Engineering Manager: Offsite Discovery

Responsibilities

As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading and scaling the Offsite Discovery team to build a performant, scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient platform that delivers personalized results beyond the storefront. Specific responsibilities include:

• Partner with the Product Manager and other stakeholders to set quarterly goals tied to measurable service and business impact
• Guide engineers’ growth by helping them develop new skills, expand ownership, and overcome challenges
• Lead the recruiting and hiring processes for your team
• Define and execute the team’s engineering strategy
• Establish metrics, dashboards, and alerting that make operational health and delivery success transparent
• Continuously improve the team’s operational excellence through the team’s tech stack, processes, and tools
• Drive measurable improvements in the product capabilities, costs, and performance
• Collaborate with neighboring engineering and non-engineering teams, define and maintain clear interfaces and ownership boundaries

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience, at least 2 years directly leading engineering teams
• Proven record of designing and operating high-load real-time systems in production environments
• Proficiency in Python and experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS preferred). Familiarity with JavaScript is a plus
• Solid understanding of system architecture and API design principles
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers in fast-growing teams
• Skilled at setting technical direction and translating product goals into clear engineering milestones
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Able to attend regular meetings between 11 am – 5 pm UTC