LeafLink is the largest unified B2B cannabis platform, providing licensed cannabis businesses a suite of tools to manage their business more effectively, sell or order from their favorite brands and accelerate growth. We are one platform, one solution and we’re defining the way thousands of cannabis brands, distributors, and retailers streamline their operations. With thousands of brands and retailers across 30+ markets in North America, we are setting the industry standard for how cannabis businesses grow together. LeafLink processes more than $5 billion in wholesale cannabis orders annually.
Our team, backed by funding from leading VC's, including Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Nosara Capital, and Lerer Hippeau is poised to define the cannabis supply chain through technology. LeafLink was named one of Inc. 5000’s ‘Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies’, one of Built In NYC's 'Best Places to Work in 2021', as well as one of Fast Company's 'Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Enterprise for 2020', joining the ranks of Amazon, Slack, and VMWare - and we're just getting started!
The Role
LeafLink is seeking an Engineering Manager for our Cloud/DevOps team who is passionate about building high-performing teams and products. This role will partner closely with our product, data, and technical teams to deliver applications and architecture for our growing commerce platform, liquidity, and delivery services.
Candidates should expect to work in various capacities within the department, from providing technical leadership to overseeing architectural vision, implementation, and iteration. You will get to work with new and growing technologies and concepts such as containerized and serverless design patterns, Python, Node.js, Kubernetes, AWS managed services, third-party integrations, and service-oriented architectures.
Additionally, candidates will be well placed if they enjoy finding, hiring, and growing strong technical talent and working to grow and foster a culture that’s both inclusive and values the diversity of its members.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Mentor and manage a team of cloud engineers, focusing on both their day-to-day responsibilities as members of the engineering department and also their career growth, interpersonal and leadership skills, and future-facing goals
- Drive roadmap and strategic planning for the Cloud/DevOps team, taking into account team feedback, cross-pod dependencies, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Plan, lead, and ensure delivery of projects, communicating clearly around tradeoffs, scope changes, and potential delays to appropriate stakeholders
- Participate in and lead quarterly planning and execution sessions with both your direct reports and your pod team members, working closely with department leadership to craft challenging but reachable goals for each
- Run Agile Ceremonies for the Cloud/DevOps pod and ensure Jira properly reflects work in flight
- Interview and contribute to the growth of the engineering team, focusing on finding and then retaining candidates that will continue to elevate and diversify our ever-expanding set of in-house engineering talent
- Work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and help craft solutions that move our various platforms forward
- Take a data-driven approach to product development and iteration, and help continue to advocate and assist other departments in doing the same
- Advocate for and deliver well-balanced solutions to technical issues as they arise based on a constantly evolving product roadmap
- Analyze and evaluate existing solutions within the company and help drive decisions on whether to extend or refactor as needed
What You’ll Bring to the Team
- A strong leader with proven experience and passion for leading, growing, and mentoring teams of engineers
- Extensive experience communicating estimations and project visibility to senior management and stakeholders
- Experience managing project processes, resourcing, timelines, and delivery efforts
- Extensive experience working within AWS and with its managed products (EKS, ECR, R53, SES, Elasticache, RDS, etc.)
- Strong experience working with automation tooling (Terraform, Ansible, etc)
- Strong experience with containers and their orchestration (Docker, Compose, ECS, Kubernetes)
- Strong experience with various managed and self-hosted CI/CD tooling (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Travis, CircleCI, Spinnaker, Harness, Flux, etc.)
- Strong understanding of monitoring tools (Pagerduty, CloudWatch, Datadog, Sentry, etc.)
- Experience working in and advocating for agile environments
- Ability to excel in service-oriented, API-driven application tech stacks and working knowledge of the challenges and gotchas that can bring to the SDLC
- Comfortable working in environments that rely heavily on automation, CI, and CD concepts to rapidly deliver, measure, and iterate on products and features
- Experience within containerized, serverless, and event-driven infrastructure, Kubernetes, document databases, and AWS
LeafLink Perks & Benefits
- Flexible PTO - you’re going to be working hard so enjoy time off with no cap!
- A robust stock option plan to give our employees a direct stake in LeafLink’s success
- 5 Days of Volunteer Time Off (VTO) - giving back is important to us and we want our employees to prioritize cultivating a better community
- Competitive compensation and 401k match
- Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision)
- Commuter Benefits through our Flexible Spending Account
LeafLink’s employee-centric culture has earned us a coveted spot on BuiltInNYC’s Best Places to Work for in 2021 list. Learn more about LeafLink’s history and the path to our First Billion in Wholesale Cannabis Orders here.
Base salary range
$235,000—$255,000 USD
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
LeafLink is the unified B2B cannabis platform, empowering thousands of licensed cannabis brands and retailers across North America with the tools and technology they need to streamline ordering, payments, and logistics.
Our leadership is continually building a community of employees who embrace change, support one another, and deliver excellence. The trust and respect we have for our customers is matched only by how we treat each other, and we are focused on building an inclusive, and collaborative work environment. We celebrate our accomplishments and navigate challenges as a team. LeafLink is growing rapidly and welcomes employees who are driven to go the extra mile, thrive in ambiguity, and are ready to write the next chapter of their careers together.
Why Work With Us
While many startups build technology to "disrupt" industries, LeafLink is in the unique position to create industry-defining solutions for the cannabis industry. In an industry that is a startup itself, we are poised to empower our clients with best-in-class technology, so we can all grow together.
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