Senior Manager of Community Back End Engineering

Summary

Join Glassdoor as a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team of backend engineers focused on community efforts. You will guide the development of scalable backend services and infrastructure, overseeing the design and implementation of community-related services and APIs. This role requires strong expertise in NodeJS, Typescript, GraphQL, and AWS, along with proven leadership experience in mentoring and motivating teams. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage complex projects, and ensure alignment with business priorities. Glassdoor offers a competitive salary, generous benefits including health insurance, paid time off, and a 401k plan, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• Strong expertise in NodeJS, Typescript, GraphQL, MongoDB, Redis, Restful API design, and AWS services (S3, SQS, etc.). Ability to guide and coach engineers in these technologies
• Experience building microservices and migrating from monolithic applications to microservices
• Proficiency in working with production systems, including experience with CI/CD tools
• A commitment to add to our culture of DEI
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a technical leadership capacity with backend developers in an agile and flexible environment
• Proven track record of mentoring and motivating a team, driving high performance, and fostering a collaborative culture
• Experience in project planning, creating technical roadmaps, and managing resources to meet deadlines
• Strong ability to work cross-functionally with product managers, designers, legal, security, and other engineering teams
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders, aligning technical decisions with business goals
• A strong growth mindset, leading by example, with an ability to continuously learn and improve
• A highly collaborative approach with the ability to influence and guide teams across organizational boundaries

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of backend engineers in building and scaling backend services, APIs, and integrations and foster a positive and growth-oriented environment, and you are committed to building and mentoring high-performing teams
• Own the design, implementation, and operation of backend services using technologies such as NodeJS, Typescript, GraphQL, MongoDB, Redis, and AWS
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, front-end, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions
• Design and implement RESTful APIs, ensuring they are efficient, secure, and maintainable
• Oversee the creation of microservices architectures, leveraging cloud services such as AWS, S3, and SQS and be able to help ideate and guide architecture discussions
• Mentor and guide backend engineers in adopting best practices in code design, testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD)
• Foster a strong engineering culture, promote growth and learning, and lead by example in delivering high-quality solutions
• Ensure effective project planning, resource allocation, and roadmap creation to meet team goals and deliverables and manage complex projects, balancing competing priorities, and delivering results
• Engage with stakeholders to understand technical needs and align engineering efforts with business priorities
• Advocate for and cultivate a "One Team" mindset to promote collaboration and cross-team cooperation

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with AngularJS and SQL databases/warehouse technologies (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift) is a plus

Benefits

• Base salary range*: $168,100 - $223,300
• Annual bonus target**: 15%
• **Bonuses are paid in 6-month intervals, aligning with bi-annual performance reviews
• Generous Restricted Stock Units (RSU)
• ***Restricted Stock Units (RSU) are awarded at hire and may be refreshed annually. Additionally, as a pay-for-performance company, there are additional RSU grant awards for the very top performers
• Health and wellness: 100% employer-paid premiums for employee medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability and select well-being programs, along with 80% employer-paid premiums for all dependents
• Generous paid time-off programs for birthing and non-birthing parents are provided, along with additional company-sponsored leaves such as paid injury/illness leave, family emergency leave, compassionate leave, and domestic & sexual violence leave
• Coverage begins at the start of employment. After 48 months of continuous employment, 100% of all premiums for you and your dependents can be employer-paid!
• Wellness programs to support mental, physical, and financial health, such as paid career coaching & mental health therapy, financial coaching, subsidized fitness & wellness appointments, HSA, FSA, commuter benefits, fertility & pregnancy support, employee perks and discounts, legal assistance program, gender-affirming care relocation benefit and work-from-home monthly allowance
• Work/life balance : Open Paid Time Off policy, in addition to 15-20 paid company holidays/year
• Investing in your future: 401(k) plan with a company match up to $5,000 per year, subsidized fertility & family planning services and discounted legal assistance services
• Discover flexibility: With flexible hours and a where-to-work policy, Glassdoor allows you to take on professional and personal responsibilities — enhancing both productivity and your well-being
• Being a remote-first company, Glassdoor employees can live anywhere Glassdoor is a registered company
• Employees authorized to work in their current location may Work Away for up to a total of 30 (thirty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change
• Employees on visas may work Work Away for up to a total of 20 (twenty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change