PRINCIPAL, TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

Austin, TXEngineering - Engineering /Full Time /HybridFavor’s mission is ‘Anything Delivered’. Our engineers make high-touch logistics happen. The Favor technology platform is the engine behind the business, enabling millions of Favors. Our technology efficiently manages the real-time assignment of Runners to Favors, facilitates communication between customers, Runners, and support, keeps thousands of customer and Runner mobile applications in sync, and more. As the Engineering Manager, you will help create the tools and applications necessary to connect customers, Runners, merchants, and support teams. You will lead a team of engineers who build applications, services, and cloud infrastructure for Favor's product portfolio across multiple platforms including microservices, web, iOS, and Android and work closely with engineering and product leadership to instill a culture of quality and iterative development across all engineering disciplines and increase the quality, confidence, and reliability of everything Favor builds. What You'll Do:Manage a team of individual contributors including responsibility for 1:1s, giving regular feedback, performance management and career development conversationsEmpower the team to deliver their very best.Evaluate new technology solutions and partnerships to accelerate the engineering and product organizationCollaborate closely with product management and engineering as equal stakeholders in the product development process. Participate in architectural design and coordinate with other software engineering managers as needed for a consistent approach within the suite of applications. Partner with leaders to identify and plan capabilities required to meet customer needs. A related degree or comparable formal training, certification, or work experience.7+ years of experience in a software engineering role including 2+ years of experience leading high performing engineering teams.Possess a strong, high-level understanding of modern, cloud-native software development across the entire lifecycle—from mobile frontends to distributed backend microservices. Ability to oversee cross-platform engineering teams spanning mobile (iOS/Swift, Android/Kotlin) backend (Micronaut/Kotlin, PHP, Kafka) and modern web frontends (React, TypeScript, Next.js), supported by a strong foundation in modern enterprise Ops tech stacks including AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Elasticsearch.Cultivate a high-performing engineering culture rooted in the principles of DORA, SPACE, and DevEx frameworks. You will leverage these metrics to champion developer experience, streamline delivery pipelines, and elevate code quality.A passionate advocate and practitioner of Lean and Agile methodologies, dedicated to continuous improvement, eliminating delivery bottlenecks, and empowering teams through autonomous, iterative development.Experience mentoring, motivating, and leading a team through successful software projects.Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and cross-functional teams about engineering topics such as system architecture, API design, product roadmaps, and resourcing.Track record of timely delivery of high quality software.Ability to care deeply about people and help them become their best selves.We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.