Senior Engineering Manager, Experiment Platform

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Job Description

As the Engineering Manager for the Experiment Platform Team, you will lead a small high-performing team of engineers building the experimentation platform. In this role, you have an exciting opportunity to shape its architecture and capabilities. You will work alongside product analytics teams, SRE, and data engineering to ensure the platform meets the needs of product teams while maintaining the highest standards for privacy, reliability, and performance. You will work in close partnership with the Product Manager to translate product vision into technical roadmaps, balancing feature requests from product teams with platform reliability and scalability needs.

 

This is a fully remote position. Some travel is required 2–3 times a year for off-sites and other events.

 

Responsibilities

 

Foster a supportive team environment, ensuring diverse voices are heard and team members feel empowered to lead

 

Coordinate and lead key team rituals such as sprint and capacity planning, estimation and stand-ups to ensure smooth execution and alignment

 

Manage team workstreams by tracking progress, resolving blockers, and managing cross-team dependencies

 

Coach engineers in the art and science of software engineering and evolvable software architecture

 

Guide team member career growths through structured development techniques and career growth

 

Own technical decisions and working closely with the team to find best solutions to hard problems

 

Partner with Product to help product teams adopt the platform and provide guidance on experimentation best practices

 

Facilitate conversations about long-term technical strategy for the Experiment Platform

 

Partner closely with the Product Manager to prioritize platform capabilities and define technical requirements

 

Balance timely feature delivery with quality, reliability, and scalability requirements

 

Be a strong voice, leader, and collaborator on team activities including code reviews culture, ceremonies, and work allocation.

 

Partner with peers on cross-team delivery and radiating organizational updates

 

Collaborate with product analytics to ensure the platform supports meaningful experiment analysis

 

Skills and Experience:

 

3+ years of experience managing engineering teams, preferably working on data platforms or developer tools

 

Strong technical background with ability to make architectural decisions and guide technical discussions

 

Experience with distributed systems and scaled web applications

 

Understanding of A/B testing methodologies and statistical concepts

 

Experience managing projects with multiple stakeholder teams

 

Commitment to open source values and collaborative development

 

Experience with cloud platforms and container orchestration

 

Knowledge of observability tools and practices

 

 

 

Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Remote
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