Senior Engineering Manager, 8am
Growth
$150-180k
The salary range for performing this role outside of the US / Austin / California may differ. Offers annual bonuses and equity options
Professional business platform for client-focused professionals
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Professional business platform for client-focused professionals
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-180k
The salary range for performing this role outside of the US / Austin / California may differ. Offers annual bonuses and equity options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower professionals with the most trusted, innovative technology to deliver world-class outcomes for their clients and exceptional financial results for their business.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- The Senior Engineering Manager, Growth is responsible for leading engineering teams focused on building the infrastructure, tooling, and experiences that drive data-driven growth across our product portfolio
- This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our transformation from an exclusively sales-led organization focused on point solution adoption to a nimble multi-channel, multi-service platform that grows with our customers
- You will lead two core teams: the Growth Enablement team building foundational infrastructure (customer data platforms, experimentation frameworks, feature flagging systems, and analytics infrastructure), and the First Time Use team optimizing trial experiences, onboarding flows, and activation moments that drive conversion and early engagement
- This position will 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
- Urgency: You move quickly, ship iteratively, and prioritize speed of learning over perfect solutions—building MVPs that validate hypotheses rapidly
- Adaptability: Thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift based on data, and can pivot technical approaches when experiments suggest a better path forward
- Innovative Thinker: Excitement for building elegant technical solutions that enable delightful user experiences and unlock new growth capabilities
Our take
Many professionals find their time taken up by administrative tasks and operational processes, leaving them fewer hours to focus on the work they love. 8am (formerly AffiniPay) supplies finance, payments and management software to make these processes swifter and easier, saving users precious time.
The company has a wide range of products including payments and reporting for accountants, legal case management software, and operations assistance for nonprofits. This broad scope allows 8am to serve a myriad of professionals across legal, accounting, construction, design and association.
The company has seen significant investment which has allowed it to grow, innovate and extend its suite of solutions. Its rebrand to 8am followed a series of acquisitions through which it expanded its scope - with the various products now delivered under one unified brand.
Steph
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Company
Company benefits
- Wide range of affordable, company-supported medical, dental, vision, and disability plans
- Reimbursements for whatever helps you bring the WOW, whether that’s health and wellness or learning
- Mental health support and an Employee Assistance Program
- Access to cutting-edge conferences, professional manager coaching and ongoing professional development
- Bonuses and unit options as part of our total rewards packages
- Team meetings, company-wide all-hands, and offsite events
- Office, remote & hybrid work options
Company HQ
Davenport Ranch West, Austin, TX
Leadership
Dru Armstrong
(CEO)Advisor for Women@Austin and Board Member at YPO. Former CEO of Grace Hill, and co-founded and was CEO at Lily Pod.
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