Engineering Leadership

The role

You will lead a team of engineers and shape product decisions and technical strategy. You will also recruit engineers and work hands-on with code and prototypes.

What you will do

• Build and lead high-velocity teams that ship product fast and with polish
• Be deeply technical and hands-on by reading PRs and writing prototypes
• Turn raw ideas into working systems
• Rally the team through ambiguity, setbacks, or tough customer asks
• Push for clarity, focus, and high energy in every sprint
• Drive alignment on the roadmap
• Become an expert on customer needs related to product areas
• Spend time with customers and engineers to test assumptions and improve craft
• Coach, mentor, and build a team of engineers
• Partner with internal recruiting teams to drive hiring processes

Required qualifications

• Track record of successfully leading product-focused engineering teams in high-performing organizations
• Experience writing code at a high level
• Bias for action and scrappiness
• Care about developer experience including UX, APIs, performance, and edge cases
• Experience partnering with internal recruiting teams to drive hiring processes
• Track record of recruiting, hiring, and mentoring top engineering talent

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage for you and your family, including medical, dental, and vision
• Parental leave
• Paid-time off
• Fully remote working arrangements
• 401k matching
• Competitive Equity
• FSA, ST/LT Disability, Voluntary Life
• Carrot fertility benefits
• 20 days paid vacation
• 10 holidays
• Unlimited sick leave
• 12 weeks fully paid parental leave

About the company

WorkOS builds modern developer tools and APIs that make it easy for companies to become Enterprise Ready. The platform powers authentication, identity, authorization, and other critical infrastructure.