Builders at Gigs
telecom
EngineeringManager
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“Engineering Manager at Builders at Gigs. Skills: leading engineering teams, technical execution, people management, growing and developing engineers, driving technical excellence, shaping team's long-term direction. Lead, support, and grow a team of software engineers working on core parts of our platform. Partner with Product and Design to define priorities, shape roadmaps, and deliver high-quality features”
What You'll Achieve.
ship impactful work; grow their skills; deliver high-quality features; Ensure a sustainable and inclusive engineering culture where people thrive; help scale the team thoughtfully
Industry & Context.
tackling deep technical and regulatory challenges; lean in when things get hard; Ambiguity. We're building frontier technology in a complex domain. You'll need sound judgement and good instincts to make decisions without complete information.; technical execution; shaping the team’s long-term direction; scaling APIs; abstracting telco complexity; designing systems that are global from day one; technical discussions with clarity and pragmatism
occasional travel for team workshops, customer meetings, and Gigs Republic, our bi-annual company off-site.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years of experience leading engineering teams in high-growth, product-driven environments, technical background — you have shipped code at scale and can dive deep when needed, A thoughtful approach to people management and a track record of growing and developing engineers, Comfort navigating ambiguity and building clarity, A clear communicator who brings cross-functional stakeholders together, Bias for impact, balanced with high standards and good judgment, Experience with modern product development practices (we use Go, Ruby, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, GCP), including continuous delivery, observability, and infrastructure as code
Nice to Have
Experience building API forward products, Ideally experience managing and working with remote and distributed teams
What You'll Do.
and grow a team of software engineers working on core parts of our platform
Partner with Product and Design to define priorities
and deliver high-quality features
Drive technical excellence — from architecture to code reviews to reliability
Create a team environment that balances ambition
and continuous learning
Ensure a sustainable and inclusive engineering culture where people thrive
Contribute to hiring and onboarding processes to help scale the team thoughtfully
Step into technical discussions with clarity and pragmatism when needed
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborate cross-functionally; Partner with Product and Design; brings cross-functional stakeholders together; team environment; inclusive engineering culture; hiring and onboarding processes; team workshops; small, tight-knit teams that make collaboration feel natural, energizing, and effective
Communication Scope
A clear communicator who brings cross-functional stakeholders together
Process & Methodology
define priorities, shape roadmaps, deliver high-quality features
Full Job Description
About Gigs At Gigs, we're building the operating system for mobile services—a platform that lets tech companies embed global connectivity into their products effortlessly. Just as Stripe lets any business add a payment button in seconds, Gigs empowers platforms to weave in connectivity—bridging the traditional world of telecom with modern tech. From fintechs launching mobile services to HR platforms offering work phone plans, we automate provisioning and remove telecom complexity. Our team of around 150 people across the US and Europe, backed by nearly $100 million in funding from Ribbit Capital, Google, and Y Combinator. As one of the fastest-growing tech companies, bringing together early-stage engineers, product builders, and business athletes from companies like Stripe, Airbnb, and Shopify. We’re tackling deep technical and regulatory challenges to make connectivity truly seamless. If you’re driven by curiosity, creativity, and the chance to shape the future of telecom, we’d love to hear from you. Things We Care About We are building in a highly complex space and tackling a massive problem. We want people who lean in when things get hard. Speed. We move and we ship. We set bold deadlines and treat every week like it matters. Ownership. If you see something broken, fix it. We don't wait for permission. Customer Obsession. Our customers' product is our product. Ambiguity. We're building frontier technology in a complex domain. You'll need sound judgement and good instincts to make decisions without complete information. First principles. We don't ask how things have been done before. We ask why they were done that way at all. The Role Engineering Managers at Gigs are responsible for enabling a high-performing group of engineers to ship impactful work, grow their skills, and collaborate cross-functionally. This is a hands-on leadership role — you will guide technical execution while helping shape the team’s long-term direction We are building a modern connectivity
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