We are building the leading marketing platform for local businesses. We provide an integrated social, web, and email marketing solution designed to help merchants get more customers and keep them coming back by spreading word of mouth, extending their customer service, managing their online reputation, and leveraging our merchant network.

Founded at Stanford University, we’re headquartered in Austin and we have an office in New York City. The response we’ve seen from local businesses has been incredible. We’re the voice of more local businesses than any other company, we’re one of the fastest growing companies in the country, and we're backed by some of the best investors in the world. Across the company, we have more than 500 colleagues who care about local businesses, set high expectations for themselves, and want to be a part of something big.

About Main Street Hub Engineering:

The Engineering team is on a mission to build the absolute best software in the local space. We use our data and technology to effectively create and manage local business owners’ digital assets at scale. While our customers are hard at work realizing their passion and dream, our software delivers to them -

• A compelling digital experience that matches the authenticity and spirit of that local business to their consumers.  We can help the consumers to find their next favorite local joint, or love their current one even more.
• Data driven insights about their consumers and their business - insights they can use to compete with the giants and thrive.
• A content platform that empowers our content managers to create engaging content while having fun using the tools.

In addition to all top notch engineering talents we already have on the team, we also have the best partner in crime - a killer Product and Design team!!!

What is the opportunity?

As Senior Software Engineering Manager at Main Street Hub, you will…

• Be responsible in recruiting and managing top engineering talents
• Deliver high quality, scalable, content management and revenue acceleration platforms to the rest of the business
• Work directly with VP of Engineering to lead technical roadmap and strategies
• Remove blockers and dependencies so the engineering team can ship iterative wins every two weeks
• Have direct impact on company’s top line performance
• Tirelessly serving and taking care of the engineers on your team

Why is it awesome?

• Your work is meaningful: helping local business owners and creating a thriving local economy == helping to make someone’s American dream come true
• You will have a huge personal impact on your engineering team, Main Street Hub business, and most importantly, our service to local business owners
• You will have major opportunity for growth - Main Street Hub is on the way up, creating exceptional career paths for exceptional engineering management talents
• You will be surrounded by top talents - we constantly raise the bar and all get better along the way.

What does it take to succeed?

• Enthusiasm for local businesses and a fit with Main Street Hub values
• You are extremely good at getting stuff done – always on top of your A game
• Proven track record of success in managing software development teams (5+ years experience)
• People management skills – inspire and empower your team to reach for higher bar
• Team player. Great partner for Product and Design team, and can ask savvy questions in either space to reach the right technical solutions
• Deep appreciation for engineering discipline and the craft of software development
• Familiarity with latest technology trend with understanding of their impact on SDLC
• Great attention to detail, because details matter (if you apply, include the word “purple” somewhere in your resume or cover letter)
• Embrace and thrive in high paced, lean startup cultures – we insist on saying NO to big corporate mentality
• Personal ambition - embrace challenges, energized by more more more, inspired by learning and growing
• High comfort level with Agile development methodologies

Are there perks?

• Three weeks paid time off, plus holidays
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees, and 50% of premiums paid for dependents
• The opportunity to earn stock options
• 401(k) plan
• Brand-new office in the heart of downtown Austin
• Professional development and experience working at one of the fastest growing startups in the country
• Discounts on gym memberships
• Paid monthly parking

Say hi and show me what you’ve got!  I review all resumes, cover letters (especially cover letters) personally.

Qingqing / VP Engineering