Full-Stack Technical Lead Manager

<h1>Hi! We're Forerunner.</h1> <p>We believe that climate adaptation is a necessity, not a luxury, and communities deserve access to powerful software that helps them plan for the future. The challenge of climate change is complex – it implicates how municipalities plan, manage capital, and communicate to both residents and higher levels of government. Forerunner helps local communities do these things better by empowering them to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale.</p> <h3>The Role</h3> <p>The engineering team at Forerunner strives to be small but dedicated, working relentlessly to help local governmental bodies and their floodplain managers reason about the flooding risks that all communities face in the USA. The domain is complicated, nuanced, and rapidly changing, and we at Forerunner break down this complexity for our users so they can do what truly matters - fight against climate change and the possible loss of homes in the case of flooding. </p> <p>We offer schedule flexibility and ask for accountability in return. We are unable to sponsor H1-B visas at this time, so permanent residency or citizenship is required.</p> <p>Our tech stack and other engineering tools include, but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Typescript</strong> / <strong>React.js</strong> / <strong>React Native</strong> frontend with <strong>jest</strong> <strong>/ cypress / maestro</strong> for testing</li> <li><strong>GraphQL</strong> API powered by a <strong>Node.js</strong> / <strong>Typescript</strong> backend with <strong>jest</strong> for testing.</li> <li><strong>Postgres</strong> as our database, alongside heavy use of <strong>postgis</strong></li> <li><strong>git</strong>, <strong>Github</strong> and <strong>Github Actions</strong> for code review and CI</li> <li>Deployment to <strong>AWS</strong> using <strong>ECS</strong> and similar products</li> <li>A variety of other cloud providers and SaaS tools, such as <strong>GCP</strong> and <strong>Twilio</strong></li> </ul> <p>While expertise with all of the technologies above is by no means not necessary, a working understanding of at least a few of them is required.</p> <p>We strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply - the problem of climate change impact all of us, and we want to reflect that within our team's composition.</p> <h3>What You'll Do</h3> <p>A Full Stack Technical Lead Manager (TLM) at Forerunner is responsible for managing a team of 4-5 engineers on two major fronts:</p> <ul> <li>Managing the quality, correctness, and timeliness of the software their team produces by preparing for and leading planning meetings, writing and/or reviewing code, pair programming, and interacting closely with our design / product counterparts.</li> <li>Managing the career growth of their reports by conducting regular one-on-ones and quarterly reviews, as well as recurring mentorship where needed.</li> <li>We expect our TLMs to spend roughly 20-30% of their time heads-down coding, 40-50% of their time on technical leadership duties, like code review and architecture planning, and the remainder 20-40% of their time on their managerial duties. More explicitly, these duties are: <ul> <li>Provide hands-on support to their direct reports to help them grow in their careers, as Forerunner strongly believes in continued learning and up-leveling. To do this, a TLM provides actionable, constructive feedback during recurring one-on-ones, code reviews, quarterly reviews, and mentorship meetings.</li> <li>Build, test, and deploy full-stack software on a regular basis, working within our frontends, backends, and with the underlying data modeling that underpins them. This means working on a postgres query one day and on a React component the next, all the while making sure all work is adequately tested.</li> <li>Review the work of your team with a compassionate yet thorough, critical eye. This includes pair-programing with and mentorship of more junior en ... (truncated, view full listing at source)