Manager, App Development

Your Role:

As a Manager, Application Development you will manage an engineering squad building applications that empower the Techstars network. Techstars already has one of the largest portfolios in early stage venture capital, with over 2,300 portfolio companies, a combined market cap of more than $193B, and 12 unicorns (companies valued $1B+). In this role, you will lead a team of full-stack engineers developing frontend and backend components, leveraging cloud-based infrastructure, working with open source frameworks and tools, and developing integrations with third-party applications. You will architect technical platforms and applications that serve a worldwide community of founders, investors, mentors, and community organizers.

What you will do:

• Lead a team of up up to 8 developers and QA engineers in an agile development setting
• Create a shared sense of purpose and dedication to entrepreneurship and innovation
• Foster a culture of open and productive communication both within and between teams
• Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders to execute Techstars’ technology roadmap
• Communicate progress, opportunities, and risks to non-technical stakeholders
• Deliver enterprise-grade software atop a modern devops infrastructure
• Maintain uptime and SLA of solutions in production and participate in the on-call rotation
• Contribute to supporting infrastructure, including testing, CI/CD and application monitoring
• Continuously improve our development, deployment, testing, and operational processes
• Support team members’ professional development through direct mentorship and coaching
• Confidently navigate situations involving individual performance, career pathing, and rewards.

Our stack:

• Frontend: JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, and framework-driven CSS
• Backend: JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Contentful
• Infrastructure: IaC approach leveraging K8s, Docker, Kafka, Terraform, and AWS services

What you bring

• Specific experience working as an engineering manager or team lead is a very big plus
• Professional experience serving as a player-coach to a team of individual contributors
• A track record of delivering modern JavaScript applications in production environments
• Expertise in full-stack web development, particularly Node, Express, and React
• Fluency in the end-to-end app development processes, from ideation to deployment
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills as well as a bias toward collaboration

Compensation range: $130,000 - $150,000 + 10% Bonus  US Benefits

About Techstars

Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Founded in 2006, Techstars began with three simple ideas - entrepreneurs create a better future for everyone, collaboration drives innovation and great ideas can come from anywhere. Now we are on a mission to enable every person on the planet to contribute to, and benefit from, the success of entrepreneurs. In addition to operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, we do this by connecting startups, investors, corporations and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Techstars has invested in more than 2,300 companies with a combined market cap of more than $29B.  Techstars’ mission is to help entrepreneurs succeed wherever they are in the world and whatever their background is. Regional accelerator programs all around the world are the cornerstone of the strategy. The investment approach is fundamentally driven by the worldwide network of managing directors, who interact with startup founders daily, guiding, mentoring and cultivating them along the journey. The scale of this reach results in a diversified strategy that provides investors with a uniquely qualified deal flow. We help Techstars founders connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporations to grow their companies.