# Engineering Manager

**Company:** [WorkWhile](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/workwhile)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $250k – $340k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** React, TypeScript, Python, Flask, Postgres
**Posted:** 2026-07-22

> Lead and grow a small team of engineers while staying hands-on with architecture, technical strategy, and product initiatives. Requires 2+ years managing engineers plus strong experience with modern web technologies in a B2B SaaS or marketplace environment.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do
- Drive execution on key product initiatives and outcomes—from shaping technical direction to delivering high-quality user-facing features.
- Be a force multiplier, leading, managing and growing a small team of engineers, while strategically hiring and evolving the team as we scale.
- Work with leadership to align engineering priorities with company-wide OKRs and shape long-term product and technical strategy.
- Champion engineering best practices and be a steward of code quality, system design, and technical decision-making. Operate with a balance of coaching and hands-on involvement.

## What we’re looking for
- 2+ years of experience managing engineers.
- Proven ability to recruit, develop, and retain world-class engineering talent, fostering a culture of ownership, learning, and impact.
- Strong hands-on experience with shipping production software and modern web technologies—React, TypeScript, Python/Flask, Postgres (or similar stacks).
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills—you’re comfortable working cross-functionally and making tradeoffs with product/design and other stakeholders.
- Experience building growth features, internal tools, or working in marketplace or B2B SaaS contexts.

## Engineering @ WorkWhile
- We’re a small and mighty team with senior engineers from Airbnb, Amazon, Google, Lyft among others.
- We value user-centricity, competence, speed, and having fun.
- We embrace independence and take ownership of our projects, yet are also great team players.
- We deal in outcomes, not projects.

## Benefits & Perks
- Hybrid work culture with office hubs in SF, NY, Seattle & Toronto.
- In-person company off-sites.
- Medical, dental, & vision coverage.
- Flexible time off.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- WFH stipend to support your home office needs.

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