Overview

We're looking for a Engineering Manager. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Right Balance provides top-tier technology talent for innovative companies in the US. We’re in the top 50 companies to watch in LA.

Engagement Details

What We Do

We're the first and largest peer-to-peer marketplace for laundry. Our customers tap the app and outsource their laundry. For them, it’s life without laundry, because we hacked it out of existence. But we solve a second problem too, which is that more and more people of varying backgrounds want to work from home. Luckily most people have an underutilized washer/dryer, which when combined with our Laundry Pro app, provides the first-ever manual labor work-from-home gig in the world. For all our users, we're a marketplace for a better life.

Our Progress

Perfect product market fit drove a 100x surge in users & revenue and double-digit MoM growth over the past few years. In 2021 we scaled to 500+ markets throughout the United States. In March 2022 we closed a $10m seed round which included VC investments from Headline, Origin Ventures, Starting Line VC, Ludlow Ventures, and Clean Ventures, as well as notable angel investments from Max Mullen, co-founder of Instacart, Steven Galanis, Co-founder and CEO of Cameo, Joanna Riley, CEO and co-founder of Censia, and Rob Chesnut, Chief Ethics Officer for airbnb. Significant growth continued in 2022 and 2023.

The Role

You won’t just manage engineers—you’ll orchestrate the entire tech symphony that propels our client growth. As our Engineering Manager, you’ll be the maestro of innovation, uniting a global team around big product visions and delivering features that delight our customers. From sprint planning to cultivating a high-performance culture, your leadership will ensure that our client scales at lightning speed.

While this role does not require hands-on coding, a strong technical background is essential to effectively guide engineers, make informed architectural decisions, and ensure technical excellence.

What You’ll Do

• Command the Troops. Work with our globally distributed engineering squads, bridging time zones like a pro to deliver top-tier product features on time.
• Drive the Roadmap. Translate ambitious goals into tangible sprint plans, ensuring everything from planning to release happens like clockwork.
• Guard the Gates. Set the gold standard for code quality, security, and performance. Implement monitoring and incident response so issues get squashed before our users even notice.
• Spark Innovation. Keep your radar on for emerging tools and best practices, foster continuous learning, and create a safe space for bold ideas and rapid experimentation.
• Align with Stakeholders. Keep leadership informed, manage resources like a wizard, and ensure engineering efforts always sync up with our client overarching vision.

Here’s How You’ll Leave Your Mark

• You’ll attract, nurture, and retain top-notch engineering talent, shaping our client's future superstar teams.
• Prepare tickets, ensuring they are clear, complete, and stable (ready the week before the sprint begins)—with no need for changes and minimal need for clarification once the sprint begins.
• You’ll maintain robust, scalable operations—staying two steps ahead of any hiccup and ensuring everything runs smoother than freshly ironed laundry.
• You’ll foster an environment where new ideas are tested early and often, letting us stay ahead of the curve and at the cutting edge of on-demand services.
• You’ll build bridges between product, design, and other teams, creating a unified force that drives our client forward.

Tech Stack

Our tech stack is mostly TypeScript, allowing engineers to implement end-to-end functionality. On the frontend we use Angular/Ionic and on the backend Firebase.

Location

• Remote (with a 9am Central Time daily standup, and at least 5 hours overlapping CST).

What’s in it for you

1. Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company.
2. Learn from the best people around you. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of building a great product.
3. Flexible hours. Join daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospective meetings. Other than that you’re in control of your own schedule.
4. 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co-working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country.
5. Work on challenging problems, innovate, and positively impact many people's lives while having fun doing it.

Required Qualifications

• Upper-intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English. Able to have a real-time conversation.
• 5+ years of full-time hands-on Engineering Management experience.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on Cloud Services (AWS/GCP/Firebase) experience.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on Typescript experience.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on Node.js experience.
• 2+ years of full-time hands-on Development experience.
• 2+ years of full-time hands-on Startup experience.
• Coaching, mentoring, performance reviews — you do it all. You’re a champion for engineer growth and can guide junior devs into becoming rockstar contributors.
• You juggle multiple priorities in fast-paced, async environments without breaking a sweat—and you never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• You’re self-directed, thrive in ambiguity, and treat “no” as the start of “how.” You’re all about innovation and pushing boundaries.
• Experience scaling products internationally or rolling out geo-based features? Even better. We love a global go-getter.

Nice to haves

• 2+ years of Angular or Ionic.
• Global Expansion Curiosity.
• Experience scaling products internationally or rolling out geo-based features? Even better. We love a global go-getter.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated ability.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are your typical clients?

The majority of our clients are venture-backed startups at the growth stage. Usually, at this stage, the company already achieved a product-market fit and is looking to expand rapidly. That’s where we bring the best engineering practices, strong architecture, the latest technologies, and consistent processes to help companies scale.

What is the length of your engagements?

Most of our long-term full-time engagements last multiple years. It allows you to evolve your career with the client company taking on more responsibilities.

What’s your company size?

The Right Balance team is 60+ engineers going to 100+ by the end of the year. The current client size team is 141+ people. The timing is great to be a part of a rapidly growing team making meaningful contributions.

What happens if the engagement is completed?

Most of our engagements are long-term in nature. That said, if the current engagement is ramping down, we’ll present you with more long-term opportunities to transition into.

What are your core values?

Client First: we only win when our clients win. We treat client challenges as our own.

Ownership: we embrace responsibility, taking on challenges, getting them to completion, and enjoying getting things done.

Quality: we’re passionate about achieving quality outcomes by applying meticulous attention to detail.