Manager I, Engineering
Leads and develops a web platform engineering team responsible for enabling modern, reliable, high-performance web experiences. Requires 10+ years of engineering experience, including engineering management, plus strong Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React expertise.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and grow a specialized team of web platform engineers.
- Set the team’s technical vision and roadmap with Client Platforms and cross-functional product teams.
- Drive platform modernization to help product teams adopt modern client architectures and build high-quality experiences.
- Improve client stability, health metrics, browser compatibility, runtime frameworks, and critical dependency currency.
- Establish operating rhythms for planning, two-week sprints, risk management, and monthly stakeholder updates.
- Hire, onboard, and develop engineers while creating an inclusive, high-performing team with clear expectations and growth opportunities.
- Use AI to accelerate engineering workflows and modernization while applying judgment and verification to maintain code quality, security, and reliability.
Requirements
- 10+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years of engineering management experience.
- Strong technical judgment and depth in Node, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React.
- Experience partnering with Senior/Staff engineers to build high-impact roadmaps.
- Experience building platform or foundational capabilities that improve product engineering productivity and effectiveness.
- Experience aligning priorities across teams and driving delivery through ambiguity and competing stakeholder needs.
- Experience improving engineering quality, client reliability, platform health, or developer productivity.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build alignment across engineering and product partners.
- Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day workflows while validating AI-assisted work and maintaining ownership of final outcomes.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience.
Skills
Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Web Platforms, Client Architecture, Browser Compatibility, Runtime Frameworks, AI, Platform Modernization
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