Engineering Manager

RevenueCat, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity

Remote work

Learning stipend

Workspace stipend

Job summary

RevenueCat is a remote-first company building the default monetization platform for mobile apps. We seek an engineering manager to design, build, ship and support end-to-end features that help developers grow their business.

You will mentor engineers, lead cross-functional collaboration with product and design, and drive roadmap execution in a distributed team. You will balance feature delivery with technical debt and system improvements, perform code reviews, and contribute to high-quality

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• 3+ years of experience managing software engineering teams.
• Experience working cross functionally to build prioritized roadmaps for teams.
• Ability to balance shipping new features, managing technical debt and system improvements.
• Hands-on with code reviews and bug investigation when needed.
• Comfort writing SQL queries to analyze data and find inconsistencies.
• Work with team to deliver value and quality software through shorter iterative cycles.
• Improve product quality to meet requirements, customer needs and SLAs.
• Provide technical leadership and guide engineers on key decisions.
• Coaching engineers in career development.
• Customer obsessed, prioritizing outcomes and experiences.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a highly engaged distributed team by hiring, supporting, coaching the team to deliver consistently and continuously seek ways to make an impact.
• Work cross functionally with product, design and support to set direction and anticipate scaling challenges.
• Iteratively execute the roadmap and build transparent processes for predictable delivery.
• Coach and mentor engineers for professional development.
• Collaborate with other engineering managers to improve the organization and foster ownership and inclusivity.

Skills

6+ years software engineering

3+ years managing teams

cross-functional roadmapping

shipping features vs tech debt

hands-on code reviews

SQL queries

iterative development

quality-focused delivery

technical leadership

coaching engineers

customer obsession

Job description

RevenueCat removes the headaches of building and scaling in‑app subscriptions. Since graduating from YC’s S18 batch we’ve grown into the default monetization platform for mobile: we’re in >40% of newly shipped subscription apps, we process $12B+ in annual purchase volume, and we help everyone from a solo dev in Brazil to the OpenAI mobile team understand and grow their revenue.

We’re a remote‑first crew of 150+, spread across 25+ countries, and guided by values we actually practice: Customer Obsession, Always Be Shipping, Own It, and Balance. If you want your work to touch hundreds of millions of end‑users (and help the developers behind them get paid), you’ll fit right in.

We are looking for an engineering manager to join our team and help design, build, ship and support end to end features and products that will help developers grow their business. We want to bring somebody onboard who is very technical, hands‑on, product‑focused, can grow their team and is passionate about building web‑based tools with a great user experience that solve customer problems.

About you:

• You have 6+ years of experience as a software engineer.

• You have 3+ years of experience managing software engineering teams.

• You have experience working cross functionally to build prioritized roadmaps for your teams.

• You can balance shipping new features, managing tech debt and investing in system improvements.

• You are hands‑on and perform code reviews and bug investigation when needed.

• You are comfortable writing SQL queries to analyze data and find inconsistencies.

• You work with your team to ensure that they are consistently producing value and quality software through shorter iterative development cycles.

• You work with your team to improve the quality of our products, ensuring that they meet product requirements, customer needs, and SLAs.

• You provide technical leadership to the team and can work with engineers to help guide them into important technical decisions.

• You have experience working with engineers at different levels and have coached them in their career development.

• You are customer obsessed, prioritizing their outcomes and experiences

Responsibilities:

• Build and lead a highly engaged distributed team by hiring, supporting, coaching the team to deliver consistently and continuously seek ways to make an impact.

• Work cross functionally primarily with product, design and support teams to set direction for the team, anticipate strategic and scaling related challenges through thoughtful long term planning

• Work with your team on the iterative execution of the roadmap and build efficient & transparent processes for consistent and predictable delivery.

• Coach and mentor engineers on the team to further their professional development.

• Work with other engineering managers to continuously improve our organization & create a strong sense of ownership, belonging and inclusivity.

In the first month, you’ll:

• Get up to speed on our current technical projects

• Meet every contributor on your team and understand what their areas of expertise are

• Meet EMs and PMs from other teams to understand what those teams are doing.

• Work with your team and understand how we do iterative development and the team processes

• Collaborate with your design and product peers to understand current team priorities.

• Schedule 1:1’s with your team to get to know them better

Within the first 3 months, you’ll:

• Have shipped your first big feature and learned about what worked (and what didn’t)

• Collaborate with the product and design team and deliver quarterly planning

• Understand how RevenueCat is used by customers and the areas of focus for your team to help build a better customer experience.

• Work with your team to define milestones and deliverables and ensure that the team is shipping iteratively.

• Understand the short and long term goals of your team, and help them with their career planning and progression

• Work with the recruiting team and your peers to hire for the company.

Within the first 6 months, you’ll:

• Have established and refined processes to enable shipping fast and reliably

• Understand the team dynamics and be able to predict team capacity around project execution and are now planning ahead for the team

• Champion technical improvements and debt reduction alongside feature development

• Be part of technical discussions and guide the team to come to an optimal solution

Within the first 12 months, you’ll:

• Have built domain knowledge and can easily debug, route and prioritize any incoming triage issues

• Have established clear communication guidelines within the team to enable open and honest communication

• Have helped bring in the right talent to RevenueCat through interviews, sourcing and screening for candidates who are aligned with our company values

• Have built trust with the team through relationship building, mentoring and coaching and providing them opportunities and timely feedback to help them grow

• Have a thorough understanding of how our product works and are able to communicate and guide the team in planning and prioritizing work and finding opportunities

What we offer:

• Competitive equity in a fast-growing, Series C startup backed by top-tier investors, including Y Combinator

• 10-year window to exercise vested equity options

• Fully remote and flexible work environment

• 4-5 weeks of suggested time off annually for mental, physical, and emotional recharge

• $2,000 USD for workspace setup and $1,000 USD annual stipend for continuous learning

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