Server Engineering Manager, Member Experience

Responsibilities

1. Manage, mentor, and grow a team of server engineers, including hiring, onboarding, and career development, while fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.
2. Contribute to the codebase and provide technical leadership across architecture, system design, and key engineering decisions.
3. Partner with product, design, and data to define, scope, and deliver high-impact features, owning execution from concept through launch.
4. Oversee the development and continuous enhancement of scalable, secure, and efficient services in a cloud environment, and uphold a high bar for engineering quality - code standards, testing practices, operational readiness, and long-term maintainability.
5. Operate as a player/coach with an expected ~50% hands-on engineering contribution.

Requirements

4. Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field, or equivalent industry experience.
5. 2+ years of experience managing high-performing engineering teams.
6. Deep knowledge of Node.js and TypeScript, with familiarity across cloud architecture, services, deployment models, and distributed systems. Our stack includes MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
7. Production experience with Apple StoreKit payments and subscriptions, and production experience with Stripe payments and subscriptions for a B2C product.
8. Experience serving within and administering an operational excellence program: production readiness, observability, on call.
9. Proven ability to lead projects from concept through launch, balancing speed and quality, and to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners to deliver business impact.
10. Experience sourcing, screening, hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers, with strong communication and leadership skills.
11. An AI-forward mindset, with curiosity about applying emerging technologies to improve developer and product experiences.