Tech Lead Manager - Remote

Overview

Standard Metrics, formerly known as Quaestor, is an automated financial collaboration platform that helps investors and founders to move faster together and make better, forward-facing decisions. We're a full-time team of product builders, investors, and optimists, rebuilding investor relations from the ground up. Standard Metrics is backed by 8VC and Spark Capital along with other leading software VCs and angels and is currently a trusted resource for many of the top venture capital firms in the world.

In Short

• Manage a pod of full-stack engineers and be willing to jump in to code as needed
• Partner with product managers in developing and executing product roadmap
• Help develop the company's technical strategy and roadmap in coordination with the product and business teams
• Coordinate with the broader engineering team to spec features and communicate timelines
• Mentor engineers on the team and help them to grow and achieve their career goals
• Recruit, hire, and maintain an excellent team
• Help identify pain points and build work flows to remove blockers for the engineering team

Requirements

• 10+ years of overall software engineering experience with 3+ years of experience in managing and optimizing small to mid size software teams
• Strong record of delivery on product outcomes
• Strong record of building and delivering web applications
• Expertise in a modern web framework (Django, Flask, Express, etc.)
• Expertise in a modern SPA framework (React, Angular, Vue, etc.)
• Expertise in modern infrastructure (Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, CircleCI, etc.)
• Past experience working in startups and financial technology companies is a plus

Benefits

• Health and dental insurance: We cover you and your family's medical/dental/vision insurance 100% in the USA. Internationally we match local health coverage for you and your family.
• Flexible vacation: Take time off when you need it! We find most employees take 3-4 weeks in addition to holidays, but there are no firm rules. We trust our employees to know what's best for them.
• Paid parental leave: 12 weeks of paid leave for all new parents in the USA. Internationally we match parental leave standards in your area.
• Complete transparency: Everyone has full access to business metrics and financial information about the company.
• Regular offsites: While we are a remote-first company and build our communication, processes, and structures with a dispersed workforce in mind, we also love getting the team together. On a recurring basis, we fly the whole team out to an exciting destination to plan, bond, and innovate.