Job description
Our mission at Greenhouse is to make every company great at hiring – so we go to great lengths to hire great people because we believe that they’re the foundation of our success. At Greenhouse, you’ll join a team that collaborates purposefully, fosters inclusivity, and communicates with transparency and accountability so we can help companies measurably improve the way they hire.
Join us to do the best work of your career, solving meaningful problems with remarkable teams.
Greenhouse is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to join our team!
We are seeking an experienced and empathetic Senior Engineering Manager to lead, mentor, and grow a dedicated team of talented engineers. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in driving technical strategy, championing best practices, and fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.
Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you will work closely with product, design, and other cross-functional partners to deliver innovative and impactful solutions, leveraging your deep understanding of the engineering IC experience and your proven leadership skills to empower your team and ensure successful project execution.
Who will love this job
- A Mentor – you are passionate about coaching, developing, and advancing engineering talent, especially to senior levels
- A Builder – you thrive on navigating ambiguity, assessing risks, making decisions, and driving initiatives forward in dynamic environments
- An Empathetic Leader – you genuinely understand the daily challenges engineers face and excel at fostering a supportive, trust-based, and inclusive team environment
- A Strategic Thinker – you’re adept at translating technical vision into actionable strategy for your team and aligning with broader company goals
- A Clear Communicator – you build trust through direct, transparent dialogue and can articulate complex technical ideas persuasively to any audience
- A Collaborator – you excel at managing relationships, setting expectations, and working effectively with internal teams and external partners
What you’ll do
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering their performance, growth, and career progression through effective coaching and feedback
- Drive new initiatives for our post-hire products outside of Greenhouse Recruiting
- Drive the technical direction and architectural design for your team’s domain, ensuring solutions are scalable, robust, and well-engineered
- Champion and implement SDLC best practices to ensure high-quality software delivery and team efficiency
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to define, prioritize, and deliver on product roadmaps
- Manage team performance, empowering individuals and motivating the team to achieve impactful results and meet objectives
- Actively foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive team culture where all voices are heard and valued
- Facilitate effective team collaboration, guide sound technical decision-making, and manage stakeholder expectations
- Oversee the design, building, and integration of key first-party integrations
You should have
- Proven experience leading engineering teams (ideally 5+ individuals), including mentoring, performance management, and guiding collaborative technical decision-making
- Significant experience as a Senior or Lead Individual Contributor (IC) engineer
- Expertise in defining technical strategy and designing, evaluating, and implementing scalable, maintainable, and secure architectures for complex systems (leveraging cloud platforms, event-driven patterns, diverse databases, etc.)
- Strong understanding of SDLC best practices, API development (RESTful), relational/SQL databases, and experience integrating third-party software or services
- Experience effectively managing stakeholder and/or vendor relationships and expectations
- Ruby on Rails development experience, preferred
- End-to-end product ownership experience, a plus
- Familiarity or experience with Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) solutions, a plus
Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada as of the start date chosen by the Company.
For purposes of processing or administering your employment relationship, personal information that you provide to the Company may be transferred to and accessed by an affiliate in the United States or elsewhere, or to agents and contractors (such as payroll companies, insurance companies, information technology consultants, etc.) that provide services to the Company.
The national pay range for this role is $170,000 - $255,000. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and qualifications. Certain roles may be eligible for additional compensation, including stock option awards, bonuses, and merit increases. Additionally, certain roles have the opportunity to receive sales commissions that are based on the terms of the sales commission plan applicable to the role.
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Who we are
At Greenhouse, we live by our mission through using our own product to help us hire the right person for the job, every time. We are a remote-first company and have shared office spaces in New York City and Ireland, and optional co-working spaces that give us flexibility to do our best work anywhere. We take an active role in our growth through a performance review program that’s committed to providing actionable feedback, and a bonus structure that rewards great performance. We believe that bringing together a variety of perspectives makes us a stronger company – and we nurture leaders who create an inclusive culture and invest into employee resource groups that celebrate our differences and life experiences. We’re proud to have built an award-winning culture that’s been recognized as Fortune’s Best Places to Work and Inc.’s Best Workplaces multiple years in a row.
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Greenhouse Software is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, reach out to [email protected].
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