Engineering Manager

September 10

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B2C • eCommerce • Pet Care

Smalls is a provider of high-quality cat food, offering ultra-high protein meals that are gently cooked without fillers, preservatives, or artificial ingredients. They focus on health and nutrition for cats, promising notable health improvements for pets after switching to their products. Customers can subscribe for monthly deliveries and customize their plans based on their pets' needs, along with a satisfaction guarantee that includes free treats for life.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2016

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, hire and grow a small team of software engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, growth and learning. Partner with product and design to align engineering priorities with business goals. Define and evolve a technical roadmap with the ability to articulate why to the business. Evaluate our current architecture, system design, tools and influence the set-up for the next stage of growth for the organization. Ensure reliability, scalability, and performance monitoring. Contribute directly to the codebase (~60% of your time), setting the standard for quality and craftsmanship. Establish team rituals - reviews, refinement, incident management, on-call duty, retros—that make us stronger and faster together.

🎯 Requirements

• 2+ years of engineering leadership/management experience. Prior experience working as a Sr. Engineer/Staff engineer with deep technical expertise and architectural experience. A player-coach: skilled at balancing IC work with leadership responsibilities. Experienced in building strong engineering cultures and improving teams. Strong communicator who can bridge technical and business discussions. Pragmatic and product-driven—you know when to move fast and when to build for the long term. Huge plus: experience working on DTC and subscription services. Huge plus: e with React, React router (SSR), Ruby on Rails. Huge plus: sxperience with tools like Heroku, Postgres, Shopify, Stripe, and Contentful.

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully paid Health, Vision, and Dental insurance. 4-day work week. Unlimited PTO. Free cat food every month. Competitive Salary. Very Competitive Benefits: Fully paid Health, Vision, and Dental insurance. 4-day work week. Unlimited PTO. Fully Remote Office & Culture: Our team is spread across the US day to day, but we travel for department & company off-sites and retreats.