Greenhouse is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to join our team!

We are seeking an experienced and empathetic Senior Engineering Manager to lead, mentor, and grow a dedicated team of talented engineers. In this role, you'll be instrumental in driving technical strategy, championing best practices, and fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you will work closely with product, design, and other cross-functional partners to deliver innovative and impactful solutions, leveraging your deep understanding of the engineering IC experience and your proven leadership skills to empower your team and ensure successful project execution.

Who will love this job

• A Mentor – you are passionate about coaching, developing, and advancing engineering talent, especially to senior levels
• A Builder – you thrive on navigating ambiguity, assessing risks, making decisions, and driving initiatives forward in dynamic environments
• An Empathetic Leader – you genuinely understand the daily challenges engineers face and excel at fostering a supportive, trust-based, and inclusive team environment
• A Strategic Thinker – you're adept at translating technical vision into actionable strategy for your team and aligning with broader company goals
• A Clear Communicator – you build trust through direct, transparent dialogue and can articulate complex technical ideas persuasively to any audience
• A Collaborator – you excel at managing relationships, setting expectations, and working effectively with internal teams and external partners

What you’ll do

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering their performance, growth, and career progression through effective coaching and feedback
• Drive new initiatives for our post-hire products outside of Greenhouse Recruiting
• Drive the technical direction and architectural design for your team's domain, ensuring solutions are scalable, robust, and well-engineered
• Champion and implement SDLC best practices to ensure high-quality software delivery and team efficiency
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to define, prioritize, and deliver on product roadmaps
• Manage team performance, empowering individuals and motivating the team to achieve impactful results and meet objectives
• Actively foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive team culture where all voices are heard and valued
• Facilitate effective team collaboration, guide sound technical decision-making, and manage stakeholder expectations
• Oversee the design, building, and integration of key first-party integrations

You should have

• Proven experience leading engineering teams (ideally 5+ individuals), including mentoring, performance management, and guiding collaborative technical decision-making
• Significant experience as a Senior or Lead Individual Contributor (IC) engineer
• Expertise in defining technical strategy and designing, evaluating, and implementing scalable, maintainable, and secure architectures for complex systems (leveraging cloud platforms, event-driven patterns, diverse databases, etc.)
• Strong understanding of SDLC best practices, API development (RESTful), relational/SQL databases, and experience integrating third-party software or services
• Experience effectively managing stakeholder and/or vendor relationships and expectations
• Ruby on Rails development experience, preferred
• End-to-end product ownership experience, a plus
• Familiarity or experience with Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) solutions, a plus

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

The national pay range for this role is $183,000 - $257,500. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and qualifications. Certain roles may be eligible for additional compensation, including stock option awards, bonuses, and merit increases. Additionally, certain roles have the opportunity to receive sales commissions that are based on the terms of the sales commission plan applicable to the role.

Greenhouse provides a variety of benefits to employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, basic life insurance, mental health resources, financial wellness benefits, and a fully paid parental leave program. For US-based employees, we offer short-term and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan and company match. U.S. based employees also receive, per calendar year, up to 13 scheduled paid holidays and up to 80 hours of paid sick leave. Non-exempt employees accrue up to 20-25 days of paid vacation time, depending on tenure, and exempt employees have unlimited paid time off (PTO).

The anticipated closing date for this role is June 5th, 2025.

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