Senior Engineering Manager, Ads

Quizlet • New York, NY

4d • $235,781 - $311,070 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team building Quizlet’s Ads platform team, a core part of how we sustainably support millions of learners worldwide. This team owns the end-to-end ads stack, including programmatic and direct ads, video ads, SDK and exchange integrations, and partnerships with ad quality and measurement vendors,, across web, iOS, and Android.

In this role, you’ll lead and grow a high-performing group of engineers while partnering closely with Product, Data, Design, Revenue, and external partners to shape the ads roadmap and execution. You’ll drive engineering excellence in systems that must balance scale, performance, reliability, user experience, and monetization impact. As a senior leader, you’ll stay technically engaged, influencing architecture, guiding complex integrations, and leading initiatives that improve platform robustness and developer velocity.

This role requires comfort operating across multiple platforms and domains, navigating tradeoffs between product experience and revenue goals, and building systems that perform at global scale.

We’re happy to share that this is an onsite position in our New York office. To help foster team collaboration, we require that employees be in the office a minimum of three days per week: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company. We believe that this working environment facilitates increased work efficiency, team partnership, and supports growth as an employee and organization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years leading engineering teams, ideally in a consumer-facing or platform-oriented environment
• Proven experience delivering business-critical systems that balance monetization goals, user engagement, and long-term technical sustainability
• Strong technical foundation in backend, full-stack, or mobile engineering, with the ability to engage deeply in system design and architectural tradeoffs
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in TypeScript, Swift, or Kotlin/Java, with a strong understanding of production-level mobile or web codebases and the ability to stay technically engaged with the team
• Hands-on experience designing and operating highly scalable, distributed systems that integrate with third-party services or SDKs
• Clear, effective communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and build teams that consistently grow in impact and ownership
• Deep understanding of agile execution, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration
• Strong track record of stakeholder management, aligning engineering delivery with product, revenue, and business priorities

Nice To Haves

• Experience building or scaling advertising, monetization, or marketplace platforms in a publisher or consumer internet company
• Familiarity with programmatic advertising ecosystems, measurement, experimentation, or ad quality / compliance considerations
• Background in performance-sensitive or data-intensive systems (e.g., low-latency APIs, real-time decisioning, analytics pipelines)
• Experience leading teams across multiple platforms (web, iOS, Android) or mobile-first environments
• Hands-on involvement in incident response, on-call rotations, or operational excellence initiatives
• Demonstrated success in hiring, retaining, and developing diverse, high-performing teams

Responsibilities

• Lead and directly manage a team of top-notch software engineers responsible for building and operating publisher advertising systems, including ad delivery, targeting, measurement, and platform capabilities across web and mobile
• Partner closely with Product, Data, Revenue, Design, and Ads business teams to define strategy, roadmap, and success metrics for ads and monetization initiatives
• Own execution and delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams, balancing revenue impact, user experience, platform reliability, and regulatory requirements
• Drive architectural decisions for high-scale, low-latency systems, including third-party integrations, experimentation frameworks, and platform abstractions
• Champion engineering excellence in areas such as system reliability, performance optimization, observability, and safe rollout practices
• Foster an inclusive, feedback-driven team culture that prioritizes psychological safety, technical growth, and career development
• Navigate ambiguity and cross-functional complexity, proactively unblocking dependencies across product lines, platforms, and external partners

Benefits

• Collaborate with your manager and team to create a healthy work-life balance
• 20 vacation days that we expect you to take!
• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, Dental, VSP Choice)
• Employer-sponsored 401k plan with company match
• Access to LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional growth
• Paid Family Leave, FSA, HSA, Commuter benefits, and Wellness benefits
• 40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed