We’re seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team in our Consignor group. You’ll build technology supporting consignors who sell their goods with The Real Real - and all of our employees who support them such as Luxury Managers, Sales, Business Development, and our retail stores!  You’ll also integrate with technology from around the company to improve consignor-related operations. You’ll be exposed to the latest technology, a data-driven culture, while surrounded by a friendly, helpful team.

What You Get To Do Every Day

• Innovate around and build new experiences for our consignors!  Projects including working on our core consignment funnels, creating new ways to consign, improving consignor communication, and more!
• Managing a team of software engineers delivering microservices and customer-facing features for our consignors.
• Collaborate with product, sales, business stakeholders, and other engineering teams on roadmaps, timelines, and technical solutions.
• Mentor and share knowledge you guide engineers to turn high level requirements into meaningful features
• Recruit and retain talent in a highly competitive market with the ability to lead teams during periods of high uncertainty and to manage risks from conceptual design to project execution
• Fostering a highly performant culture through mentorship, development, and support for engineers, teams and processes
• Set clear goals for individuals and teams to drive collaborative results
• Anticipate and prevent issues around team communication, performance, interpersonal dynamics and ownership before they occur
• Present technical issues and their impact to management making them aware of risks and tradeoffs

What You Bring To The Role

• 8+ years of experience as an engineer or technologist
• 1+ years of experience as an engineering manager
• Experience with Ruby or Elixir
• Strong understanding of web technologies: HTML5, Javascript, CSS/SASS, REST, JSON, Phoenix or React
• Strong understanding of web-app performance fundamentals and related dev tools
• Bachelor of Computer Science degree or equivalent experience

Nice to Have

• Prior experience with Salesforce, which powers many consignor-related operations
• Prior logistics experience, especially reverse logistics
• Prior two-sided marketplace or e-commerce experience
• Strong understanding of distributed systems design
• Strong database fundamentals and experience with MySQL or Postgresql
• Experience with iOS or Android development
• Prior experience with business development and sales teams.
• Mastery of git and Github workflows

The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, consigned luxury goods. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, The RealReal provides a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. We have 150+ in-house gemologists, horologists and brand authenticators who inspect thousands of items each day. As a sustainable company, we give new life to pieces by hundreds of brands, from Gucci to Cartier, supporting the circular economy. We make consigning effortless with free in-home pickup, drop-off service and direct shipping for individual consignors and estates. At our stores in Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Newport Beach, Palo Alto and San Francisco, customers can shop, consign, and meet with our experts. At our 13 Luxury Consignment Offices, eight of which are in our retail stores, our expert staff provides free valuations. Founded in 2011 and listed publicly in 2019 (Nasdaq: REAL), we’re growing fast and fundamentally changing the way people buy and sell luxury — a multi-billion dollar industry. Build your career with us and enjoy 401K matching, health, dental and vision insurance, commuter flex spending, healthcare flex spending, generous PTO, a mother’s room, and flexible work hours!

The RealReal is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or Veteran status. We will consider qualified applicants for a position regardless of arrest or conviction records, consistent with legal requirements. 

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