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Engineering Manager

Overland Park, Remote - United States

About Pilotbase:

Flight Schedule Pro powers the world’s flight training ecosystem, supporting over 1,400 flight schools and tens of thousands of pilots each year.

We are now building Pilotbase, a connected system that brings together flight schools, pilots, and industry partners into a single, data-driven network. This next phase of growth is focused on expanding within our existing customer base, reaching pilots directly, and creating new revenue streams across the ecosystem.

Job Overview: 

As an Engineering Manager, you will be a highly-productive, results oriented, motivated leader who is able to set the technical direction and keep our team in alignment with that vision. This position directs and oversees the software engineering function in developing, releasing, and maintaining our software applications and systems according to business needs. The Engineering Manager also establishes policies and procedures that produce a high-quality software product and service. Most importantly, this role is responsible for creating and maintaining a high performance engineering team. 

Responsibilities:

  • Lead your team to set goals, plan projects, and build timelines
  • Hire and manage new team members and 3rd party contractors, and establish a culture of accountability
  • Create and present budgets to upper management
  • Hold coaching sessions and 1 on 1’s with tech leads
  • Consistently deliver quality projects on time
  • Work with your development team to establish and maintain the architectural vision
  • Interface with the Product team to answer technical feasibility questions
  • Own technical process and establish quality guidelines
  • Stay current with industry best practices and determine when to adopt new technologies
  • Maintain and increase development team velocity
  • Create and maintain a high performance engineering team
  • Ownership of the following areas:
    • Engineering Backlog
    • Application Performance / Availability
    • Automated Test Coverage
    • All Technical Processes (development, deployment, testing)
    • Application and system security
    • Infrastructure
    • Project Level of Effort and Estimation

 

Qualifications:

REQUIRED:

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Experience as a technical manager
  • Experience leading a team towards set deliverables
  • Experience establishing and improving KPI’s
  • Amazon Web Services experience highly desired
  • Strong leadership skills in coaching, influencing and delegation 
  • Willingness to continue to learn, adapt, and be coachable
  • Have high standards and a strong work ethic with a positive attitude

 

PREFERRED:

  • AWS
  • Mongo Realm
  • Mongo Atlas
  • Jira Administration
  • Working with geographically dispersed teams
  • Aviation Experience

 

Compensation: 

SALARY: $145,000 - $180,000

 

Benefits: 

  • Full benefits package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401(k) plan)
  • Equity Appreciation Plan
  • Flexible Time Off policy 
  • Seven (7) company-wide paid holidays + two (2) floating holidays 
  • Two (2) wellness days
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Professional Development Stipend
  • Home Office Stipend 

Travel Requirements:

Occasional business travel may be required, up to 10%

 

Pilotbase is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. If you're excited about this role, we'd love a chance to review your resume. We value a diverse and inclusive work environment and look for passionate people who are ready to do great things. If there is a required or preferred location for an open role, it will be listed in the job description. All applicants for employment must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Pilotbase does not provide work visa sponsorship at this time.

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Pilotbase welcomes all direct applicants, but does not utilize recruiting services from external agencies.

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