Engineering Manager

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND /
TECHNOLOGY – ENGINEERING /
PERMANENT FULL TIME
/ REMOTE

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About Envato*

Our focus is on helping people to complete their creative projects, with our author community earning every time that happens.

Envato proudly impacts the lives of creatives all over the world, from web developers and graphic designers, to marketers, videographers, photographers and more. We’ve built a community where anyone can get their creative projects done, and where creators bring their ideas to life and in the process, earn a living doing what they love. It doesn’t get much better than that!

We are a global and rapidly scaling business. Blending purpose and profit, we’re a passionate B Corp, committed to making a positive impact on the communities we engage in. You can read more about our purpose, mission and values on our website.

We’ve embraced flexibility for a long time – where we can, let’s make work, work for you! Our roles can be based ANYWHERE in Australia or New Zealand, and while we all mostly work from home we’re proud of how we keep our global team connected.

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About the team*

The Satellites team is focused on the optimisation of Envato’s support products and how we acquire and refer organic traffic using the breadth of our content library. This is a high performing team that is similar to a startup environment where the work is fast moving with a focus of delivery. The team own their systems and work autonomously so there is a lot of scope to influence.

What you’ll be doing

As an Engineering Manager you will lead a technical team that works collaboratively with our commercial, product, and other teams to operate and evolve Envato’s satellite products, particularly Mixkit. Your responsibilities cover technical operations (at times being hands on in the technical) for large web platforms, people leadership within cross-functional teams and delivery of small to medium sized projects. You will play a key role in preserving and strengthening Envato’s technical culture that is built on excellence and taking technical ownership and responsibility, while acting as a trusted advisor to non-technical colleagues.

You will establish and maintain great stakeholder relationships, provide coaching and mentoring to engineers reporting to you, oversee delivery initiatives, monitor operational performance including budgets for infrastructure and tools, manage technical risks and contribute to company wide technical discussions and initiatives. You will pragmatically balance short and long term product considerations, with a both a commercial and technical lens. Importantly, you will role model leadership excellence to help us continue strengthening our culture and keeping Envato a great place to work.

What we’re looking for

• Technical background experience as you may be required to jump into the code and be hands on from time to time
• Cross functional team experience and confidence working with product managers, designers and SEO
• Substantial people management, team leadership and mentoring experience
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with an ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the business
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment requiring adaptability
• Ability to drive execution by organising team work, setting goals, and holding the team accountable, driving a performance culture
• Ability to increase the team’s effectiveness without compromising quality
• A proven track record in driving great new functionality to market, working cross functionally and in an agile environment
• Displays integrity and ethical behaviour; interacts fairly, honestly and professionally in all business dealings in line with Envato’s Values
• Ability to receive, integrate, and provide constructive feedback
• Will promote and advocate the team within the local and global development communities

Some of the great things we offer

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We provide Macs or HP’s for you to do your best work, as well as a generous tech spend allowance of $1800 (AU) / $2000 (NZ) for an initial tech set-up to suit your needs, and an ongoing allowance

• Home office setup contribution – all employees receive a one off payment of $1000 (AU) / $1200 (NZ) to create or uplift your home office working space
• Monthly contribution to support work from home costs $50 (AU) / $60 (NZ)
• Paid Parental Leave – Envato offers the Primary Carer 20 weeks leave at full pay (with the option to take it as 40 weeks at half pay), and for partner parental leave we offer 3 weeks full pay for eligible team members
• In addition to paid parental leave, we also pay superannuation on the paid and unpaid portion of the Primary Carer period for up to 12 months
• Employees receive an annual individual allowance to connect with colleagues as you choose $150 (AU) / $160 (NZ)
• Profit share – when Envato generates a profit in a given financial year, we share a portion of that profit with staff
• An annual individual Learning & Development budget for each employee
• Free Envato Elements subscription for side gigs/personal use
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Our culture

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We’re B Corp certified & believe in succeeding sustainably as one global team

• Public Holiday Swap – recognising that employees may have different religious and cultural practices, as well as different political beliefs, Envato’s Public Holiday Swap policy allows employees to swap up to 4 public holidays a year for another day of significance
• We support the flexibility to work from anywhere (and the opportunity to combine work & travel) by supporting our people to work from almost any location in the world for up to 3 months every year, and offering up to 20 days of additional purchased leave
• We removed standard hours from our employment contracts to empower our people to work in a way that makes sense to them
• We are committed to supporting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of our people. Through our Health & Wellbeing program, Thrive, we offer a range of options and benefits throughout the year
• We support working parents through a range of initiatives, including being a proud partner with Grace Papers
• As part of our values and vision, Envato contributes 2% of profits to charities in each of the three main countries we operate in (Australia, Mexico, and the US)

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