Engineering Manager

Substack

Engineering Manager responsible for building Substack's vision through app development for creators. Leading teams and engaging with product vision while ensuring quality solutions for customers.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $230,000 - $275,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptNode.jsPostgresReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a team that develops Substack apps for creators and their audiences.
Engage in strategic product vision and direction-setting with your team, peers, and leadership.
Scale systems to handle an ever-increasing load and a fast-growing ecosystem of writers and readers.
Contribute to the whole product process in collaboration with designers, writers, support staff, and many others. From product concept and research to implementation and deployment, we expect you to own your work and deliver high-quality solutions.
Work directly with customers to solve their problems. The entire company (CEO included) participates in customer support in order to drive empathy for our users and help us build better products.
Partner with product and engineering leaders across the organization on team-wide initiatives and strategy.
Collaborate with Substack’s recruiting team to hire and retain great engineers.
We work with JavaScript, Typescript, Node/Express and React, and Postgres. It’s helpful if you know these technologies already, if not, we’ll be excited to help you learn.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 4+ years of software engineering management experience.
Passion for recruiting and building healthy, diverse teams.
Experience in building social and/or media networks.
Can contribute across the full web stack, but may have a deeper passion for certain technologies and systems.
Independent and autonomous. We’re too small to micromanage, and expect that every person at the company owns their work and can be a leader.
Hold yourself and others to a high standard when working on production systems.
Take pride in building elegant and delightful product experiences. Substack works best when it gets out of the way so writers can focus on writing and connecting with their readers.
Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of thinkers while bringing our own unique experience and background to the team.
Believe in Substack’s mission to build a better business model for writing.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Market competitive salary
Equity for all full time roles
Exceptional benefits
Health insurance
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScriptTypescriptNodeExpressReactPostgressoftware engineering managementfull web stack developmentproduction systemsproduct implementation

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationautonomyhigh standardsempathyproblem-solvingpassion for recruitingbuilding diverse teamsbuilding elegant product experiencescommunication