Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Minted's Shopping Data team as an Engineering Manager to lead a backend-focused team responsible for the data powering the user shopping experience. This high-impact role requires strong people and project leadership to support and grow a talented team, facilitate cross-functional collaboration, and scale foundational services. You will lead a team of backend engineers, own team execution and growth, partner with other teams on roadmaps, foster a healthy team culture, participate in system design and code reviews, champion engineering best practices, and act as a strategic voice in planning. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years in engineering management, expertise in backend development and system design, proficiency in programming languages like Python or JavaScript, and strong communication skills. Minted offers a competitive salary, bonus, stock options, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years in an engineering management role
• Expertise in backend development and system design, with a strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and cloud architectures
• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or similar, and a solid grasp of SQL and database modeling
• The ability to communicate technical concepts effectively, both within the engineering team and to non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of backend engineers working on service-oriented systems that power our core shopping data infrastructure
• Own team execution, delivery, and growth, ensuring projects are well-scoped, prioritized, and delivered on time and at high quality
• Partner with technical leads, product managers, and other teams to align on roadmaps, dependencies, and long-term technical investments
• Foster a healthy and inclusive team culture, supporting career development through mentorship, feedback, and growth opportunities
• Participate in system design reviews, architecture conversations, and code reviews, providing input to ensure technical excellence while advocating for clarity and maintainability
• Champion engineering best practices, including testing, documentation, reliability, and observability
• Build and maintain a robust testing system, driving strategy and implementation of unit testing, end-to-end testing, and CI/CD pipelines
• Act as a strategic voice in planning, balancing short-term product goals with long-term scalability and system resilience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data modeling and systems that support high-volume transactional or catalog data is a strong plus
• Proven ability to grow and support engineers at different career stages
• Strong organizational and execution skills—you help teams get things done while keeping people energized and motivated
• A people-first leader who values trust, growth, and clear communication
• Comfortable navigating both product and platform priorities—and making tradeoffs between them when needed
• A technically curious generalist who asks smart questions and supports sound engineering decisions, even if you’re not writing the code
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment and unafraid to ask "why" and dig deeper
• A believer in continuous improvement, always looking for ways to make people, systems, and processes better

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Employer Funded Health Savings Account
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employer Paid Wellbeing Apps (e.g. Headspace and Calm)
• Monthly Gym/Wellness Reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Employer Funded Commuter Benefits
• Employee Discount
• Friends and Family Discount
• This role is eligible for bonus and stock options