Full-Time

Engineering Manager

Developer Experience

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The Browser Company

The Browser Company

51-200 employees

Develops a user-friendly web browser

Consumer Software

Compensation Overview

$180k - $320kAnnually

Senior, Expert

Remote in USA

Category
Engineering Management
Software Development Management
Required Skills
iOS/Swift
Android Development
Requirements
  • 8+ years of experience with build systems, CI, native application codebases, API design, or improving the software development experience for product engineers. iOS or MacOS experience is preferred, but Android, Windows, or general browser experience is great too!
  • 3+ years of experience in people management, including hands on technical leadership.
  • You have a strong track record of coaching and mentoring senior engineers, helping them improve their skills and grow their careers.
  • You have expertise in tech leading critical projects and initiatives within your team and organization and know how to drive execution and set a pace.
  • You're passionate about building tools and systems that make other engineers more productive and strive to make them elegant and maintainable.
  • You’re pragmatic, motivated by nebulous problems, and excited to work in a startup environment with quick product validation cycles.
  • Most of our team are based in North American time zones and require that folks have 4+ hours of overlap time with team members in Eastern Time Zone.
  • You resonate with our company values and can continue to scale your team with these in mind.
Responsibilities
  • After initial onboarding, manage a team of 6-8 engineers and a TLM, ensuring their growth, development, and team health.
  • Promote an engineering culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Partner with engineers across various product teams to make decisions around technical strategy to power future product features.
  • Set goals and priorities that contribute directly to company level objectives.
  • Scope and spearhead technical projects across server, client, browser, and OS layers.
  • Design APIs that abstract away complexity and allow engineers to use those abstractions to quickly iterate, collaborating closely with engineering teams across the company in the process.
  • Ensure efficient product development cycles by treating developer velocity as a product, finding and fixing issues in the appropriate layer of the system.
  • Invest in observability, tooling, stability, processes and performance alongside building new systems.
  • Contribute to the broader engineering organization in terms of creating processes, recruiting, and onboarding.

The Browser Company develops a web browser called Arc, which focuses on providing a more intuitive and organized online experience for users. Arc is designed to be user-friendly and efficient, aiming to improve how people interact with the internet compared to traditional browsers. Unlike many existing browsers, Arc seeks to streamline the browsing process, making it easier for users to manage their online activities. The Browser Company differentiates itself from competitors by targeting a more modern and simplified user experience, backed by a team of experienced professionals from notable tech companies. Their goal is to enhance the way users navigate the web, potentially disrupting the current browser market with their fresh approach.

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$133.1M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2019

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

65%

1 year growth

88%

2 year growth

186%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • The Browser Company raised $50 million, valuing it at $550 million.
  • Increased interest in privacy-focused browsers aligns with Arc's user-focused design.
  • The demand for AI integration in browsers supports Dia's market entry.

What critics are saying

  • Arc's recent security vulnerability could undermine user trust.
  • Dia faces competition from established AI-integrated browsers like Microsoft's Edge.
  • Reliance on a freemium model may limit revenue if premium features aren't compelling.

What makes The Browser Company unique

  • Arc offers a more personal and creative browsing experience than traditional browsers.
  • The Browser Company integrates AI to streamline internet tasks with its new browser, Dia.
  • The team includes ex-Instagram engineers and former Heads of Design at Tesla and Medium.

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