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# Engineering Manager at Favor

- **Company:** Favor
- **Location:** Texas
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/askfavor/de9aa67b-011c-4e0f-ba47-1c42bc963129

## Job description

Favor’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 conversations
- Empower the team to deliver their very best.
- Facilitate goal-level creation for the broader function and work with other managers to support  setting of team level goals.
- Understand the fundamentals of the business and ensure the technical roadmap aligns with the  business opportunities.
- Identify and implement enhancements to standards, processes, and tools.
- Evaluate new technology solutions and partnerships to accelerate the engineering and product  organization
- Collaborate 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.
- Consistently strive to improve collaboration and communications.
- Partner with leaders to identify and plan capabilities required to meet customer needs.
- Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to determine priorities and impact.

Skills you have:

- 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. You can confidently guide technical discussions, challenge architectural decisions, and unblock engineers across a diverse stack.
- 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.
- Experience setting business expectations and scope as well as providing technology. recommendations.
- Experience in both a high-growth startup and growing medium sized company is a plus.

Who you are:

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- 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.
- Ability to work with and lead other engineers in a collaborative and iterative environment.
- Excellent problem solving, issue identification and technical documentation skills.
- Track record of timely delivery of high quality software.
- Passion for mentorship, guidance, and direct person to person interactions that create strong bonds among teams and individuals.
- Ability to care deeply about people and help them become their best selves.
- A love to learn and teach equally well and possess a growth mindset.
- Ability to balance management and individual contributor responsibilities when needed and provide guidance on code reviews or pull requests.

Life at Favor

Where you'll work: This role can be hybrid or remote, depending on the team member’s location in Texas. If you live in Austin, Texas, we ask that you work from home roughly three days per week and work at our HQ for the remaining work days. If you live in a different city in Texas, you will primarily work from home, with the opportunity to travel to Austin for company-wide events. No matter where you work best, we foster an inclusive and flexible environment to support our workforce.

Benefits: We offer premium health, vision, dental, and life insurance, alongside 401(k) options. We go beyond the basics, while also throwing in Favor delivery fee credit and H-E-B discounts!

Paid time off (PTO): We offer unlimited PTO for salaried employees (that’s actually unlimited) and ample vacation time to all team members.

Learning and development: We encourage personal growth and education through Intern(al)ships and Learning Labs taught by Favor team members and external facilitators.

Community: Whether you’re an avid cyclist, dog lover, or Magic enthusiast, there’s a group for you here. We foster community through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), company-wide events, happy hours, and regular connection opportunities.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion: At Favor, we believe that to be the best delivery app in Texas, we need to represent all Texans. We are committed to growing a team with different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives, and we are an equal opportunity employer. We review all resumes and qualifications with an open mind and encourage you to apply if this role interests you!

In addition, as a candidate, if you require any accommodations throughout the recruitment process, simply let your recruiter know! Our talent acquisition team will work with you directly to ensure a smooth and delightful process.

## About Favor

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Favor is a Texas-only on-demand delivery platform, owned by H-E-B, that delivers restaurant food, groceries, and more with a local "neighbor-to-neighbor" hospitality model.
- **Entity Type**: Private (wholly owned subsidiary of H-E-B; previously venture-backed with ~$34M in total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States (Eastside Tech Hub, 2416 E 6th St)
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Zachary Maurais and Ben Doherty

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: On-demand delivery / local commerce / consumer logistics
- **Target customers**: B2C consumers across Texas; B2B restaurant and retail partners seeking delivery distribution
- **Mission**: "To lift our communities by connecting neighbors—one delivery at a time" — with a strong emphasis on Texas hospitality and community-first values.

## Products & Services
- **Favor Delivery App**: Consumer mobile app and web platform offering on-demand delivery from thousands of national and Texas-only restaurants, plus groceries and other local goods, typically delivered in 45 minutes or less. Type: Consumer marketplace / on-demand logistics platform.
- **Favor for Restaurants & Retailers**: Delivery enablement for local merchants, allowing them to reach Texas customers through the Favor network. Type: B2B delivery partnership.
- **Favor Salutes / Community Programs**: Internal recognition and community engagement initiatives that reinforce the company's neighbor-focused brand. Type: Culture/community program.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company; acquired by H-E-B in February 2018)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at $55M (per business data aggregators); total pre-acquisition funding of $34M across seed, Series A ($12M, 2015), and Series B ($22M, 2017, led by S3 Ventures)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: H-E-B (parent company since 2018), S3 Ventures (Series B lead), plus prior seed and Series A investors
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of ~834 employees (+1.1% YoY); in 2025 the company hired 40 new team members, promoted 65 employees, hosted 10 summer interns, completed 2,852 hours of learning & development, and posted 295 "Favor Salutes" recognizing team members. Active hiring across engineering, marketing, people operations, sales, and support.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Exclusive Texas focus**: Favor operates only in Texas ("proudly unavailable in 49 states"), giving it deep local brand affinity and a differentiated, community-oriented identity versus national gig-economy competitors.
- **H-E-B backing**: As part of one of the largest and most iconic Texas retailers, Favor has financial stability, grocery supply chain integration, and instant brand trust.
- **Hospitality-driven culture**: The "neighbor-to-neighbor" model and Texas hospitality positioning create strong customer loyalty and a differentiated employee value proposition.
- **Small-team agility**: Employees describe a "startup vibe" with the resources and stability of an established parent brand, allowing faster innovation than typical enterprise environments.

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding delivery coverage and category breadth across Texas (restaurants, groceries, and more)
- Scaling the team deliberately — 2025 saw meaningful internal promotions (65) and L&D investment (2,852 hours), signaling a focus on retention and career growth
- Strengthening community engagement both externally (Texas neighborhoods) and internally (ERGs, company-wide events, recognition programs)
- Maintaining a hybrid/remote-friendly operating model while keeping a vibrant Austin HQ presence

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, community-first environment with a "small but mighty" team. Core values emphasize positivity, resilience, and bringing your whole self to work.
- **Flexibility**: Mix of remote (Texas-based) and hybrid roles in Austin, TX, depending on the position.
- **Perks**: Unlimited PTO for salaried employees, premium health/vision/dental/life insurance, 401(k), H-E-B discounts, complimentary meals and snacks, and an Austin HQ (Eastside Tech Hub) featuring a coffee bar, library, fully stocked kitchen, fitness center, and wellness center with a bouldering wall.
- **Community & growth**: Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), quarterly company-wide events, weekly happy hours, Learning Labs, and internship programs. In 2025, the company celebrated 65 internal promotions and 1,504 cumulative years of service among team members.
- **Employee ratings**: Mixed but generally positive — 3.6/5 across 781 reviews on employer aggregator sites (with culture at 3.7 and work-life balance at 3.8), while Blind reviewers rate work-life balance highly at 4.9/5 (smaller sample of 18 reviews, overall 4.1/5).

## Sources
1. [favordelivery.com](https://favordelivery.com/careers)
2. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/favor)
3. [about.favordelivery.com](https://about.favordelivery.com/)
4. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/askfavor)
5. [teamblind.com](https://www.teamblind.com/company/Favor-Delivery/reviews)

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