Technical Software Engineering Manager (Angular)

Company Description

Cricut® makes smart cutting machines that work with an easy-to-use app, an ever-growing collection of materials, and crafting essentials to help you design and personalize almost anything — custom cards, unique apparel, everyday items, and so much more.

Let’s make.

Overview

We believe everyone is born creative. We’re a diverse tapestry of thinkers, dreamers, givers, DIYers, handi-workers, artisans, and forever and always architects of things.

At Cricut, we place the power of handmade into the hands of all. We give you beautiful, easy-to-master tools so you can make something unique, remarkable, perfect. We surround you with ideas, community, inspiration, and encouragement to take your creativity further than you ever imagined. And as a community, we celebrate the exhilarating act of making every single day.

So, make that handcrafted card that feels like a hug. Design a shirt for fun, for family, or for a full-blown business. Craft with a passion or for a purpose. Make something big and bold, itsy-bitsy, amazingly ambitious, or just plain silly. Whatever you make, just make your heart out. Because here’s the remarkable truth: When we all make together, we make all things possible.

Let’s make.

Job Description

Cricut is looking for a highly motivated and inspirational hands-on Angular Engineering Manager and leader with excellent qualifications to help design and build Angular native apps to work seamlessly with our Cricut machines. You will work in a fast-paced environment, to deliver world class apps that delight our customers and help grow the business. You are expected to be hands on and in the details in all phases of development including planning, execution, and release. You live for the best customer experience, are passionate about building great software, and care deeply about building and strengthening a great engineer team and culture.  

Responsibilities:

• A Technical Software Engineering Manager that will code 30% of the time
• Work collaboratively with fellow department members, product managers, test engineers, and designers to develop and maintain Cricut Agular applications.  
• Lead Agile/Scrum development.  
• Lead the engineering team in developing new features, improving existing features and improving the quality of the apps.  
• Work with engineering to figure out architecture, work-breakdown, estimates and schedules.  
• Apply software engineering design patterns to develop well-structured, performant application code.  
• Perform code reviews, write unit and UI tests, and contribute to architectural planning and refactoring.  
• Ensure best coding practices.  
• Collaborate with API teams on API design.  
• Collaborate with mobile teams on cross-platform features.
• Training, mentorship, and development of team members.

Qualifications

• Highly Proficient in Angular4+, JavaScript, ES8+, HTML5, CSS3.
• Proficient in test driven development, automated testing, and the use of testing frameworks.
• Experience with Webpack, NodeJS, Electron.
• Experience with Less/Sass CSS Pre-processors.
• In-depth experience in working with Scalable Vector Graphics & vector graphics editing.
• Experience in modular and scalable software development.
• Experience maintaining a living and complex codebase with a modern stack.
• Designing and developing modular, reusable, testable front-end components.
• Desire to learn cutting edge technology to solve complex business problems.
• An appreciation for good design, and the desire to translate visual ideas into working, efficient code.
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Passion for quality and close attention to details.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Aptitude to independently learn new technologies.

Eligibility:

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable field.
• 3+ years of relevant software engineering management experience.
• 5+ years of experience in leading teams building complex apps and systems with a focus on software architecture & design, multi-threading, memory usage and performance. 
• 8+ years of professional experience in software development.

Preferred Skills  

• Experience in continuous integration and delivery (e.g., Github actions)  
• Experience in animation and graphics  
• Experience in automated user interface functional testing  
• Experience with performance profiling tools and optimization techniques  
• Experience with Open API standard (Swagger)  
• Experience with push notifications  
• Experience with in-app purchase and subscription service  
• Working knowledge of Internationalization  
• Working knowledge of native mobile development 

Additional Information

What to Do Next: 

Please attach your resume including links to your portfolio where applicable. If you want to show your super powers in other ways – include that information too. You can be sure that Cricut® is an employer who values individuality, equality and diversity, so tell us what you’re all about. If you are a Maker or a DIY enthusiast, whether you think you are a good one or not, we would love to hear about it when you send us your information!

At Cricut®, we celebrate inclusion and diversity. Cricut is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit. Cricut prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual identity, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, nationality, citizenship, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, or any other unlawful consideration. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Cricut participates in E-Verify.