Engineering Manager

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

QuinStreet's Modernize division in Austin, TX, is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead backend engineers, own technical decisions, and drive delivery for high-scale home-improvement platforms.

You will mentor engineers, align technical and product strategy with senior leaders, ensure architectural excellence, and scale teams across remote and cross-functional contexts while balancing autonomy with accountability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend software development experience.
• At least 3 years in a leadership role (Team Lead or Engineering Manager).
• Experience leading remote, cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of frontend and backend development, software testing, and CI/CD.
• Experience designing and implementing software solutions.
• Understanding of reliable architecture principles.
• Experience with Git, Jira, and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Act as a supporting leader for individual contributors in one or more small teams.
• Coach and align direction to drive performance and outcomes.
• Support agile practices and help the team iterate effectively.
• Handle recruitment, onboarding, and capacity management.
• Ensure the product's technical excellence and architecture.

Skills

Backend development

Team leadership

People management

CI/CD

Git Jira Confluence

Cloud AWS/Azure

Analytical skills

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

Kubernetes

Job description

Powering Performance Marketplaces in Digital Media

QuinStreet is a pioneer in powering decentralized online marketplaces that match searchers and “research and compare” consumers with brands. We run these virtual- and private-label marketplaces in one of the nation’s largest media networks.

Our industry leading segmentation and AI-driven matching technologies help consumers find better solutions and brands faster. They allow brands to target and reach in-market customer prospects with pinpoint segment-by-segment accuracy, and to pay only for performance results.

Our campaign-results-driven matching decision engines and optimization algorithms are built from over 20 years and billions of dollars of online media experience.

We believe in:

• The direct measurability of digital media.
• Performance marketing. (We pioneered it.)
• The advantages of technology.

We bring all this together to deliver truly great results for consumers and brands in the world’s biggest channel.

Become Part of QuinStreet - Modernize

Modernize is made up of a diverse group of passionate individuals that share a common mission to help homeowners make their houses into homes and help home improvement professionals grow their businesses. With over 26 years in business, 6M+ homeowner inquiries per year, and 800+ home service professionals in our network, we are transforming home improvement by creating smarter, more connected experiences — supporting homeowners to make confident decisions and empowering professionals to grow with solutions built for today's market.

Modernize is the flagship home services brand of QuinStreet, Inc. (Nasdaq: QNST), a leader in performance marketing. Our headquarters sit in the heart of downtown Austin, TX on Congress Avenue, with team members working both in-office and remotely across the U.S.

This job is for you if

• You enjoy leading engineers and helping them grow, not just managing their output.
• You're comfortable owning technical decisions and being accountable for the results.
• You strive to empower your teams for success - autonomy with accountability
• You want to solve real problems at scale in a business that processes millions of homeowner inquiries a year.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a supporting leader for individual contributors (Software Engineers) in one or more small teams.
• Supporting the education and vision of individuals on the team to align direction and drive performance and outcomes.
• Supporting agile practices and helping the team iterate effectively.
• People and skills management.
• Ensuring the product's technical excellence.
• Software and solution architecture.
• Recruitment and retention.
• Onboarding and training.
• Capacity management.
• Accountable for Team performance and productivity.
• Ensuring effective collaboration and communication with related functions.

Your Future Role Will Include

• Hiring, mentoring, and managing performance within the team.
• Improving delivery flow and refining how the team works day-to-day.
• Monitoring and analyzing team performance metrics to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Providing regular reporting and metrics to the Director of Engineering to enable effective decision-making.
• Collaborating with the Director of Engineering, your peers, and senior leaders to align technical and product strategies.
• Overseeing the technical and architectural design processes.
• Overseeing the technical strategy implementation.
• Tracking system performance according to non-functional requirements and ensuring adherence.
• Leading internal functional and cross-functional projects to optimize the development process.

You're Going to Need This to Be Successful

• Highly self-motivated and results-oriented team player.
• 7+ years of experience in backend software development, with at least 3 years in a leadership position (Team Lead or Engineering Manager).
• Experience in people management and leading remote, cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of software development processes, including frontend and backend development, software testing, and CI/CD.
• Experience designing and implementing software solutions.
• Strong understanding of the principles of building reliable architecture.
• Experience with software development tools such as Git, Jira, and Confluence.
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with a range of development processes (Kanban, Scrum, etc.).
• DevOps mindset.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Development experience in different programming languages.

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