Engineering Manager at VTS

Company: I did my part and supported the Regular Toilet
Location: Chicago
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

Engineering Manager
As our Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for driving efficient engineering processes and contributing towards growing and developing the engineering team. You will jointly own the teams' execution and delivery of the product roadmap, plan and guide product enhancements, in partnership with the Product and Technical leads.
Every day you will run and continuously improve an agile engineering process, be responsible for shipping high-quality products and for your team's key projects. You will partner with leadership to identify strategic technical investments and ensure delivery of those projects.
To thrive in this role, you must have a strong technical background and a proven track record of building, deploying, and maintaining web applications and services. Your experience allows you to dive into technical problems and coach, challenge and lead as needed. You engage in discussions around technical strategy, adeptly manage technical tradeoffs and risks, and ensure alignment with product and business goals. You have a proven ability to recruit and develop talent, further strengthening the team's capabilities. You have a sense of empathy for the customer and a focus on quality. Effective communication skills are paramount, empowering you to effectively convey ideas, coach, mentor, and educate others.

What you can expect:

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• Foster a healthy and collaborative culture that reflects our company and engineering values, and attracts, retains and grows a diverse team.
  
• Run an agile engineering process that empowers engineers with the context, autonomy, and tools needed to do their best work, and promotes shipping high-quality products efficiently and predictably.
  
• Jointly own the teams' execution and delivery of the product roadmap in partnership with the Product Manager.
  
• Work with leadership to identify strategic technology investments required to support business objectives, and ensure those projects are properly prioritized and delivered.
  
• Partner with our recruiting team to source, recruit and onboard talent to VTS.
  
• Coach and mentor individual team members, creating a structured environment and feedback loop that supports career development and high engagement.
  
• Collaborate on cross-functional teams that include product managers, designers, as well as QA.
  
• Applications that deploy multiple times a day and rely heavily on automated testing and CI.
  
• A modern tech stack that includes Ruby on Rails, React, Typescript, Postgres, Kafka, Python, AWS services, terraform as well as a data platform build around Snowflake, dbt, Spark, Python and modern data pipelines.
  
  What VTS Values & How We Show It:
  
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  • Strive for Excellence: We know your potential is unlimited. Take advantage of our executive coaches and our training and career development programs available to all employees!
    
  • Be Customer Obsessed: We're employee obsessed too! VTS offers competitive compensation, comprehensive health benefits (including dental and vision), pre-tax commuter benefits, and a 401(k) plan. Not to mention the fun stuff - monthly happy hours, wellness events, clubs, and team lunches!
    
  • Be Curious: Benefit from a culture that promotes new learning. VTS offers an education stipend to all employees!
    
  • Move as One: We work in an open floor plan to promote cross-functional collaboration.
    
  • Take Ownership: Be an owner of the company you're building with our equity packages.
    
  • Appreciate the Difference: VTS embraces and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of a strong work-life balance. We offer a flexible PTO policy, generous family leave program, and more!
    
    About VTS
    VTS is the commercial real estate industry's leading technology platform that transforms how strategic decisions are made and executed across the asset lifecycle. In 2013, VTS revolutionized the commercial real estate industry's leasing operations with what is now VTS Lease. Today, the VTS Platform is the largest first-party data source in the industry and delivers data insights and solutions for everyone in commercial real estate to fuel their investment and asset strategy, leasing and marketing automation, property operations, and tenant experience.
    With the VTS Platform, consisting of , , , and , every business stakeholder in commercial real estate is given the real-time market information and executional capabilities to do their job with unparalleled speed and intelligence. VTS is the global leader with more than 60% of Class A office space in the U.S., and 12 billion square feet of office, retail, and industrial space is managed through our platform globally. VTS' user base includes over 45,000 CRE professionals and industry-leading customers such as Blackstone, Brookfield Properties, LaSalle Investment Management, Hines, Boston Properties, Oxford Properties, JLL, and CBRE.
    VTS maintains offices in New York City, London, Toronto, and Chicago.
    To learn more about VTS and view our open roles, visit us at or follow us on Instagram (@WeAreVTS), Twitter (@WeAreVTS), or LinkedIn.
    EEO Guidelines
    VTS embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
    All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
    If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know at .
    
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