Engineering Manager

**HappyCo is a company where people can grow their careers and work with like minded people, with no egos or politics. HappyCo is values driven and offers a flexible, supportive culture. Join HappyCo and**
**Make Work Happy**
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Founded in 2011, HappyCo (happy.co) builds mobile and cloud solutions to enable real-time property data. Our flagship product suite 'Happy Property' has 2.7M units on its platform and has captured more than 270 million photos. We're everyday people with a shared purpose — improving people's lives.

Our team is made up of thinkers, talkers, planners, makers, builders and everything in between. Together, we're turning our passions into happier communities When customers use our software, their communities get stronger. Our tools empower everyone in multifamily property management to improve their operations and maximize returns, which means they're building better experiences for their residents. When property people are happy, we're happy. That's why we're HappyCo. Learn more about our Product Vision here

**Where & How We Work**

At HappyCo we work in a multitude of ways depending on where we are and what is going on in our lives. Whether that be fully remote or hybrid remote, or in-office sometimes, we cater to everyone

We currently have an office in Adelaide, Australia but our team is currently spread across Australia, the United States, New Zealand, Latin America and Canada and we are growing rapidly

Being globally distributed means thinking about other time zones and to support this we offer autonomy and flexibility in how you structure your day around core working hours. There might be some collaboration outside of a "normal" 9-5, but we aim to work asynchronously as much as possible.

**Our HappyCo Culture & Values**

HappyCo strives to build better communities. So naturally, we are dedicated to making our own community an enjoyable place that lets us do our best work. We're devoted to building an inclusive, supportive culture that empowers each HappyCo'er to succeed and grow. To learn more about our culture, check out our Glassdoor page and our careers page

HappyCo's culture is driven by our core values of Make Happiness, Stronger Together, Get Good Sh*t Done, Look Outward First and Kaizen - sounds great, right, but what does this mean for you?

**The Position**

As an
**Engineering Manager** at HappyCo, you will be responsible for managing engineers within our product experience teams. You will lead and mentor passionate engineers from diverse backgrounds, across different levels of expertise and use your experience building software solutions to support your team in effectively delivering rapid value to our customers. We are looking for someone who can foster a culture of ownership and positivity whilst ensuring team members are able to achieve meaningful growth while delivering outcomes.

As a senior member of our Product, Design and Engineering team you will have the opportunity to contribute to our product vision and strategy. Collaborating closely with product and design leads, you will help discover and build solutions that solve customers' problems, meet our usability standards, are feasible to build, and are viable for our business.

Each member of our product experience teams is managed by their respective departments. Managing the engineers will require you to be able to accommodate multiple processes and collaborate with members across product, engineering, and design teams to ensure that customer needs and alignment are maintained.

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Reporting to the Head of Engineering - Australia this role will be located in our new state-of-the-art office in the Adelaide CBD in either a hybrid or onsite capacity._**

**Week by Week**

**During your first 2-4 weeks you will**:

- Get to know our leadership, culture, and values
- Complete our HappyCo orientation and onboarding program
- Onboard with the product leadership team and learn about our product strategy
- Familiarise yourself with our systems, tools and processes
- Participate in team planning and product design sessions
- Read our favorite industry primers
- Attend your first Company Wide Meeting (monthly)

**During your first 1-6 months you will**:

- Establish at a minimum a fortnightly 1:1 cadence with direct reports
- Get acquainted with our product team triads
- Share insights to help improve our hiring and onboarding processes
- Get to know our customers and the prop-tech industry

**During your first 6-12 months, and beyond you will**:

- Organise & Manage: Maintain suitably staffed teams with the right people in the right seats, and develop the skills of your teams
- Coach & Develop: Meet with your engineers on a regular cadence to ensure they are performing and continually progressing while delivering quality outcomes.
- Discover, Deliver & Support Enablement: Ensure your team is supported to rapidly discover, build, and deliver product to customers with all team memb