Engineering Manager, Workiva

$120-204k

A discretionary bonus typically paid annually + Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire

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Mid and Senior level
Remote in US

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Workiva

Business data platform

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Workiva

Business data platform

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseComplianceAnalyticsData AnalysisCloud Computing

Be an early applicant

$120-204k

A discretionary bonus typically paid annually + Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire

React
Mid and Senior level
Remote in US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseComplianceAnalyticsData AnalysisCloud Computing

Company mission

Workiva’s mission is to power transparent reporting for a better world.

Role

Who you are

  • 4+ years of related software engineering experience
  • Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field
  • To thrive in this role, you will need a dependable internet connection to unlock the world of remote work opportunities

Desirable

  • 2+ years of experience as a people manager
  • Progressive software engineering experience in automated testing or process improvement, working within the software development life cycle
  • Strong leadership skills, with a history of successfully leading teams
  • Demonstrated proficiency in programming, including a solid foundation in computer science, competencies in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented software design (Product Development)
  • Experience working in an Agile development environment
  • Experience building React-based frontend web applications in a distributed, multi-team organization
  • Experience building frontend application frameworks and evangelizing / enforcing associated development best practices
  • Experience with microfrontend app architectures
  • Exceptional communication abilities, including verbal, listening, and written skills, paired with a keen attention to detail that ensures accuracy and thoroughness
  • Skilled in facilitation and adept at resolving conflicts effectively
  • Experience working in a highly regulated industry

What the job involves

  • As an Engineering Manager at Workiva, you’ll lead an agile product development team with a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement
  • Your role will involve providing technical guidance, managing a diverse team, and strategically coordinating efforts to drive successful product development
  • You’ll be key in fostering a supportive environment where team members feel safe to learn, experiment, and contribute innovative solutions
  • In this role, you’ll lead our Frontend Architecture team, which is responsible for the web application shell that houses all of our products and the framework that our myriad product teams use to supply new experiences to our users
  • As part of the Frontend Frameworks pillar, this team plays a central role in shaping the technological vision of our frontend environment
  • Your leadership will be instrumental in bolstering the scalability, adaptability, and expansiveness of our web applications
  • Through close collaboration with our talented product and design cohorts, you’ll also drive the delivery of global user experience enhancements that impact all of our customers
  • Leadership: Lead and empower a squad of engineers
  • Talent Management: Effectively represent and communicate talent needs, prioritizing based on the roadmap and team capacity. Make engineering trade-offs within your squad while collaborating with other group leaders
  • Quality Assurance: Collaborate with group leaders and individual contributors to define, assess, and execute a product quality strategy, ensuring adherence to guidelines
  • Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical risks within your group, providing transparent communication to leadership
  • Planning: Work with group leaders to define and plan group objectives, ensuring alignment with broader company goals
  • Sustainability: Promote sustainable product development practices and agile principles Pay attention to support burdens, architectural direction, and technical debt
  • Delivery Schedule: Contribute to and hold accountability for the product delivery schedule
  • Representation: Represent Workiva Engineering at internal and external events and actively engage in recruiting via meet-ups, conferences, and events
  • Best Practices: Communicate, reinforce, and ensure that your squad(s) develop software within the principles, standards, and best practices for Workiva Product Development, including Engineering, Architecture, and Product
  • Team Performance Development:
  • Performance Assessment: Assess and document individual employee performance
  • Coaching: Meet with direct reports to discuss and coach in various areas, addressing issues and obstacles that they face
  • Conflict Management: Manage team health, including employee engagement and conflict resolution
  • Career Growth: Prioritize and invest time into career growth for direct reports, providing opportunities related to their goals
  • Recruitment: Participate in the recruiting and selection process and manage new team member onboarding

Our take

For large-scale businesses, collecting and sharing data can be a complex and challenging process. Workiva solves this problem with its cloud-based data platform.

Workiva is one of the biggest players in the market, serving around 75% of Fortune 500 companies, including Google and Delta. Workiva's controlled, secure and audit-ready platform has maintained a clear edge over much of its competition.

Workiva's quality product and its commitment to transparency has made it a firm favourite with companies around the world. If it can maintain this, it stands to consolidate its impressive growth even further in the coming years.

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Insights

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back within 2 weeks

5% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Oct 2014

$0.7m

EARLY VC

Dec 2012

$30.7m

SERIES C

Total funding: $46.9m

Company benefits

  • A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
  • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
  • 401k w/ match
  • Health, dental, and vision
  • Vacation accruals
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Volunteer time-off
  • Parental leave
  • Travel & accident insurance
  • Paid holidays
  • Work remotely
  • Discount programs
  • Health and wellness
  • Pet-friendly atmosphere
  • Choose from additional plans that cover legal expenses, stolen identity, or even your pet's health

Company values

  • Customer success: Always delight our customers.
  • Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways.
  • Trust: Always rely on each other.
  • Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong.
  • Integrity: Do the right thing, every time.
  • Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.
  • Collaboration: Share resources and work together.

Company HQ

Holborn, London, UK

Leadership

Marty Vanderploeg

(CEO, not founder)

Previously worked as a Professor at Iowa State University. Founded Engineer Animation Inc. in 1990.

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