Senior Engineering Manager – Growth
LawPay
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSCloudMySQLPostgresReactSQL
About the role
- Responsible for leading engineering teams focused on building the infrastructure, tooling, and experiences that drive data-driven growth across our product portfolio.
- Lead two core teams: the Growth Enablement team and the First Time Use team.
- Run projects that include deploying product updates, building scalable growth infrastructure, optimizing conversion funnels, and implementing integrations that meet customer needs while enabling rapid experimentation and data-driven decision making.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, monitoring, and debugging large-scale solutions in cloud-based environments (AWS, GCE)
- Minimum of 5 years experience directly leading software developers, with at least 2+ years managing, mentoring and leading engineering teams; preference for experience in growth engineering, platform engineering, or conversion optimization
- Experience building and deploying production-grade web applications and SaaS applications at scale
- Strong understanding of growth engineering domains including experimentation platforms, customer data infrastructure, product analytics, and conversion optimization
- Experience building or managing teams that create shared infrastructure and tooling used across multiple products
- Familiarity with modern growth tech stacks (Segment, Amplitude/Mixpanel, LaunchDarkly, etc.) and ability to make informed technical decisions about tool selection and integration
- Experience supporting rapid iteration, A/B testing, and data-driven development across growth initiatives
- Experience building APIs and strong understanding of SOLID design principles and design patterns
- Expert knowledge of frontend technologies with experience writing components using React
- Strong understanding with SQL and familiarity with databases such as Postgres or MySQL
- Familiarity with LEAN product development and Agile frameworks (Scrum or Kanban)
- Partners closely with Principal Product Managers for Growth Enablement and First Time Use to align engineering execution with product vision
- Significant experience with addressing interpersonal conflicts/critical issues, organizing resources to meet strategic goals, mentoring/coaching employees, conducting employee performance evaluations, and recruiting/retaining talent
- Excellent leadership, communication, prioritization, collaboration, and problem-solving skills with a track record of building and managing high-functioning, inclusive, diverse, and productive teams
- Strong teamwork and documentation skills
- Strong experience with resolving conflict and building trust within and between teams, particularly across Product, Engineering, and Data functions
- Understands and supports business objectives of Product, Data, Marketing, and Sales teams to ensure growth engineering delivers maximum impact
- Ability to balance foundational infrastructure work with rapid experimentation and customer-facing improvements
- Comfort with data-driven development practices and metrics-focused engineering culture
- Ability to identify motivational criteria of each employee individually and uses this knowledge to inspire the best possible performance
- Leads by example and acts as coach and mentor for engineers
- Sets performance objectives and conducts performance reviews on a timely basis
- Anticipates and resolves personnel issues before they become problems
- Leads on-boarding and off-boarding for new and departing team members
- Performs reviews and career development
- Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation.
Benefits
- Health Insurance Coverage: variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, including a 100% company-paid HDHP plan for employees.
- Financial perks: competitive compensation and benefits package including annual bonuses, equity options and 401(k) or RRSP if in Canada, with a company match for all team members.
- Time for what matters: Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, and a parental leave program for new parents.
- Wellness: Wellness stipends, mental health support, and one-on-one nutrition coaching.
- Learning and Development: Continuous learning through 8am.edu, leadership programs, professional development funds, and individually focused talent development.
- Giving back to the communities around us: Participate in our charitable matching gift program, paid time off for volunteer service, and company-sponsored volunteer events (both local and virtually).
- Engagement: Virtual and in-person team-building events, quarterly award recognition through our Rise & Shine Award of Excellence Program, and our peer-to-peer appreciation platform.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
cloud-based solutionsAWSGCEweb applicationsSaaS applicationsAPIsSOLID design principlesReactSQLPostgres
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingmentoringconflict resolutionteamworkorganizational skillsprioritizationcoaching
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science