Senior Engineering Manager

CaptivateIQ • Austin, TX

18h • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Engineering Manager in the Incentive Commission Plans (ICM) pillar, you will lead product teams focused on the Plan Builder persona: the administrators, compensation practitioners, and sales ops leaders who design, iterate on, and operationalize complex incentive plans. You will own a high‑impact portfolio spanning plan design, modeling, workflows, and plan documentation experiences. Your teams will make it easy for plan builders to go from idea → modeled plan → approved plan → signed plan document and live configuration, while ensuring accuracy, auditability, and scale. You will partner closely with Product, Design, and platform and application teams in an API- and platform-first environment. This role is a strong fit if you’ve spent the last several years leading engineering teams, enjoy working at the intersection of product strategy, architecture, and operations, and are excited by building deeply powerful but approachable tools for expert users with complex workflows.

Requirements

• Extensive software development experience as an individual contributor, and a proven track record as an Engineering Manager leading multiple, distributed software engineering teams.
• A strong product sense and a proven track record of delivering high-quality results across the full product lifecycle through lean, outcome focused rituals minimizing unnecessary process.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical depth, diving deep into complex architectural problems and guiding senior engineers to sound decisions.
• A strategic thinker, comfortable setting technical vision over a 6-12 month horizon and managing a complex portfolio of projects.
• Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners in a remote-first environment.
• A track record of hiring and developing senior talent, with a passion for helping engineers advance their careers.
• High sense of ownership and a strong growth mindset; you are a collaborative, humble learner who can thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Python / Typescript & React
• Experience in the B2B SaaS market.
• Experience delivering high-performance, data-intensive user interfaces and robust APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, and grow multiple distributed software engineering teams, fostering a culture of high trust and psychological safety.
• Develop engineering talent across all levels—from junior to staff—through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and team-wide programs that promote delegation and cross-organizational growth
• Own the end-to-end delivery and operational excellence of your teams' portfolio, ensuring critical user-facing systems meet user needs and are reliable and secure at scale.
• Partner with Product, Design, and other cross-functional leaders to set a clear vision, prioritize roadmaps, and align a long-term strategy that optimizes for the entire organization.
• Provide technical leadership and direction by setting architectural guardrails and guiding major technical decisions without being a direct code contributor.
• Establish and uphold rigorous engineering standards, including SLAs/SLOs, security best practices, AI usage and QA processes to accelerate delivery and improve product health.
• Champion inclusive, async-first practices to ensure your teams, distributed across an ~9-hour time zone spread, can collaborate effectively.

Benefits

• 100% of medical, dental, and vision covered including 75% for dependents
• Flexible vacation days and quarterly mental health days so you can recharge
• Enjoy a one-time expense on your 1-year work anniversary (to use for travel, home furnishings, fancy meal)
• Annual stipends for professional development and caretaking (US-ONLY)
• 401k plan to participate in and save towards the future
• Newest Apple products to help you do your best work
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support and celebrate the shared identities and life experiences of communities within CaptivateIQ. ERGs directly support our company-wide DEI goals as a space for developing and retaining diverse talent

What This Job Offers

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