Senior Engineering Manager

Job description

CaptivateIQ is transforming the way companies plan, manage, and optimize sales performance. We started by revolutionizing incentive compensation management, and now we’re expanding our platform to solve broader sales planning challenges. Recognized by industry analysts like Forrester and G2 and backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia, ICONIQ, Accel, and Sapphire Ventures,  we empower high-growth companies like Netflix, Figma, and Stripe with the flexibility and insights needed to drive revenue performance.

About the Role

Behind every great software company is the team building it. We are an engineering team of multicultural, highly collaborative, fully distributed, humble learners. We pride ourselves on building best-in-class products powered by innovative technologies.

As a Senior Engineering Manager in the Incentive Commission Plans (ICM) pillar, you will lead product teams focused on the Plan Builder persona: the administrators, compensation practitioners, and sales ops leaders who design, iterate on, and operationalize complex incentive plans.

You will own a high‑impact portfolio spanning plan design, modeling, workflows, and plan documentation experiences. Your teams will make it easy for plan builders to go from idea → modeled plan → approved plan → signed plan document and live configuration, while ensuring accuracy, auditability, and scale. You will partner closely with Product, Design, and platform and application teams in an API- and platform-first environment.

This role is a strong fit if you’ve spent the last several years leading engineering teams, enjoy working at the intersection of product strategy, architecture, and operations, and are excited by building deeply powerful but approachable tools for expert users with complex workflows.

Job Location

The candidate selected for this opportunity must reside near one of the following locations:

Hybrid (in-office 3 days per week)

Menlo Park, CA

Austin, TX

Remote

Raleigh, NC

Nashville, TN

Toronto, Canada

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, and grow multiple distributed software engineering teams, fostering a culture of high trust and psychological safety.
• Develop engineering talent across all levels—from junior to staff—through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and team-wide programs that promote delegation and cross-organizational growth
• Own the end-to-end delivery and operational excellence of your teams’ portfolio, ensuring critical user-facing systems meet user needs and are reliable and secure at scale.
• Partner with Product, Design, and other cross-functional leaders to set a clear vision, prioritize roadmaps, and align a long-term strategy that optimizes for the entire organization.
• Provide technical leadership and direction by setting architectural guardrails and guiding major technical decisions without being a direct code contributor.
• Establish and uphold rigorous engineering standards, including SLAs/SLOs, security best practices, AI usage and QA processes to accelerate delivery and improve product health.
• Champion inclusive, async-first practices to ensure your teams, distributed across an ~9-hour time zone spread, can collaborate effectively.

Requirements

• Extensive software development experience as an individual contributor, and a proven track record as an Engineering Manager leading multiple, distributed software engineering teams.
• A strong product sense and a proven track record of delivering high-quality results across the full product lifecycle through lean, outcome focused rituals minimizing unnecessary process.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical depth, diving deep into complex architectural problems and guiding senior engineers to sound decisions.
• A strategic thinker, comfortable setting technical vision over a 6-12 month horizon and managing a complex portfolio of projects.
• Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners in a remote-first environment.
• A track record of hiring and developing senior talent, with a passion for helping engineers advance their careers.
• High sense of ownership and a strong growth mindset; you are a collaborative, humble learner who can thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Bonus points

• Experience with Python / Typescript & React
• Experience in the B2B SaaS market.
• Experience delivering high-performance, data-intensive user interfaces and robust APIs.

Benefits

• (US-ONLY) 100% of medical, dental, and vision covered including 75% for dependents
• Flexible vacation days and quarterly mental health days so you can recharge
• Enjoy a one-time expense on your 1-year work anniversary (to use for travel, home furnishings, fancy meal)
• Annual stipends for professional development and caretaking
• (US-ONLY) 401k plan to participate in and save towards the future
• Newest Apple products to help you do your best work
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support and celebrate the shared identities and life experiences of communities within CaptivateIQ. ERGs directly support our company-wide DEI goals as a space for developing and retaining diverse talent

Notice to Prospective Candidates

• Only emails from @captivateiq.com should be trusted.
• We are aware of active recruitment scams using the CaptivateIQ name, in which individuals pose as our recruiters and post fake remote job openings and make fake job offers on the Internet. Please note, we will never do the following:
• Attempt to correspond with a candidate using a free web-based account, such as an email address that ends in @gmail.com, @yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, etc.
• Make an offer of employment without conducting multiple rounds of interviews face-to-face using secure video-conferencing technology.
• Ask candidates to cash checks to buy equipment on behalf of CaptivateIQ.
• Ask candidates to make a payment in order to be considered for a position.
• Make early requests for candidates’ personal information such as date of birth, passport details, credit card numbers, bank details and social security number, etc.
• Please note that we’ll only ask for more sensitive personal information in connection with background checks after an offer is made.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support, ensuring timely resolution of critical issues and maintaining system uptime.

$185,400 - $271,920 a year

The OTE range in USD represents the minimum and maximum for this position across North America. The OTE offered for this position will depend on numerous factors, including individual proficiency, anticipated performance, and the location of the selected candidate. Our OTE is just one component of CaptivateIQ’s competitive total rewards package.

CaptivateIQ participates in E-Verify, web-based system that allows enrolled employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.