Rust Job: Engineering Manager

About Kinedu

Kinedu’s goal is to impact the lives of millions of adults in order to improve the outcomes of their children across the world. We leverage the most advanced technology and neuroscience to provide a child’s caregiver with content, tools, experiences, and ideas to promote brain and overall development. Kinedu launched in 2013 and has over 8 millionusers in over 180 countries across the world. Recently, Kinedu announced received new investment through a Series A round led by IGNIA, a major VC fund in Mexico, along with BeCurious Partners, an international fund focused on parenting, the Stanford-StartX Fund.

What you’ll do

Kinedu prides itself on delivering efficient, effective solutions across a wide range of industries. The key to our success will be largely dependent on the stellar ability of our Engineering team. We’re currently searching for an experienced Backend Engineering Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a sharp business mind and a proven ability to strategize and implement high-level software development initiatives. As a natural born leader, you will have a strong talent for project coordination and delegation. Ultimately, you are motivated by the desire to optimize productivity and nurture program success from inception to completion. This job opening is suitable for remote workers as well!

Your responsibilities

• Define, prioritize and plan the projects that will need to be implemented, gaining alignment with all appropriate levels within the organization;
• Keeping abreast of new software technologies, as well as conforming to best practices in cybersecurity;
• Mentor and provide guidance to the backend engineering team;
• Evaluating software solutions, performing routine maintenance and monitoring performance metrics;
• Manage backend engineering lifecycle end to end, overseeing the development, deployment, and integration of software solutions;
• Oversee technical delivery and ensure the product vision is realized through engineering excellence to improve customer experience;
• Advocate on behalf of the customer during all tech engagements;
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints;
• Maximize resources for the greater good of the organization;
• Create and define processes and systems to guarantee quality through best practices;
• Identify opportunities to develop and drive solutions to enable automated tools and applications for self-service;
• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels;
• Manage program and project teams for optimal return-on-investment, and coordinate and delegate cross-project initiatives;
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and product team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience;
• Create and establish a clear alignment of the team’s roadmap with the Head of Product and Engineering.

What you bring

• 5+ years in an advanced management tech role (preference given to those with program management and/or software development management experience);
• Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture;
• Exceptional leadership, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills;
• Working experience using programming languages such as, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Rust, Go, etc;
• Outstanding working knowledge of change management principles and performance evaluation processes;
• Understanding of agile methodologies;
• Deep familiarity with DevOps practices;
• Excellent communication skills to deliver the strategy, technical estimates, viability or other inputs to different departments and work cross functionally;
• Analytical skills applied continuously in strategic planning (business-wise).

What you’ll get

• You’ll join a startup that is part of: Endeavor, 500 startups, and has been awarded by App Store and Google Play teams;
• Opportunity to join a team of talented, driven, dynamic, and results-oriented professionals;
• A chance to work at an international startup focused on improving early childhood development at scale with 8M+ users in more than 230 countries;
• Competitive compensation package with great benefits