Manager, Software Engineering - Interaction Design

TL;DR

Manager, Software Engineering (Interaction Design): Leading a team responsible for creating and maintaining runtime APIs to support interactions and animations across hirify.global's product suite with an accent on prototyping, slides, and smart animation. Focus on enabling engineers to easily develop the next generation of interactive hirify.global features and products.

Location: San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • Remotely in the United States

Salary: $250,000 - $350,000 USD

Company

hirify.global’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI.

What you will do

• Build and execute on a long-term roadmap to improve the platform, features, and runtimes supporting interactive and animated experiences in hirify.global products.
• Hire, manage, support, and develop a team of engineers, including staff-level engineers.
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects.
• Get involved in the technical details of solving some of the most complex technical challenges at hirify.global.
• Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment.
• Grow your career in an engaged and creative engineering community.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience managing and leading a high-output engineering team.
• 5+ years of engineering experience working on complex systems with an emphasis on performance, reliability, quality, and extensibility.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team, including a proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with internal product and development teams to build systems that solve their needs.

Nice to have

• Experience building performant animation and interaction frameworks, tooling, and foundations.
• Deep knowledge of runtime environments and how they operate, including game, application, or browser engines.
• Experience with creative coding frameworks used for building interaction, animation, and time-based media experiences.

Culture & Benefits

• hirify.global is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture.
• hirify.global offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement.