Engineering Manager (Ruby on Rails/React)

Kit is an email-first operating system for creators who mean business. We help creators grow and monetize their audience with ease. For coaches, YouTubers, authors, podcasters, and other creatives, there isn’t a better marketing hub to rely on to grow audiences, automate email marketing, and sell digital products – all within one platform. More importantly, there isn’t a team more committed to helping creators earn a living.

We’re on a mission to help creators earn $1 billion using our creator marketing platform. We have always been 100% independent and 100% remote. We are proud to have built a product that our customers love, and we look for people who have enthusiasm and belief in our mission, vision, and values to join our team.

The Kit culture is one where emotional intelligence is valued, radical candor is encouraged, and where everyone works together to uphold a set of shared team principles.

The Role

We’re hiring two engineering managers. We’re looking for experienced people managers who have hands-on experience tackling technical challenges in software engineering.

• Analytics, Compliance, and Security: Lead a full-stack team focused on delivering new analytics functionality for our users and enhancing compliance and security systems.
• Growth, Activation, and Content: Lead a full-stack team of engineers responsible for growth and activation of our core product features as well as building on our content creation experiences. You’re a great fit if you’re passionate about a high quality user experience across the entire product.

At Kit, we’re all about building a unique engineering culture that values emotional intelligence and encourages honesty. We believe in working together as a team to uphold a shared set of principles. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to work closely with Engineering and Product leadership, Tech Leads, the Product Team, and other Engineering Managers to define and achieve goals.

We’re looking for leaders who share our passion for building a small, efficient, and bootstrapped team that’s always dedicated to serving the creator community. If you’re excited about contributing to this vision and building upon it, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Cultivate an environment where team members are empowered and demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and belonging.
• Be an unblocker for members of the teams you manage.
• Level up your team through feedback, educational opportunities, personal growth, mentorship, performance management, and promoting psychological safety,
• Drive the execution of work, and hold the team accountable to scoped commitments.
• Place your squad’s work in the context of business goals, and track and measure your team’s progress while helping to define learning objectives for each of your reports.
• Play a crucial role in owning and defining good processes not only within your team, but also across engineering and with cross-functional partners.
• Represent technical considerations and engineering interests with fellow managers and with the executive team

The right person has

• At least 3-5 years of experience in a technical leadership role, and at least 5 years of prior experience writing production code in Ruby on Rails.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This role is primarily about communicating with others and facilitating amazing work getting done.
• Prior experience working in or managing distributed, remote teams.
• Be committed to building a diverse engineering team that serves as a role model for the software industry.
• Have the ability to foster both high performance and a high degree of psychological safety on the team. This requires strong empathy, communication, and listening skills to understand and advocate for the needs of the team.
• Be comfortable delivering constructive feedback to drive individual growth and fostering productive conflict to seek out the best and most diverse ideas to reach the best solutions for customers.
• Be autonomous and self-motivated to work effectively in a 100% remote company.
• Have enthusiasm for and belief in our mission, vision, and values.
• Live and work primarily in US time zones.
• Attend our bi-annual company retreats

Compensation + Perk + Benefits 

ConvertKit has standardized salaries based on position, no matter where you live. For this role, we’re hiring at a level M3 ($182,000) or level M4 ($207,000). Level is determined based on experience and our interview process.

Other benefits include:

• Profit Sharing
• Kit equity
• 401k with a 5% match
• Monthly medical benefits up to $1,950 a month toward premiums. Dental and vision premiums covered 100%
• $4,000 equipment allowance for your first two years, $3,000 budget every following two years
• Individual learning + development budget ($3,500/year)
• Gender affirming benefits
• Childcare benefit up to $3,000 annually
• Twenty (20) days of paid time off during each year of employment
• Paid paid vacation: An after-tax bonus of $1,000 for taking five consecutive days of vacation where you’re fully unplugged from work
• Ten (10) paid holidays a year
• Two weeks of paid sick time each year, including mental health + well being days
• Twelve (12) weeks paid parental leave and flexible scheduling in your child’s first year
• Up to six weeks of paid bereavement leave, medical leave, and disaster after six months of employment, two weeks of each paid leave in your first six months
• Winter Break Closure: ConvertKit closes for a week at the end of December, giving everyone a collective break to enjoy the holiday season. Essential support services remain available, with teams coordinating to ensure coverage during this period
• Four-week, paid sabbatical after five years with the team

How to Apply

We know that most people hate interviewing (we relate!). We aim to make it as good of an experience as we can, and part of that includes keeping you informed during the process.

Here’s what you can expect from the process:

1. 30 min – Recruiter screen
2. 45 min – Hiring Manager screen
3. 90 min – Working session with the team
4. 60 min – Culture Contribution Chat
5. 30 min- Wrap up with Hiring Manager

To get started, complete this application, including answers to the questions on the next page. We read every single application, and your responses to our application questions help put your experience into context.

Kit is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in all of its forms, and we hire the best person we can for each role, no matter your personal background. Research tells us that applicants who are female or non-binary, as well as applicants who are people of color, are less likely to apply for roles they do not feel 100% qualified for. If you think you meet more than 50% of our requirements but fewer than 100% of them, please apply. We’re imperfect communicators, so think of our job postings as the starting point for discussion rather than proof that you shouldn’t apply.

Kit does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

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