Dispatch

Technology

SeniorEngineeringManager

$225–325k ~AI est. New York, New York, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Engineering Manager at Dispatch. Skills: Team building, Engineering execution, Systems architecture, People development. Lead product engineering teams. Own engineering execution”

What You'll Achieve.

Ship on time; Ship with consistency; Ship with quality; Grow engineering organization; Build fast-moving team; Align fast-moving team; Hire well; Run cleanly; Ship consistently; Make engineers better; Create environment for growth; Hold team accountable to outcomes

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Unblocking hard problems; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

On-call posture

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years software engineering, 5+ years IC engineer, 5+ years managing teams, Growing and scaling organization

Nice to Have

Experience at early-stage startup, Experience founding or building, Experience with AI prompting, Experience with Golang, Experience with Postgres, Experience with AWS, Experience with Messaging, Experience with enterprise customers, Experience with fintech APIs, Experience with APIs-as-a-product, Experience with B2B products, Experience with data-intensive B2B platforms, Experience with seed/early-stage startups

What You'll Do.

Lead product engineering teams

Own engineering execution

Sequence roadmaps with Product

Communicate cross-functional progress

Serve as connective tissue

Create culture of high standards

Create culture of ownership

Create culture of craft

Ensure timely shipping

Ensure quality shipping

Partner with staff engineers

Partner with tech leads

Raise engineering floor

Identify acceleration opportunities

Work closely with Product

Work closely with Design

Serve as escalation point

Coordinate resolution with CS

Own incident response process

Increase system reliability

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Product and Design; CS and Product

Communication Scope

Cross-functional communication

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning, Timeline accountability, Milestone planning

Full Job Description

Role overview: - Lead one of Dispatch's product engineering teams — the team responsible for our core user workflow and data orchestration platform. - Own engineering execution end to end: roadmap sequencing with Product, project scoping, timeline accountability, and cross-functional progress communication. - Serve as the connective tissue between Product and Engineering — ensuring the team builds the right things in the right order, at the pace the business demands. - Drive engineering hiring end-to-end: headcount planning, JDs, interview loops, and closing. What you'll own: - Team Building & Development — Hire, onboard, and develop a growing team of engineers. Create a culture of high standards, ownership, and craft — making Dispatch an exceptional place to build. - Engineering Execution — Own the delivery system: project scoping, milestone planning, timeline accountability, and stakeholder communication. Ensure the team ships on time, with consistency and quality, across the core product, integrations, and platform. - Engineering Acceleration — Partner with staff engineers and tech leads who own technical decisions and architecture. Your job is to remove friction, raise the floor, and identify opportunities to accelerate the team through better tooling and automation. - Cross-Functional Operating Model — Work closely with Product and Design to triage, prioritize, and sequence work. Serve as the escalation point for customer-impacting engineering issues and coordinate resolution with CS and Product. - Incident & Production Management — Own the team's on-call posture, incident response process, and post-mortems. Drive improvements that reduce recurrence and increase system reliability. Experience & Background: - 10+ years in software engineering, including meaningful time as an IC and as an Engineering Manager. - 5+ years as an individual contributor engineer, with a track record of shipping high-quality, high-complexity systems - 5+ years managing engineering team

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