Gigs
telecom
EngineeringManager
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“Engineering Manager at Gigs. Skills: leading engineering teams, technical execution, shaping team's long-term direction, people management, growing and developing engineers. enabling a high-performing group of engineers to ship impactful work. grow their skills”
What You'll Achieve.
ship impactful work; deliver high-quality features
Industry & Context.
tackling deep technical and regulatory challenges; sound judgement; good instincts; pragmatism
regular time in one of our hubs, 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
Nice to Have
Experience building API forward products, Ideally experience managing and working with remote and distributed teams
What You'll Do.
enabling a high-performing group of engineers to ship impactful work
collaborate cross-functionally
guide technical execution
shape the team’s long-term direction
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; brings cross-functional stakeholders together; collaboration feel natural, energizing, and effective
Communication Scope
clear communicator
Process & Methodology
define priorities, shape roadmaps
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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