Server Engineering Manager, Member Experience

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of server engineers, including hiring, onboarding, and career development, while fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.
• Contribute to the codebase and provide technical leadership across architecture, system design, and key engineering decisions.
• Partner with product, design, and data to define, scope, and deliver high-impact features, owning execution from concept through launch.
• Oversee the development and continuous enhancement of scalable, secure, and efficient services in a cloud environment, and uphold a high bar for engineering quality - code standards, testing practices, operational readiness, and long-term maintainability.
• Operate as a player/coach with an expected ~50% hands-on engineering contribution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field, or equivalent industry experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing high-performing engineering teams.
• Deep knowledge of Node.js and TypeScript, with familiarity across cloud architecture, services, deployment models, and distributed systems. Our stack includes MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
• Production experience with Apple StoreKit payments and subscriptions, and production experience with Stripe payments and subscriptions for a B2C product.
• Experience serving within and administering an operational excellence program: production readiness, observability, on call.
• Proven ability to lead projects from concept through launch, balancing speed and quality, and to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners to deliver business impact.
• Experience sourcing, screening, hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers, with strong communication and leadership skills.
• An AI-forward mindset, with curiosity about applying emerging technologies to improve developer and product experiences.