Engineering Manager, Editor

Vimeo is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Editor team.

The Editor team is the heart of Vimeos creation area where users can edit their video add images / videos trim position color manage sound text animations effects and much more.

As the ideal candidate you should possess a strong background in JavaScript (Typescript) CSS React Redux and browser performance and have proven experience in managing frontendoriented projects from conception to production. Your leadership abilities and technical expertise will be essential in guiding our team towards building cuttingedge and userfriendly web applications.
A working knowledge of backend technologies specifically Python or PHP is also highly desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of developers (Frontend and backend) fostering a collaborative and growthoriented environment. Provide guidance support and constructive feedback to help team members excel in their roles.
• Project Management: Manage and oversee projects from ideation to production ensuring timely delivery adherence to quality standards and effective resource allocation.
• Technical Expertise: Leverage your strong knowledge of JavaScript (Typescript) CSS React and Redux to make informed decisions and offer technical guidance to the development team.
  A solid understanding of backend principles and experience with Python or PHP will be beneficial in guiding backend development efforts.
• Agile Development: Promote and implement Agile development methodologies to ensure efficient project execution iterative improvement and effective collaboration with other teams.
• Recruitment and Onboarding: Participate in the hiring process for frontend developers and actively contribute to onboarding new team members helping them integrate into the team and project smoothly.
• Performance Evaluation: Conduct regular performance evaluations for team members recognizing achievements and identifying areas for improvement.
• Stakeholder Communication: Collaborate with product managers designers and other stakeholders to understand project requirements set expectations and provide progress updates.
• Quality Assurance: Enforce best practices coding standards and ensure the delivery of highquality maintainable code.
• Continuous Learning: Stay abreast of industry trends advancements and emerging technologies and encourage the team to do the same fostering a culture of continuous learning.

Requirements:

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience as a frontend developer with at least 2 years of experience in a leadership or managerial role leading teams of at least 3 developers.
• Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in JavaScript (Typescript) CSS React and Redux with a proven track record of delivering successful frontend projects is a must.
  Experience with Python or PHP and general backend development principles is highly desired.
• Project Management: Demonstrated experience managing and delivering frontend projects from conception to production with a focus on meeting deadlines and project goals.
• Agile Environment: Proficiency in working within Agile environments utilizing Scrum methodologies to manage and deliver projects efficiently.
• Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with crossfunctional teams and communicate technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Leadership: Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to inspire motivate and guide the team towards achieving excellence.
• ProblemSolving: Exceptional problemsolving and decisionmaking capabilities with a focus on finding pragmatic solutions to complex technical challenges.
• Passion: A genuine passion for frontend development and staying uptodate with the latest industry trends and best practices.
• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.

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