About the role

Engineering Manager at ZayZoon overseeing Ruby on Rails development teams and mentoring developers. Focused on building solutions for employee financial wellness with a fully remote work environment.

Responsibilities

Lead a pod of developers aligned to a specific persona (e.g., employee, employer) or growth segment (e.g., ACV, LTV)
Conduct bi-weekly 1:1s, review weekly updates, resolve team issues (escalating when needed), and manage time-off planning to maintain team coverage
Run all agile ceremonies (stand-up, planning, retro, backlog refinement) and drive strong team collaboration
Partner with the PM and cross-functional stakeholders to translate product needs into scalable, secure technical solutions
Architect new features with other leads, mentor developers, and advocate for addressing technical debt with clear, data-backed rationale
Coordinate QA, ensure high-quality delivery, and establish meaningful, data-driven KPIs (via Metabase) to track impact against company priorities

4+ years building and shipping production applications with Ruby on Rails
Approximately 1 year of people management experience as a Team Lead or Manager, including leading regular 1:1s, mentoring engineers, and supporting their growth and performance
Proven experience leading developers in a scrum/agile environment
Strong communicator who bridges business and technical teams and navigates conflict with clarity and empathy
Deep grounding in fundamentals: SOLID principles, domain-driven design, performant code/queries, and robust unit + integration testing
Ability to move fast when experimenting and build clean, scalable solutions when MVP becomes core
Full-stack ownership mindset from backend to frontend, testing, demos, and delivery
Comfortable with modern dev tooling (Git, GitHub, Jira, your editor of choice) plus the ability to search for good gifs when merging pull requests

Permanently Remote: Work from a desk, a coffee shop, or in the great outdoors - our jobs are fully remote, forever
Flexible Time Off: Whether it's a longer vacation to explore new horizons, a series of short breaks for regular rejuvenation, or stepping away for a new level of mastery in a skillset – our “You-do-You” time off program caters to the diverse and evolving lifestyles of our team with a maximum of 6 weeks vacation
Instant Benefits: All full-time employees get access to medical, vision, and dental benefits from their very first day including increased mental health coverage and a wellness stipend
Inclusive parental leave top-up, earned wage access, real time market data for salaries, a supportive culture for lifelong learners and more