Engineering Manager

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About the role

As our Engineering Manager, you will be the deputy to the Head of Engineering, serving as their key partner in setting technical vision, driving architectural decisions, managing the team, and fostering a world-class engineering culture. This is a role for a "player-coach", an expert builder who finds deep satisfaction in multiplying their impact by mentoring others, solving the toughest challenges, and ensuring our technical systems propel the business forward. This is a hybrid position based in New York, NY or San Francisco, CA.

What you'll do

• Act as a Technical Partner: Serve as the primary technical deputy to the Head of Engineering. You'll be a trusted partner in our most critical technology decisions, responsible for helping guide our long-term technical strategy and ensuring the systems we build today are ready for the challenges of tomorrow. 
• Drive Technical Excellence: Lead critical design reviews and serve as a key technical stakeholder in roadmap planning. You will establish and evangelize engineering best practices, identify and advocate for paying down technical debt, and act as the lead troubleshooter for our most complex challenges. 
• Write Code and Set the Standard: Remain a highly technical, hands-on contributor. You will spend a significant portion of your time writing, reviewing, and shipping high-quality code for our most critical systems, acting as a clear example of engineering excellence for the entire organization. 
• Mentor and Develop Engineers: Directly manage and mentor a couple engineers, guiding their career growth through empathetic coaching and continuous feedback. Your goal is not to run a team's operations, but to personally invest in and grow our next generation of technical leaders.
• Champion Engineering Culture: Partner with the Head of Engineering to cultivate a culture of psychological safety and continuous learning. You'll actively lead by example, fostering an environment where engineers are empowered to innovate and do their best work.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a management or tech leadership role where you were responsible for leading software engineering talent.
• A proven track record of setting the technical direction for significant projects and guiding teams through complex architectural decisions.
• Deep, hands-on experience with modern infrastructure and development practices. You are fluent in the trade-offs of different architectural patterns and have worked closely with engineering teams to resolve the most challenging system issues.
• A strong product mindset. You have experience collaborating with a variety of cross-functional stakeholders (product, design, business) to deliver large, complex projects.
• You can contribute to and guide a well-prioritized roadmap that balances immediate business needs with long-term foundational investment.
• You are a human-centric leader who centers empathy, actively seeks out different perspectives, and welcomes feedback as a tool for growth.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with both internal engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple strategic priorities effectively, maintaining a high bar for excellence.
• Work Authorization Requirement: Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Bonus Qualifications

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with our tech stack (Ruby on Rails, Python, React, PostgresQl)
• Experience with data pipelines and warehousing

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, including:

• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
• Medical coverage that includes fertility care and $0 copays for in-office mental health visits with in-network providers
• Paid parental leave to support and empower new parents
• Generous paid time off (PTO) that increases with tenure
• 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Fitness and wellness stipend to encourage a healthy lifestyle
• Monthly cell phone reimbursement
• Company-sponsored lunches in the office every Monday
• Commuter benefits 
• A supportive, inclusive, and diverse work environment with a zero-tolerance policy for harassment

Salary range: $170,000 to $180,000 USD Annually + Bonus + Benefits

The salary range posted is based on the company’s good-faith belief at the time of the posting. Actual compensation may vary above or below this range based on factors such as location, work experience, and skill level.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to diversity and to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages.