Engineering Manager - Developer Experience

March 1

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Smartcar is a company that provides a unified API platform for integrating apps and services with connected cars. They offer a range of vehicle data endpoints and functionalities, including location tracking, EV charging management, mileage verification, and digital car keys. Their solution supports a wide range of automotive brands and is compliant with major data security standards. Smartcar facilitates seamless integration for developers with friendly documentation and SDKs, aiming to enhance the mobility experience by connecting various apps directly to vehicles.

mobility • apps • cars • developer • API

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2014

🔌 API

🚗 Transport

🌐 Web 3

💰 $24M Series B on 2022-01

📋 Description

• Smartcar is on a mission to simplify how people securely connect their favorite apps and services to their cars. • We build developer-friendly vehicle APIs so businesses can use a single integration to make their products available to cars across brands. • Founded in 2015, Smartcar has raised $36M from Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, and Energize Capital. • We are now the leading developer platform for mobility businesses across North America and Europe, serving amazing customers such as Uber, Turo, NRG, Uplight, Emovis, and AutoNation. • Innovative mobility companies use our API platform to manage EV charging, verify mileage, issue digital car keys, monitor fleets, and much more. • We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Developer Experience Engineering Team and drive the technical strategy, execution, and operational excellence of this critical function. • You will play a pivotal role in ensuring our platform’s success by building world-class developer tools, SDKs, and documentation to create a seamless integration experience for our customers. • As the leader of the Developer Experience Engineering Team, you will foster a high-performing team culture, deliver intuitive and reliable developer-facing solutions, and collaborate closely with cross-functional leaders to align engineering initiatives with business objectives. • This role is remote within the United States. We’d love for you to join us!

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams, with a proven ability to lead and inspire. • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a deep understanding of developer tooling, SDKs, APIs, and event-driven architectures. • Strong track record of fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment. • Experience leading and managing remote teams and a mix of employee and contractor/offshore teams. • Experience designing and maintaining developer-facing tools, libraries, and documentation. • Proficiency in programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or similar, and familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS. • Expertise in building and maintaining webhook-based integrations, event-driven workflows, and asynchronous messaging systems beyond REST APIs. • Strong understanding of data streaming technologies, including Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar event-based architectures. • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and influence stakeholders. • Experience working closely with executive leadership to align technical direction with business priorities. • A passion for delivering seamless experiences for developers integrating with the platform. • Experience engaging with developer communities and gathering feedback to improve developer and vehicle owner experiences.

🏖️ Benefits

• Base salary determined by years of experience: $180,000 - $205,000. • Equity. • Remote work within the United States. • Health, Dental and Vision covered at 90% for all plans and 80% coverage for dependents, which amounts to approximately 11 thousand dollars a year. • 401K matching at 4%. • Unlimited PTO. • Wellness stipend of $50 a month. • Cell phone and Internet stipend of $50 a month. • $300 yearly learning and development stipend. • $350 work-from-home stipend. • 8 weeks of 100% paid parental leave with an additional 4 weeks unpaid, 1-week half day ramp back time and a 5 week Factor subscription. • 10 days of paid bereavement leave.