
TypeScript
React
Node
Engineering Manager
Overview
We’re seeking an exceptional Engineering Manager to join our small and growing team. This isn’t your typical EM role. We’re looking for a senior engineer who also knows how to lead.
Job Description
Lightdash is an open source product company that builds in public. We are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment for a diverse team to do their best work.
Responsibilities
- - Mentor, coach, and unblock engineers — helping the team level up every day
- - Drive architectural and security decisions that balance speed with long-term health
- - Champion developer experience — build systems and workflows that keep us moving fast
- - Own engineering velocity — set the standard for iteration speed and impact
- - Take responsibility for application reliability and SLAs
- - Collaborate across product and design to deliver rapid, end-to-end iterations
- - Establish a culture where iteration > perfection, and shipping fast is celebrated
Required Skills
- - Engineering leadership: You’ve led and coached engineers, helping them grow and move faster
- - Deep technical expertise: You bring strong architecture instincts and solid security knowledge
- - Startup DNA: You’ve built in early-stage environments where speed and ownership mattered most
- - Velocity mindset: You thrive on iteration, delivering end-to-end value quickly and learning from feedback
- - AI-first: You’re bullish on AI, and comfortable with vibe-coding (AI-assisted development)
- - DevX focus: You know the impact of great developer experience and love creating best-in-class environments
- - Execution focus: You spot and solve engineering problems early — monitoring, observability, performance are always on your radar
Benefits
- - Fully remote work
- - Opportunity to shape company culture
- - Work with a diverse team
- - Build an open source product
About the company
Lightdash instantly turns your dbt project into a full stack BI platform. A powerful developer workflow lets analysts define key metrics, and enable self-serve for everyone else.
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