Role: Manager, Engineering

Reports to: CTO

Department: Product Engineering

Location: Remote, North America

Job Type: Full Time, Exempt

Help us bring software development to the 99%

Anaconda is the world’s most popular data science platform. With more than 25 million users, the open-source Anaconda Distribution is the easiest way to do data science and machine learning. We pioneered the use of Python for data science, championed its vibrant community, and continue to steward open-source projects that make tomorrow’s innovations possible. Our enterprise-grade solutions enable corporate, research, and academic institutions worldwide to harness the power of open source for competitive advantage and groundbreaking research.

Anaconda has created a platform called Anaconda Nucleus for Data Science and other Numerical Computing professionals to develop their skills and build a network with others. The site has millions of registered users today. We are seeking someone to lead a team focused on growing their engagement. Candidates should be knowledgeable and capable, but always eager to learn and teach others. Overall, we strive to create a culture of ability and humility and an environment that is both relaxed and focused. We stress empathy and collaboration with our customers, open-source users, and each other. Here is what people love most about working here: We’re not just a company, we’re part of a movement. Our dedicated employees and user community are democratizing data science and creating and promoting open-source technologies for a better world.

Summary

Anaconda is seeking a talented Engineering Manager to join our rapidly-growing company. This is an excellent opportunity for you to leverage your experience and skills and apply it to the world of application development and coding to a much wider audience.

What You’ll do:

• Manage and support daily engineering operations and activities for the Anaconda SocialHub team – ensuring that critical deliverables are tracked and managed
• Support the cross-functional individuals on the team in their career development
• Ensure that the team is using a good rationale for its’ technical decision-making
• Provide vision, guidance, and context for team planning and discussions
• Hire new team members to support the product growth and contribute to planning for future team needs
• Be a strong advocate and driver for the agile and validated learning processes at Anaconda
• Work with Product Management, Engineering leadership, Developer and Community Advocates, and other key stakeholders to help manage engineering roadmaps, short-term and long term release plans, and delivery schedules to meet company and product goals. 
• Coordinate deliverables, dependencies, and schedules as needed with peers across the Anaconda technology and product organizations
• Help establish and measure key performance indicators to manage operational metrics and improve the performance of the engineering team.
• Leverage your entrepreneurial skills to launch a new product, not be afraid to help the team in whatever way is needed, and not wait for someone else to solve the problem if you can fix it.

What You Need:

• Team attitude: “I am not done until WE are done”
• Embody our core values:
• Ability & Humility
• Innovation & Action
• Empathy & Connection
• Care deeply about fostering an environment where people of all backgrounds and experiences can flourish 
• 8 years of experience with software development, 3 years of experience managing teams
• Strong practical experience with agile software development, including modern development practices, such as pair programming, TDD, and CI/CD
• Experience creating and delivering B2C community products built on public cloud infrastructure as an individual contributor and engineering manager
• Strong understanding of validated learning concepts
• Experience in working with Product Management to map product roadmaps to engineering schedules
• Experience with summarizing and presenting key information and proven ability to influence and drive decisions at the executive level
• Able to motivate and inspire engineering teams to create and support a culture of excellence and pride of ownership
• Experience working in a high-growth, start-up environment
• A customer service mindset and great attention to detail
• Ability to work cross-functionally across multiple teams and departments – identifying any hurdles to progress and improving internal and cross-functional communications and processes
• BS in computer science or a related field or equivalent work experience

What Will Make You Stand Out:

• Experience with building community, including a data-driven approach, understanding of key metrics
• A collaborative mind set and team-first approach
• Experience using test-and-learn product development approaches (eg: Lean Startup)
• Experience leading cross-functional teams
• Experience in and prior responsibilities around managing engineering and/or product line budgets and financial plans

Why You’ll Like Working Here:

• Unique opportunity to translate strong open source adoption and user enthusiasm into commercial product growth
• Dynamic company that rewards high performers
• On the cutting edge of enterprise application of data science, machine learning and AI
• Collaborative team environment that values multiple perspectives and clear thinking
• Employees-first culture
• Flexible working hours
• Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, Life and 401K
• Health and Remote working reimbursement 
• Paid parental leave - both mothers and fathers
• Pre-IPO stock options
• Open vacation policy and monthly company days off known as Snake Days
• 100% remote and flexible working policy – we embrace this fully through how we operate as a company.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.