Senior Engineering Manager | Growth

8am

1d • $150,000 - $180,000

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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)
• 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
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation

Responsibilities

• Deploying product updates
• Building scalable growth infrastructure
• Optimizing conversion funnels
• Implementing integrations that meet customer needs while enabling rapid experimentation and data-driven decision making
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Health Insurance Coverage: We offer our 8Team a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit your needs, including a 100% company-paid HDHP plan for employees.
• Financial perks: We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including annual bonuses, equity options and 401(k) or RRSP if in Canada, with a company match for all team members.
• Time for what matters: Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, and a parental leave program for our new parents.
• Wellness: Wellness stipends, mental health support, and one-on-one nutrition coaching.
• Learning and Development: Continuous learning through 8am.edu, leadership programs, professional development funds, and individually focused talent development.
• Giving back to the communities around us: Participate in our charitable matching gift program, paid time off for volunteer service, and company-sponsored volunteer events (both local and virtually).
• Engagement: Virtual and in-person team-building events, quarterly award recognition through our Rise & Shine Award of Excellence Program, and our peer-to-peer appreciation platform.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level