Job Description Overview:
The Senior Engineering Manager for Product/APIs plays a crucial role in leading and managing the development of high-quality, scalable, and resilient product/API solutions. This individual will drive technical product development, deliver cutting-edge APIs, and lead a team of talented engineers to deliver on our product roadmap. As a senior leader, they will work cross-functionally to align engineering efforts with business goals, ensuring the successful delivery of innovative and impactful products.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee a cross-functional engineering team, guiding development across our full tech stack, and ensuring alignment with our strategic goals.
- Work closely with engineers, stakeholders, and senior leadership to translate our vision into a concrete and actionable roadmap.
- Serve as a credible technical voice, supporting your team in making sound architectural decisions and ensuring high-quality output.
- Own the team’s output, drive performance, and hold the team accountable to externally and internally imposed deadlines and targets.
- Lead the hiring process, including planning, interviewing, and making final hiring decisions.
- Provide continuous feedback and coaching to team members, leveraging insights from across the company to fully understand and improve team performance.
- Provide an equitable and inclusive environment for your team to execute on its priorities and evolve its capabilities over time.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering delivery.
- 4+ years of managing engineering teams.
- Strong technical background with the ability to ask insightful questions and contribute meaningfully to discussions on architecture and product decisions.
- Experience establishing successful partnerships with key stakeholders and business owners.
- Proven experience in owning and managing public-facing APIs, ensuring their performance, reliability, and scalability.
Additional Qualifications:
- Experience working in a rapidly growing company and collaborating effectively with remote teams.
- Experience leading teams through change.
- Experience working with teams focused on high-cadence experimentation.