Engineering Manager at Pathstream

Engineering Manager

Pathstream | Engineering | Remote or Hybrid (preferably San Francisco-based)

SUMMARY:

Pathstream is looking for an Engineering Manager with a couple of years of technical leadership or management experience to join and grow a high-performing team of individual contributors.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with between 5-7 years of software engineering experience looking to build on their leadership skills and make a direct impact. If you’ve previously held Director, Head, or VP-level roles, this position may not align with your current career goals.

You’ll be responsible for leading the development of internal tools that scale our business systems in areas like learning, training, and development management. These tools support operational efficiency, with features including scheduling, notifications, admin tools, contact management, self-service enrollment, assessments, and grading. This new team is critical in ensuring our platforms are scalable, reliable, and able to deliver exceptional user experiences while supporting our rapid growth.

This is a full-time, salaried position that reports to an engineering director.

WHAT WE DO:

Pathstream was founded on the premise that substantial unrealized economic & human potential exists within each organization’s frontline workforce. We are reshaping the way employees and managers on the frontlines excel in their careers. In this age of rapid tech evolution, our enterprise partnerships transform frontline teams from transactional to relational, from back office to middle office, and from task-oriented to strategic. We impact companies’ bottom lines with improved productivity, increased retention, and differentiated quality of customer experience; employees experience the benefits of greater success in their current roles while unlocking future professional growth.

We’re a tight-knit, hardworking, mission-driven team of ~60 employees who are eager to scale our solution and transform careers across the United States. Want to learn more?

THE ROLE:

• Manage, lead, and grow a 4+ person engineering team fostering a culture of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, ownership, and continuous learning in the world of platform development and tools.
• Own execution towards the technical vision and roadmap for platform services and tools, ensuring it aligns with broader company goals and development team user needs.
• Prioritize scalability and performance optimization, ensuring the business can handle explosive contract growth and deliver a seamless user experience.
• Collaborate closely with product engineering teams to ensure seamless integration with the platform, enabling them to deliver impactful features quickly and efficiently.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the latest technologies, tools, and best practices that modern tech companies use. This includes things like data tooling, CRMS, and developer tooling.
• Effectively delegate tasks and projects, ensuring ownership and accountability.
• Conduct performance reviews, provide career guidance, and foster a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Build strong relationships and collaborate effectively across different teams within the organization.
• Develop a deep understanding of the business's needs and structure the team to deliver on them most effectively.

ABOUT YOU:

• 5 – 7 years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years' hands-on with a solid understanding of various technical domains; and 2-3 years in a tech lead role or 1-2 years in a management role, focusing on leadership and team development.
• Well-developed stakeholder management skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence key partners to drive positive outcomes.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, problem-solving in unclear situations, flexibility with shifting and changing priorities, being proactive and taking the initiative, and making data-driven decisions to achieve business metrics.
• Proven experience leading, developing, and mentoring engineers across various levels and expertise.
• Demonstrated background in building and maintaining robust engineering systems with a deep understanding of scalability best practices and experience designing and implementing solutions that can handle significant growth.
• Highly collaborative and enjoys contributing to the professional development of team members; has effective communication skills with the ability to make complex concepts easy for anyone to understand.
• Understanding of various domains, infrastructure automation, platform security, and DevOps practices and principles; our tech stack environment includes Ruby on Rails, React, JavaScript, Docker, PostgreSQL, and AWS.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Transparent and social culture, challenging work, fast learning cycles, practical training, and meaningful feedback
• Strong sense of ownership and strategic work that impacts our product, users, colleagues, business, and world
• Opportunity to work out of our San Francisco or New York offices for those in these geographies
  
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience + equity depending on candidate experience and location
  • Zone 1: $139-$178k (SF, NYC)
  • Zone 2: $126-$160k
  • Zone 3: $112-$142k
•  Comprehensive benefits package
  • 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and 50% for your partner/spouse and dependents
  • Health, commuter, and parking flexible spending accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program (mental health, financial health, legal support, and more)
  • Free access to wellbeing apps like Ginger and Headspace 
  • Flexible paid time off and paid holidays
  • Generous paid parental leave 
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Annual professional development budget
  • Company-provided laptop
  • Remote-first culture
  • Life insurance (100% company paid)
  • 401(k)

At Pathstream, we believe in equitable compensation and ensuring that our salary bands align with industry standards and regional variances. This approach allows us to reward expertise appropriately and accommodate the varying cost of living in different locations. 

You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. We look forward to learning about your career journey and superpowers.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our company values diversity and believes diverse teams make innovation possible. We work on complex, difficult problems with no linear or clear solutions. We need a diverse team with different perspectives and approaches and whose experiences reflect the full set of stakeholders we seek to serve. As such, Pathstream is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage all qualified applicants from any race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristics to apply.

WORK AUTHORIZATIONS

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

SAN FRANCISCO FAIR CHANCE ORDINANCE

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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