Software Engineering Manager, Demandbase
$204-306k
Go-To-Market engagement & marketing software
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Go-To-Market engagement & marketing software
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$204-306k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To transform how B2B companies go to market.
Role
Who you are
- Demandbase is looking for a technically deep Engineering Manager who is ready to take the next step in their leadership journey
- This role is ideal for a Staff or Principal Engineer transitioning into management, or a new manager with experience leading highly technical teams
- A Staff+ engineer or early-career manager with a technical foundation and a growing passion for leadership
- Proven ability to drive large-scale technical initiatives with cross-functional alignment
- Strong communicator who can bridge technical and business priorities, and foster collaboration across teams
- A hands-on technical leader — comfortable engaging in architecture discussions and digging into complex systems when needed
- Passion for helping engineers grow through mentorship, feedback, and clear goals
- Interest in leveraging AI and automation to improve developer experience and product capabilities
- Strong background in agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.)
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 1–3 years in a leadership capacity (e.g., Tech Lead, Staff+, or People Manager)
- Demonstrated success leading delivery of distributed systems or cloud-native platforms
- Proficient in one or more modern backend languages (Java, Scala, Python preferred)
- Experience with modern CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Deep understanding of system design, architectural trade-offs, and performance tuning at scale
- Hands-on experience with AI-driven development tools and their integration into engineering workflows
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent real-world experience
What the job involves
- You’ll lead a team (or teams) focused on delivering scalable, performant systems with measurable customer impact, while continuing to operate with technical credibility — from guiding architecture to reviewing code and unblocking complex problems
- You’ll partner with Staff Engineers and Product Managers to align technical execution with product strategy and bring AI-powered B2B solutions to life
- Lead and grow a team of engineers, focusing on individual development, team cohesion, and high-quality software delivery
- Drive execution across projects involving scalable microservices, distributed systems, and data platforms — ensuring technical excellence, velocity, and customer impact
- Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to translate product vision into actionable technical roadmaps
- Stay hands-on by participating in technical design reviews, code reviews, architectural planning, and incident retrospectives
- Support your team in delivering high-impact work while maintaining quality, security, and system resiliency
- Partner with Staff and Principal Engineers to integrate generative and agentic AI capabilities into our platform to drive customer outcomes
- Champion modern engineering practices such as continuous delivery, test automation, observability, and cloud-native deployment
- Cultivate a culture of trust, ownership, and inclusion — leading by example and coaching engineers through career growth and decision-making
- Lead with impact: You’ll directly influence our most strategic technical initiatives and drive key outcomes for our customers and business
- Stay close to the tech: We value technical leadership and expect our managers to stay engaged in architecture and code
- Grow as a people leader: You’ll have the support to grow your leadership skills through mentorship, peer networks, and real experience
- Innovate with AI: Be at the forefront of integrating generative and agentic AI into a platform used by modern B2B teams
Our take
B2B buyers face challenges that aren't met by most off-the-shelf marketing and sales software. Focused on customer sales (or converted from customer sales software), it usually fails to take into account the long sales cycles, unique advertising requirements, and account management needs of business sales. Since 2006, Demandbase has been here to change that with its account-based marketing platform designed specifically for B2B sales.
Competition in the digital sales space has heated up and Demandbase isn't the only B2B marketing firm in the sector, with other companies such as 6sense and Terminus offering marketing solutions. However Demandbase stands out by being the only demand-side platform built specifically for B2B advertising. This gives it a much more accurate identification of purchasing accounts and more precise targeting of advertising spend compared to its competitors.
Demandbase boasts a large and growing customer base including major clients such as Siemens, VISA and General Electric. On the back of several new updates and launches, as well as record bookings and strong revenue growth, the company has secured significant funds that will be used to support its next wave of platform innovation. The company was also recognised by Research In Action as a Market Leader for 2024 on its Vendor Selection Matrix™ for Revenue Marketing Automation Solutions.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2017
$65m
SERIES H
Jul 2015
$30m
LATE VC
Total funding: $158m
Company benefits
- Health and Wellness Plans
- Stock Options
- Flexible Time Off & Holidays
- Family Friendly Benefits
- Remote Friendly
- Inclusive and Open Company Culture
- Professional Development
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Chris Golec
(Board Director)Founded Demandbase and was CEO until 2019. Is currently CEO of Channel99. Was previously Global Marketing Manager for General Electric and a Product Development Engineer with DuPont.
Gabe Rogol
(CEO, not founder)Was Senior VP of Sales and CRO at Dealbase before stepping up to CEO. Previously was VP Sales & Marketing with IDG.
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