Engineering Manager – Integrations & APIs Lead

Mark43; Manchester (NH); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Private medical, dental, and vision

Parental leave

Pension

Home office equipment allowance

Job summary

Mark43 is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead integrations between the core platform and third-party systems, blending people leadership with delivery management. The role is hybrid, with at least three days per week in our Manchester office, and requires 6+ years of software engineering experience including backend and distributed systems.

You'll work closely with Product and Engineering to define APIs, data pipelines, and messaging layers, while mentoring engineers and ensuring reliability

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience with backend design, distributed systems, and system integrations.
• Demonstrated technical leadership on complex engineering projects, including architecture reviews and mentoring.
• Strong hands-on experience with APIs, webhooks, asynchronous messaging, data pipelines, and stack tech like Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, REST, SQL/MySQL, cloud-native systems.
• Experience leading engineers with technical direction, coaching, project leadership, and people management.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrations between Mark43's core platform and third-party systems; shape architecture and delivery.
• Balance people leadership with delivery timelines for mission-critical integrations.
• Review designs and code; mentor engineers and tackle high-risk distributed-systems work.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to define APIs, data pipelines, and messaging layers.
• Stay hands-on with architecture, reviews, prototyping, debugging, and complex implementation work.
• Improve reliability, scalability, security, observability, and operational readiness of distributed systems.
• Define API contracts and integration patterns with stakeholders and partner teams.
• Foster an inclusive team environment and support engineers' career growth.

Skills

Backend design

Technical leadership

APIs & messaging

People management

Job description

Mark43 is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead integrations between the core platform and third-party systems, blending people leadership with delivery management. The role is hybrid, with at least three days per week in our Manchester office, and requires 6+ years of software engineering experience including backend and distributed systems.

You'll work closely with Product and Engineering to define APIs, data pipelines, and messaging layers, while mentoring engineers and ensuring reliability