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Change.org is searching for an Engineering Manager to create, scale and maintain a high
performing team as both a hands-on contributor and leader of a small team.
A bit about Change.org: we’re a social impact business (a public benefit company), and the
world's largest social change platform, with 100 million monthly users, over 50,000
campaigns launched on the site every month, and a 100% user-generated revenue model. Our
users win campaigns for change once every hour. In the last decade in Mexico, from the
mobilization against the Maya train to the campaign to increase vacation days, many
nationwide movements were created on Change.org. From the campaign Cáncer Warriors to
ask for the release of the elephant Eli, dozens of local, national and international victories are
happening every day thanks to the power of our users who are changing our country.
Key Outcomes:
● Create a team that is fully integrated into the organization, that embraces a growth
mindset, continuous improvement and inclusion, where members have built strong
relationships with department colleagues and stakeholders leading to mutual trust
and respect
● Drive the strategic planning and decision-making processes within their immediate
team, providing insights and recommendations that drive innovation, efficiency, and
long-term success.
● Provide technical stewardship, guidance and feedback to mid-level and junior team
members, leveraging deep expertise to mentor and coach them effectively, fostering a
culture of learning and collaboration within the team and contributing to the overall
growth and success of the team.
● Collaborate effectively with stakeholders from other departments or teams,
representing the engineering team's interests, and influencing decision-making
processes to align with project goals and organizational objectives
● Identify opportunities to improve development processes and workflows,
implementing changes that streamline project achievement, enhance team
productivity, and ensure adherence to best practices
The most important skills and capabilities for the role are:
Team building and management:
● Build and manage an engineering team including definition of profiles,
recruitment, onboarding, and retention of top talent.
● Foster a high-performance, positive, inclusive team culture that promotes
collaboration, creativity, and innovation while keeping a sustainable pace and
high team morale
● Ensure team is integrated into the organization such that members feel
trusted, respected and have strong relationships with other colleagues
● Provide regular feedback and performance evaluations, identify opportunities
for skill development, create career growth plan, and support the professional advancement of team members.
Coding skills:
● Full stack with experience working effectively at scale
● Expertise with different technologies, languages and frameworks in all layers
of the webstack, from frontend to backend with an emphasis on Nodejs, Ruby
on Rails, Elixir, React, Javascript/Typescript, GraphQL
● Experience with SQL-based databases, able to define and optimize data
schemas
● Experience with infrastructure as code technologies like Terraform,
Kubernetes, AWS
Planning & Execution:
● Develop and implement strategic plans for technical initiatives that align with
business objectives
● Collaborate with product and design to set clear quarterly objectives and
discover tactics that lead the team to achieving their goals
● Scope projects and deconstruct into a well-defined action plan with timelines,
be accountable for driving execution
● Deliver user-facing software iteratively: by first building an MVP, and only
scaling once we validate using experimentation and user data
Architecture & Design, Performance:
● Identify and drive architectural improvements to set standards for system
quality and reliability that support long-term business goals and drive
technical excellence
● Identify opportunities and drive implementation of solutions that enhance
system performance and reliability
○ Be a driver for system quality
Communication & Collaboration:
● Proactively communicate with stakeholders, including executives, product
managers, and cross-functional teams, to align technical initiatives with
business objectives and priorities
● Partner and collaborate effectively across functions such as product, design,
Target experience:
● 3 years of direct management experience
● 5-8 years of experience with full stack web service development
● 3 years of experience in at least one language that we use at Change: Nodejs, Rails,
Elixir
● 3 years of experience in frontend technologies like React/JavaScript/TypeScript
● Experience with infrastructure as code technologies like Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS
● Experience developing data access layers using RESTful APIs and GraphQL
● English Fluency (Minimum B2)