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 50 week of 2025