Engineering Manager (Services)

Join Slice, a fast-growing technology company that is revolutionizing the pizza industry. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of talented engineers in building the backend systems, APIs, and operational capabilities that power our platform. You will work closely with cross-functional partners, including Product, Design, Data, and Operations, to identify the most valuable problems to solve and define success through measurable value for pizzerias, customers, and the business. You will be accountable for your team's performance and the impact it creates, and you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of pizzeria owners and their customers.

• Identifying valuable problems and turning ambiguity into clear direction for the team.
• Building and managing a high-performing engineering team, providing mentorship and support.
• Collaborating with cross-functional partners to define success and guide architecture and engineering decisions.
• APIs, distributed systems, and asynchronous workflows
• Databases, AWS, observability, and production operations
• Service migrations, reliability, security, and performance
• Python, Go, and Ruby services
• You should be comfortable leading teams working with:
• We care more about evidence of impact, judgment, and trajectory than a perfectly conventional background
• Strong instincts for leverage—knowing when to move quickly and when deeper investment is necessary
• Strong technical judgment across backend services, APIs, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and production operations
• The ability to turn complex, ambiguous problems into clear direction
• Experience managing high-performing engineering teams
• Low ego, high standards, and a strong sense of personal accountability
• The courage to challenge weak thinking, including your own
• A founder-minded approach: resourceful, decisive, intellectually curious, and unwilling to wait for perfect conditions
• Experience with Python, Go, Ruby, or comparable backend technologies
• A record of improving both customer outcomes and engineering effectiveness
• Experience building and operating customer-facing software or platforms
• Clear, direct communication across technical and non-technical audiences