** Open to fully remote candidates in the U.S. **

As a luxury consignment company, almost everything we sell is unique and in different conditions. Every day we receive tens of thousands of items in our warehouses; This presents a unique set of challenges as every item we process must be treated individually.

Some of the optimization challenges associated with having unique items with unique conditions you'll be working on:

Every item has its unique description
Every item is carefully priced based on its condition

Besides these challenges, you'll also be working on:

Building tools to improve the item pricing experience of our consignors
Work with the Data Science team building ML-powered pricing models for our catalog
Draft quarterly OKRs

The tech stack you'll be working with:

Ruby on Rails
Elixir
Kafka
PostgreSQL

You'll be exposed to the latest technology and data-driven culture while surrounded by a friendly, helpful team. These technical challenges are at the core of The RealReal's business, and you will have a significant impact on the company's development roadmap and business success.

The RealReal has the most rigorous authentication process in the marketplace. Employee Operations support 150+ brand authenticators, gemologists, and horologists who work in our authentication process.

What You Get To Do Every Day

Manage a team of 6-12 engineers
Run agile project management processes
Hire world-class engineering talent
Mentor and develop your engineering team
Work with your teams to prioritize and scope engineering investments
Partner with product, business, and operations stakeholders on roadmaps, timelines, and technical strategy
Partner with senior engineering leadership to set standards and technical vision

What You Bring To The Role

7+ years of experience as an engineer or technologist
2+ years of management experience
Experience with Elixir or Ruby
Strong understanding of web technologies: HTML5, Javascript, CSS/SASS, REST, JSON
Strong understanding of web-app performance fundamentals and related dev tools
Mastery of git and Github workflows
Bachelor of Computer Science degree or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves:

Strong database fundamentals and experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL
Strong understanding of distributed systems design
Prior e-commerce experience
Experience with GraphQL, Kafka
Worked with cross-functional Engineering-ML teams

Summary
Company: The RealReal
Job title: Engineering Manager, Operations at The RealReal () (allows remote)
Job tags: postgresql, ruby on rails, elixir, kafka