Engineering Manager

Red Ventures; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) with match

Paid Parental Bonding

Flexible PTO

PTO accrual 20 days, 25 days after 5 y

Job summary

Red Ventures' The Points Guy unit is expanding into a consumer product company and building AI-native experiences that help users maximize points and travel. As Engineering Manager, you will lead delivery for your team, translating product and business goals into sequenced work.

You will hire and mentor 5–8 engineers, drive performance cycles, and push AI-enabled development into daily workflows while maintaining a high engineering bar and a psychologically safe environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineers on consumer-facing products at scale.
• Proven track record of promoting and growing engineers.
• Hands-on credibility in design reviews and technical discussions.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery and daily execution translating goals into sequenced work.
• Hire, develop, and manage a team of 5-8 engineers.
• Lead regular performance feedback and career development conversations.
• Improve velocity, estimation, and quality while maintaining engineering bar.
• Scop e risk and trade-offs with product, design, and business stakeholders.
• Partner with Principal Engineer to keep technical direction coherent.
• Push AI-assisted development into daily workflow.
• Create a psychologically safe environment for honest feedback.

Skills

Team leadership

People development

Technical credibility

Delivery accountability

Trade-off evaluation

Direct feedback

Job description

About The Role

The Points Guy is transforming from a media business into a consumer product company. For fifteen years we helped millions of people master points, miles, and travel through content. Now we are building the products that do it for them, including AI-native, consumer-facing experiences that act on a user's behalf. The engineering problems in front of us are about engagement, growth, and active users, not page views.

What You'll Do

• Own delivery and daily execution for your team, translating product and business goals into scoped, sequenced work.
• Hire, develop, and manage a team of 5-8 engineers spanning junior to senior, matching people to work based on skill, growth goals, and priority.
• Run the full performance cycle for your team: regular feedback, reviews, and career development conversations that actually move people forward.
• Drive the process changes that improve your team's velocity, estimation, and quality, and hold the line on the engineering bar day to day.
• Act as the default liaison between your team and product, design, and business stakeholders, scoping risk and trade-offs on new work before it starts.
• Partner with other Engineering Managers and the Principal Engineer to keep technical direction coherent across teams.
• Push AI-assisted development into your team's daily workflow, not as an experiment but as how the work gets done.
• Create a psychologically safe environment where engineers do their best work and tell you the truth about what's not working.

What We're Looking For

• Experience leading a team of engineers through delivery, ideally on consumer-facing products at some scale.
• A track record of developing people: engineers who worked for you got promoted, got better, or both.
• Hands-on technical credibility. You don't need to write production code every week, but you can go deep enough in design reviews and technical conversations to be a real partner to your team and to the Principal Engineer, not just a scheduler of their work.
• Comfort owning outcomes you don't fully control: you're accountable for your team's delivery and morale even when the ask changes under you.
• sufficient to evaluate technical trade-offs and coach engineers through them.
• A bias toward direct, specific feedback over vague encouragement, and the follow-through to make change stick.

Compensation

Total Cash Compensation Range: $130,000 - $210,000 per year

Actual compensation varies based on location, experience, and qualifications.

• Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) with match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO): We believe time to rest and recharge is essential. That's why we offer a generous and flexible PTO policy. Full-time employees accrue 20 days of PTO for a full calendar year annually, with an increase to 25 days after five years of service.

Who We Are

Red Ventures is a global portfolio of high-growth companies - spanning several U.S. businesses, a joint venture in the health services industry, and strategic investments in Europe. Their businesses include The Points Guy, Lonely Planet, Bankrate, the Allconnect Platform, RV Home Client Growth, RV Growth & Transformation, Sage Home Loans Corporation, and more. Across the portfolio, Red Ventures businesses deliver seamless digital experiences for consumers, help Fortune 100 clients solve large-scale digital growth challenges, and create world-class experiences and opportunities for employees. Learn more at redventures.com and follow @RedVentures on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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