Engineering Manager

Job Description

We are a fast-growing Series A startup building cutting-edge technology to revolutionize cloud development processes and support highly efficient dev&test feedback loops. We’ve closed our last $25mil round in Q4 2024, led by Notable Capital, CRV and Heavybit.

At its core, LocalStack provides a high-fidelity emulator and local cloud development platform. Imagine developing cloud applications and data pipelines entirely on your local machine within a lightweight cloud sandbox, running in Docker!

Our mission is to empower developers to rapidly build and test their cloud applications, allowing for a more enjoyable dev experience, and saving valuable time and resources.

LocalStack has a large and active open-source community (57k+ stars on GitHub) with over 100k active users worldwide and 200M+ downloads to date. Our customer base ranges from SMBs to Global Fortune 500 companies.

We are sustainably growing our globally distributed team across sectors

LocalStack is headquartered in Zurich/Switzerland 🇨🇭, with a main engineering office in Vienna/Austria 🇦🇹 and remote team members from 🇺🇸the US, 🇫🇷FR, 🇬🇧UK, 🇨🇦CA, 🇪🇸ES, and many more countries.

👉Check us out on GitHub.

This is the right opportunity for a person with 2-4 years in an Engineering Manager role, developer background, experience in chaotic fast paced environments, experience managing a team of 8-10 engineers as well as strong ability to lead architectural and system design decisions.

Requirements

✅ What you will be working on/responsible for

• Facilitate the roadmap for your team, prioritise what team works on, ensure on time delivery and great quality of code
• Champion good engineering practices in your team
• Grow and coach members of your team, ensuring they progress well and shine in their roles
• As we scale, together with other EMs and Engineering leaders, suggest improvements to overall technical structure, and processes
• Ensure strong alignment between team members, making sure there is sufficient time to work on priorities
• Ensure collaborative and understanding culture within the team as we work in the remote first context

✅ Experience we expect you to bring to the role

• not afraid to be hands on in technical architecture and design decisions and jump into solving issues with the team
• developer background
• (preferred) python, docker, kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP
• experience in a dynamic, developing and chaotic environment (comfortable with ambiguity and agile environment)
• experience managing team of (around) 8-10 engineers for at least 2+ years
• servant leadership style

👩‍💻 Our engineering culture

• Taking ownership
• Being proactive and collaborative.
• Delivering high quality technical contributions.
• Working on the right things.
• Communicating openly and clearly.
• Participate actively
• Showing empathy and compassion
• No-ego feedback culture

🪢 Values we hold in LocalStack

• care: we create with compassion. We prioritize empathy and understanding in every interaction. By genuinely caring for our team, customers, and community, we create an environment where people thrive and impactful work flourishes
• ownership: we own the outcome. We take responsibility for our work and are passionate about its impact. We foster autonomy, inspire ambition, encourage ownership, and empower everyone to unlock their potential and make an impact.
• openness: we build trust together. We build trust through open communication and honest feedback. By sharing ideas and embracing diverse perspectives, we create stronger, more connected teams that work toward shared goals.
• courage: we dare to innovate. We embrace bold challenges and take calculated risks to move the needle. We step outside our comfort zones, experiment fearlessly, and turn setbacks into springboards for growth.
• excellence: we chase the extraordinary. We chase excellence by pushing boundaries and delivering results that go beyond the ordinary, constantly raising the bar and striving for greatness in everything we do. Excellence is not just the outcome, itʼs how we approach every task with purpose, passion, and a commitment to delivering exceptional value.

Benefits

🎁 Benefits

• Fully remote
• Competitive salary
• Performance bonus
• Competitive share options
• Annual company retreat
• The best equipment for your role
• Learning budget