Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Role overview

Lead a small, experienced engineering team building a new consumer service that connects homeowners with trusted contractors for home projects. Set technical direction across mobile, frontend, and backend systems while working closely with product, design, executives, and teams responsible for contractor-facing tools.

Responsibilities

- Guide architecture and implementation across the mobile app, web experience, backend services, and location-based contractor matching. - Set the team’s roadmap, balancing quick product experiments with maintainable long-term systems. - Review complex technical designs and serve as a hands-on architectural partner to staff-level engineers. - Coordinate with related engineering teams so consumer features work with existing contractor systems. - Improve how the team researches, builds, and ships by promoting effective use of AI tools. - Coach and develop engineers, support hiring, and communicate delivery progress and tradeoffs across functions.

Requirements

- At least 7 years managing software engineering teams, including senior or staff-level engineers. - A strong engineering background designing APIs, systems, and abstractions used by other developers. - Enough breadth across mobile, frontend, and backend architecture to make and explain sound technical decisions. - Clear communication and technical writing skills. - Comfort leading an early-stage product through ambiguity, rapid iteration, and evolving processes.

Nice to have

- Experience with consumer products, early-stage launches, mobile development, or growing an engineering organization. - Familiarity with technologies such as React, TypeScript, C#/.NET, Next.js, Azure, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Kafka, or AI agent frameworks. - A degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field.

Benefits and work setup

The role offers flexible time off, learning and leadership development, and recognition programs. Listed benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, spending accounts, a retirement match, telehealth, parental and family-building support, pet insurance, and financial and legal resources. U.S. base salary ranges are listed as $218,300–$327,500 in specified higher-cost states and $204,000–$306,000 elsewhere; international compensation varies by location. Annual bonus and equity are also described.