Engineering Hiring Manager

Salary: $150,000 - 205,000 per year

Requirements:

• • Engineering credibility – 5-8 years building production software and 2-4 years leading teams or hiring loops.
• • People-first mindset – Able to coach politely, unblock quickly, and turn good engineers into great teammates.
• • Assessment craft – Skill in spotting elegant code, designing objective rubrics, and debating trade-offs with any Staff-level developer.
• • Process builder – Experience iterating on funnels, tracking pass-through metrics, and knowing when to add or remove steps.
• • Excellent communicator – Clear writing, concise async updates, and a knack for making candidates feel valued.

Responsibilities:

• • Write magnetic job descriptions that speak to senior ICs, EMs, and niche specialists.
• • Design realistic screening exercises tailored to each role’s stack.
• • Run a lightweight recruiting loop:
• – Partner with the in-house recruiter on top-of-funnel outreach.
• – Direct-source the occasional purple-squirrel.
• • Interview and evaluate candidates (resume triage, tech screens, culture chats).
• • Invent challenging paid “challenge projects” by defining scope, success metrics, and deliverables.
• • Manage trial week engineers by providing onboarding documents, picking meaningful tickets, unblocking engineers, and reviewing code.
• • Give hiring recommendations to the engineering leadership team—with rubric scores, code-quality notes, and trial-week retros.
• • Maintain candidate relationships—especially referrals—to keep great people excited about the company.

Technologies:

• AI
• CTO
• Elixir
• GitHub
• Phoenix
• PostgreSQL
• Terraform

More:

We’re jumpapp.com! AI For Financial Advisors. We’re scaling fast and looking for a rare hybrid: an engineering-minded leader who thrives on both clean code and building high-performing teams. You’ll own the hiring funnel end-to-end, from writing irresistible job ads to running paid trial engagements, ensuring we bring on the best engineers in the business. At Jump, hiring isn’t a side task—it’s the task. We believe the best team wins, and we want you to help make our process the best in the industry.

Our hiring process:
• 40-minute screening exercise (demonstrate proficiency to judge the quality of candidates’ code).
• 30-minute chat with our CTO.
• A paid week working with us to help hire engineers.

Here’s all the stuff engineers want to know:
• We’re growing gangbusters – all revenue-backed and low churn.
• Recently raised a $20M Series-A with very low burn.
• Health/Dental/Vision insurance.
• 401k (no match currently).
• Generous PTO (approximately 4 weeks, flexible and untracked).
• Salary range: $150k–$240k per year, depending on experience.
• Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Fully remote is okay, though occasional fly-ins are appreciated.

last updated 10 week of 2026