adaptability, storytelling, decisiveness and analytical & forward thinking.\n\n\nRecruitment Process\nPlease email [email protected] if you require any reasonable adjustments or alterations to be made, to support you through the recruitment process.We can't wait to meet you!\n\n\nDiversity Statement\nWe believe diversity matters and want to create an environment where that diversity can flourish. We encourage everyone to bring their whole self to work, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, race or disability.\n\n\nCOVID19\nWe encourage freelancers and people who have been made redundant as a result of COVID-19 to apply for opportunities at FutureLearn. We believe that in these difficult times, good employers have to rise to the occasion and play their part in the community. At FutureLearn, we take care of each other. \n\nPlease mention the words **ARROW COPY AEROBIC** when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMjE2LjczLjIxNi4xMQ==). This is a feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n $60,000 — $90,000/year\n \n\n#Location\nWorldwide

Commit is building the remote-first community for software developers. We’re VC-backed, fully remote, and looking for [Entrepreneurial Startup Engineers](https://medium.com/commit-engineering/what-is-an-entrepreneurial-engineer-and-how-are-they-different-from-other-engineers-af4ebcf88047) to join Commit.\n\nIf you’re selected, we’ll pay you during our 3-month program to explore roles at startups you’re passionate about as a Commit Engineering Partner.\n\n**Join the most ambitious startups, without going through their normal technical interviews.** We take care of all the friction, so you can focus on finding the right fit. We hire you directly into Commit, pay you to find the right startup from a pool of vetted opportunities, let you **skip those startups' normal interviewing processes**, and then you get to test out startups for three months at a time until you find the perfect fit. \n\nMembers of our program have access to all of our Engineering Partners from past cohorts. Curious about what it's like to join a startup as the first engineer? Looking for the best course on Rust? Running into an issue with Terraform that you can't solve? Someone in the community has been in your shoes and can help. We’re run by engineers for engineers.\n\nIf you have 4+ years of experience in software engineering, and ambitions of excellence in your craft, [apply on our website](https://www.commit.dev) or by emailing [email protected]!\n\n**Read more about us:**\n* [Our guide](https://www.notion.so/commitdev/Commit-for-Software-Engineers-6608ecb933da4e449c16e67834ec0f4e) to what you can expect from our program\n* What it means to be a Commit Engineering Partner on [our blog](http://commit.dev/blog)\n* [Our website](http://www.commit.dev)\n\n**What we offer during the program:**\n* Full time paid employment as an Engineering Partner\n* Extended health and dental plan, for you and for your family\n* The right equipment to do your best work\n* Access to your own career coach and a mentor for your job search\n* We provide 15 vacation days, on top of statutory holidays while you're part of the Engineering Partner program. There is no limit on Sick Days or Personal Days\n* Invitation-only events with technical leaders. We’ve been lucky to have guests like Katie Wilde (VP Engineering @ Buffer), Armon Dadgar (CTO @ Hashicorp), Gokul Rajaram (board member at DoorDash, Coinbase, Pinterest and The Trade Desk) and many others join us for private learning sessions.\n\nWe are a fully distributed, remote-first community, launched in Vancouver, with posts in Toronto, San Francisco, Mexico City, and more. We raised $6M from Accomplice, Inovia Capital and Jason Warner (former CTO @ GitHub).\n\n**About you:**\n* 4+ years of experience in software engineering (non-internship)\n* Experience working on SaaS, marketplace, consumer or infrastructure\n* Entrepreneurial mindset\n* Growth-oriented attitude \n* Ambitions of excellence in your craft. Some of our past EPs have grown into CTOs, principal engineers, and/or joined companies as the first engineer\n\n**Our Preferred Tech Stack**\n* FE: One/some of: Vue.js, React, Redux\n* BE: One/some of: Golang, Node.js, Ruby/Rails, Python/Django (MVC!)\nWe believe that language is a tool. **It’s more important that you have experience with one or more modern coding languages, than that you have experience with any particular language itself.**\n\n**You might also have:**\n* Understanding of basic DevOps: AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes/Terraform, CI/CD\n* Understanding of RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL\n* Understanding of cloud-native distributed systems and microservices\n\n**Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:**\nAs an early-stage startup, we know it’s critical to build inclusive processes as a part of our foundation. We are committed to building and fostering an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.\n\nSo what are you waiting for? Join Commit, unlock the next phase of your career. [Apply on our website](https://www.commit.dev) or by emailing [email protected]!\n\n\n\n \n\nPlease mention the words **SPOT FINISH COIL** when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMjE2LjczLjIxNi4xMQ==). This is a feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n $110,000 — $140,000/year\n \n\n#Location\nNorth America

\nAbout TaskRabbit\n\nEach day brings more chores and less time to accomplish them. Whether someone needs a handyman, house cleaner, mover or delivery person, TaskRabbit delights clients by matching the right skilled person in minutes. With our support, our customers can accomplish it all not only today, but also on-demand to be their most productive self. On the other side of the marketplace we help our Taskers earn a living by setting their own prices, defining their working hours, and giving them control to help people when and how they want in the most supportive marketplace. \n\nWe're a mission-driven company. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic and fast-paced. We're looking for talented, entrepreneurially minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love - and having a ton of fun while they're at it. \n\nJoin us to revolutionize everyday work. \n\nAbout the Job\n\nYou'll be a member of our engineering team, helping us build out the platform that drives our business. We have applications for clients to hire taskers, for taskers to register, and for our internal users to administer the service. We use React.js on the frontend, and Rails on the backend. We're looking for people that still love Rails or at least can admit that it’s a very effective way to build great things. If you are interested in React, that’s even better. \n\nAs a senior engineer, you'll be one of the leaders of the team, helping to mentor junior engineers, propose creative solutions, and detangle the complex into the simple. You should be comfortable architecting and building moderately complex solutions to backend challenges. You'll work alongside our Chief Architect to have a full vision of the system working to build a robust platform that's clearly organized and easy to maintain. We believe strongly in test-driven development and code reviews. It's expected that you'd be a main reviewer helping to grow the skills of the more junior engineers. \n\nResponsibilities\n\n\n* Build out backend APIs to support clients, taskers, and internal users\n\n* For example, implement a new payment provider for the next country we launch in\n\n* Occasionally make changes to frontend Javascript code\n\n* Maintain and expand unit tests and code coverage\n\n* Implement product features and refactor existing code throughout the stack\n\n* Provide feedback on features being developed across the company and suggest solutions\n\n* Participate in code reviews, listening to feedback and commenting on other's approaches\n\n* Collaborate with design and product management to conceptualize a new product features\n\n\n\n\nBackground and Experience\n\nWe welcome applicants from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Below gives you a sense of how we're thinking about what you'll need to be successful in the role.\n\n\n* 5-10 years of experience, comfortable working independently\n\n* Comfortable with Ruby and Rails, familiarity with React a plus\n\n* Experience building API-driven applications or endpoints\n\n* Knowledge of MySQL, Redis, and/or ElasticSearch all a plus\n\n* Familiarity with Linux command line, automated build systems would be nice\n\n* Excited to work with continuous integration and frequent, daily releases\n\n* Like to think about how to break problems down into smaller iterable steps\n\n\n\n\nBonus Points\n\n\n* Agile. Intelligent. Creative. Problem-solver. Startup lover. You like making things happen.\n\n* We care about experience, not degrees. We're looking for people that have a passion for programming.\n\n* You have contributed to an open source software project. Show us your github account, we'd love to see what you're enjoy working on.\n\n* You're familiar with our product and have some ideas on things you'd want to add or change!\n\n\n\n\nBenefits & Perks\n\nIn addition to working with a stellar team of entrepreneurs, advisors, and investors, TaskRabbit employees get tons of perks:\n\n\n* Challenge: The opportunity for growth in a fast-paced, progressive company is yours for the taking. Game on!\n\n* Monthly task stipend: Use the product you’re working on and outsource errands you don’t want to do\n\n* Medical benefits: Amazing health coverage with dental and vision benefits, a flexible spending account, 401k plans (matching!), a discount at IKEA, and ample PTO\n\n* Education: A series of Lunch and Learn events (we call it “Learnch”) along with mentoring opportunities and an annual learning and development stipend for your personal use\n\n* Office: A huge, dog-friendly SOMA loft built to accommodate collaboration, with two fully-stocked kitchens and a game room. Free lunch every day!\n\n* Fun: Awesome off-site adventures, weekly meditation, yoga, annual charity events? Yes!\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Ruby, Senior, Engineer, Executive, React, JavaScript, Elasticsearch, Junior, Linux and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $67,500 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n