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Engineering Manager, Experimentation

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full-remoteleadpermanentengineering-managementbackend United States Yesterday via LinkedIn
163,000 - 224,070 USD/annual

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Tags

Engineering ManagementBackend EngineeringInfrastructureObservabilityIncident ResponseDistributed TeamsRoadmappingGoSnowflakeAirflow

About the role

Role Overview

Engineering Manager, Experimentation for a client in the Enterprise Technology space. You will lead technical initiatives focused on scalable systems, platform reliability, and business transformation, partnering across engineering, product, operations, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of engineers (coaching, feedback, performance management)
  • Partner with Product Management and Design to define and prioritize the project roadmap
  • Ensure delivery of features on time and to quality standards
  • Collaborate with other teams on infrastructure decisions and dependency management
  • Communicate project roadmaps, risks, and progress to engineering and stakeholders
  • Establish team norms to improve collaboration and engagement
  • Drive improvements in reliability and incident response for data infrastructure
  • Participate in hiring to grow the engineering team

Requirements

  • 3+ years in software engineering, including 2+ years managing backend or infrastructure engineers
  • Strong ability to align engineering execution with business goals through Product Management
  • Proven communication skills for distributed teams across time zones
  • Experience mentoring engineers and managing performance
  • Familiarity with observability practices for production infrastructure
  • Experience leading experimentation/experimentation-adjacent initiatives is implied by the role title

Nice to Haves

  • Experience with Go or similar backend languages (Java, Python, Rust)
  • Familiarity with data warehousing (Snowflake, Redshift)
  • Familiarity with data pipeline tools (Airflow)

Location & Compensation

  • Remote (US-based candidates only); no visa sponsorship
  • Compensation: $163,000 – $224,070 annually

Benefits

  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Mental health benefits
  • RSUs (Restricted Stock Units)
  • Bonus target: 10%

Scraped 8/4/2026