We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join Smartly and lead one of our teams within our 250+ person Product & Engineering organization.
In this role, you'll lead a team building the next generation of AI-driven workflows on top of our core product. From creative manipulation and editing to intelligent automation that helps our customers produce high-performing content at scale. This is not just about shipping features, but about crafting experiences and workflows our customers will genuinely love and rely on.
As an Engineering Manager, you'll be responsible for guiding your team to deliver meaningful, high-quality outcomes with clarity and purpose. You'll invest deeply in your people through coaching, regular 1:1s, and thoughtful development planning, while proactively removing obstacles and creating an environment where engineers can do their best work.
This is a unique opportunity to shape a cornerstone product at the intersection of AI, creativity, and performance marketing. You get to lead a talented team solving problems that directly impact customers worldwide.
Tech Stack: NodeJS, TypeScript, React, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
Read more about the our developer ways of working: Engineering at Smartly
- Build and lead an autonomous Fullstack development team. Lead by example.
- Facilitate the team at team level. Enable them.
- Care about your team members' growth and development. Go far together.
- Tackle ambitious technical problems and add your mark to our Engineering culture. Help us grow.
- You are an experienced people leader with proven ability in building and leading high-performing teams
- You have experience throughout the full software life-cycle in an environment with multiple teams
- You have built and maintained large-scale, high-availability web applications with an active and growing user base
- You have experience in various agile development practices as well as the pragmatism to know which tradeoffs are acceptable and a sharp focus on delivery.
- Ability to deliver constructive feedback that leads to meaningful changes and growth.
- Empathy and user-focused mentality: you care deeply about the product experience, you understand users' motivations and frustrations, and you genuinely want to help them
- You are a skilled developer. You will need to be also hands-on when coaching the team members to new technical and professional heights, which can involve code reviews, pair programming, etc
- You are able to work on-site at our Mexico city office 3 days / week
Smartly is committed to being the best place to work for growth-minded individuals to thrive - explore more in our Culture Handbook!
- Meet your Recruiter: Get to know each other and learn about working at Smartly.
- Meet the Hiring Manager: Gain deeper insights into the role.
- Technical Interview: Engage in an interactive discussion around Systems Design and Architecture.
- Leadership Skills: Final discussion will be focusing on your experience as a manager.
Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers.
Smartly is the only company in the industry recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Creative Advertising Technologies with PwC validating the results it delivers for brands. We manage creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide and $6B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best.Smartly is a multinational and diverse team of 750+ Smartlies from 60+ nationalities, working in 13 countries. Together, we want to create and maintain an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and heard. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach is at the heart of it.
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