Engineering Manager - EU

Ashby; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 88,992 - 216,627; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

10-year exercise window for stock options

Unlimited PTO

Generous equipment budget

$100/month education budget

Job summary

Ashby is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Houston office, responsible for building and empowering a team of high-performing engineers. The ideal candidate should possess strong management skills while also maintaining technical expertise. They will provide feedback on project specs, grow engineers' independence, debug customer issues, and help cultivate a strong engineering culture in Europe. The compensation ranges from €76K to €185K, accompanied by various benefits including equity and unlimited PTO.

Qualifications

• Passionate about management and technical discussions.
• Able to handle difficult feedback and empower teams.
• Excellent communicator with a knack for persuasion.

Responsibilities

• Provide feedback on product and technical specifications.
• Grow engineers to handle large projects independently.
• Debug customer issues and improve developer experience.
• Assist in building the engineering team in Europe.

Skills

Management

Technical Communication

Coaching

Recruitment

Empathy

High Autonomy

Job description

Engineering Manager – Europe

Ashby is looking for an engineering manager who will help build a different type of engineering team and culture. The role focuses on building, coaching, and empowering a team of independent, high‑performing engineers while maintaining ownership of technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide feedback on product and technical specifications to help engineers identify where to cut scope or improve quality. You influence and coach ICs to reach the right decisions.
• Grow engineers so they can take large, loosely defined projects and deliver them with little intervention, driving the work themselves.
• Jump into the codebase to debug a customer issue, ship a small bug fix, or improve developer experience. Engineering leaders at Ashby maintain strong technical skills while staying off the critical path.
• Improve data generation and simulation in demo accounts—a project off the critical path that keeps you up‐to‐date on the codebase while impacting business across Engineering, QA, and Sales.
• Assist in building the growing team in Europe, building skills, and creating an environment that empowers engineers to do their best work consistently.

Qualifications & Desired Traits

• You are passionate about both management and being technical, able to hold in‑depth conversations across infra, backend, and frontend.
• You enjoy management problems, driving people to be their best, giving difficult feedback, and building systems that make this easier.
• You hold your team to a high standard and do not shy away from details and feedback, even to the best folks on your team.
• You are an excellent and empathetic communicator capable of navigating beliefs and opinions while persuading teams to adopt new ways of working.
• You know what exceptional engineers look like, can recruit and grow them, and have a nuanced view of what makes engineers thrive.
• You’s are interested in building a team that can make the best decisions without you calling the shots.
• You thrive in high‑trust, high‑autonomy environments and are comfortable wearing multiple hats.
• You do not enjoy coding or cannot find time to stay up‑to‑date on technology.
• You have entered management solely for the growth path.
• You want to make all product decisions instead of empowering your team.
• You are happy with a team of engineers that may be early‑career, mid‑career, or lack autonomy.
• You think that at some size, retailers must impose standard processes like sprint planning or in‑depth specs and are opposed to such constraints.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10‑year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited PTO with four weeks recommended per year.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100/month education budget, with conferences covered by manager approval.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ashby provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

Compensation

€76K – €185K