Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Pathstream as an Engineering Manager to lead and grow a high-performing engineering team focused on building and maintaining tools and services. You will ensure platform scalability, reliability, and exceptional user experience while supporting rapid growth. The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership, emotional intelligence, and technical credibility. This full-time, salaried position reports to an engineering director and offers a remote or hybrid work option (preferably San Francisco-based). Responsibilities include managing and developing the team, owning technical execution, prioritizing scalability, collaborating with other teams, and staying current with technology. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Requirements

• 5 – 7 plus years of overall professional technical engineering experience, including 4+ years' hands-on with a solid understanding of various technical domains; and 2-3 years in a team lead role or 1-2 years in a people management role, focusing on leadership and team development
• Well-developed stakeholder management skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence key partners to drive positive outcomes
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, problem-solving in unclear situations, flexibility with shifting and changing priorities, being proactive and taking the initiative, and making data-driven decisions to achieve business metrics
• Proven experience leading, developing, and mentoring engineers across various levels and expertise
• Demonstrated background in building and maintaining robust engineering systems with a deep understanding of scalability best practices and experience designing and implementing solutions that can handle significant growth
• Highly collaborative and enjoys contributing to the professional development of team members; has effective communication skills with the ability to make complex concepts easy for anyone to understand
• Understanding of various domains, infrastructure automation, platform security, and DevOps practices and principles; our tech stack environment includes Ruby on Rails, React, JavaScript, Docker, PostgreSQL, and AWS
• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S

Responsibilities

• Manage, lead, and grow a 4+ person engineering team fostering a culture of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, ownership, and continuous learning in the world of platform development and tools
• Own execution towards the technical vision and roadmap for platform services and tools, ensuring it aligns with broader company goals and development team user needs
• Prioritize scalability and performance optimization, ensuring the business can handle explosive contract growth and deliver a seamless user experience
• Collaborate closely with product engineering teams to ensure seamless integration with the platform, enabling them to deliver impactful features quickly and efficiently
• Maintain a strong understanding of the latest technologies, tools, and best practices that modern tech companies use. This includes things like data tooling, CRMS, and developer tooling
• Effectively delegate tasks and projects, ensuring ownership and accountability
• Conduct performance reviews, provide career guidance, and foster a culture of continuous learning and development
• Build strong relationships and collaborate effectively across different teams within the organization
• Develop a deep understanding of the business's needs and structure the team to deliver on them most effectively

Benefits

• Transparent and social culture, challenging work, fast learning cycles, practical training, and meaningful feedback
• Strong sense of ownership and strategic work that impacts our product, users, colleagues, business, and world
• Opportunity to work out of our San Francisco or New York offices for those in these geographies
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience + equity depending on candidate experience and location Zone 1: $139-$178k (SF, NYC) Zone 2: $126-$160k Zone 3: $112-$142k
• Comprehensive benefits package 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and 50% for your partner/spouse and dependents
• Health, commuter, and parking flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance Program (mental health, financial health, legal support, and more)
• Free access to wellbeing apps like Ginger and Headspace
• Flexible paid time off and paid holidays
• Generous paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Annual professional development budget
• Company-provided laptop
• Remote-first culture
• Life insurance (100% company paid)
• 401(k)