Senior Engineering Manager

About Us

Our mission is to make hourly work easier for local businesses and hourly workers. Homebase currently serves more than 100,000 small (but mighty) businesses with everything they need to manage their hourly teams: employee scheduling, time clocks, payroll, team communication, hiring, onboarding, and compliance. Just don’t call us “Human Capital Management.” We have built tools for the busiest businesses, so owners and employees can spend less time on bullsh*t and more time on what matters. The Homebase team brings small business expertise from Intuit, Square, OpenTable, Yelp, Gusto, and First Data. Homebase is backed by leading venture investors Bain Capital Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Plus Capital, and GGV Capital.

We’re currently hiring in: Houston, TX, Denver, CO, and Toronto, CA

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Homebase

At Homebase, we take pride in fostering a welcoming space where every Homie of every gender, age, orientation, culture, and walk of life can be their full selves. Diverse perspectives empower us to build the best-in-class platform for small businesses and hourly shift workers. We recognize that experience comes in many forms, so if you think you’re close to what we’re looking for (even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications), we encourage you to apply! 

The Job

As Sr. Engineering Manager, reporting to the VP or Director of Engineering, you will own recruiting, onboarding, mentoring, and measuring your team and their output, and you will work with the larger Engineering Management team to evangelize the department internally and externally in spoken and written forms. You will recruit excellent candidates and help to bring them on board. You will bring great people management instincts to the team and focus on our engineer’s professional growth. 

The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering and management background – with a drive to get results. They will enjoy working cross-functionally with our team of web and mobile engineers as well as with our product and design teams to deliver great software to production. You will have a reputation as a strong evangelist and a trusted advocate for team members you have managed in the past. 

Your Responsibilities 

• You will manage a team of software engineers and support them in their day-to-day work
• You may also serve as a Lead - either focus on delivering prioritized work from build to release, or focus on research, feasibility, and architecting solutions that feed into the delivery process.
• You will help recruit new engineering candidates 
• You’ll be a key member of the Engineering Management team and bring new ideas about organizational development, scaling teams, improving processes, etc.
• You will help write articles for the engineering blog
• You’ll occasionally attend meetups or conferences to network and evangelize the team

Requirements: 

• 5+ years managing engineers in a department that is at least 20 people overall
• 4+ years managing 4 or more people at the same time
• 3+ years recruiting and closing engineering candidates
• 1+ years promoting your engineering work - whether it’s teams, individuals or the product
• Demonstrated record of mentoring and coaching engineers to improve their skills and level up
• Exceptional analytical and communication skills
• Clear and deep understanding of how to build engineering teams that build high-quality products

What We Offer You

• Stock Options - everyone is an owner
• Comprehensive medical coverage for you and your eligible dependents - premiums 100% paid by Homebase!
• RRSP plan +4% company match
• Remote, hybrid, and in-office work options
• Top-of-the-line equipment and $$ to customize your home office
• Company paid holidays and 20 days accrued PTO per year
• A dynamic, well-connected, productive team
• Fun company activities

At Homebase, we value our differences, and we encourage all to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Homebase is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Accommodations will be provided during the hiring process if needed. Please advise us of any accommodations needed within your application to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process.