Engineering Manager, International Expansion

The RealReal; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

401K with Company Match

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

9 Paid Company Holidays

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

The RealReal is seeking a technical leader to guide a team of engineers building the systems that power our customer experience. You will drive scalable, reliable services across our commerce platform and collaborate with product, ML, and marketing to enable international capabilities.

You will mentor engineers, oversee Ruby on Rails and Elixir cores, and foster a culture of continuous learning and performance optimization to support growth.

Qualifications

• Experience managing distributed, cloud-native systems at scale.
• Collaborates with machine learning teams.
• Strong relational DB knowledge (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Proven leadership and ability to mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor software engineers designing high-quality solutions.
• Drive scalability and international expansion of the e-commerce platform.
• Collaborate with product, ML, and marketing to enable international capabilities.
• Oversee Ruby on Rails and Elixir core systems for performance and security.
• Foster continuous learning and engineering excellence.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architectures

Leadership

Relational databases

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Elixir

Jamstack

Salesforce

Job description

About The Role

In this role, you will lead a team of engineers building and evolving the systems that power our customer experience. You will guide engineers in delivering robust, scalable solutions across our commerce platform, driving improvements that directly enhance how our customers shop, buy, and engage with us every day. This position involves close collaboration with cross-functional partners, including Product and ML, and managing integrations with our internal systems to keep operations running seamlessly as the business grows. This role is ideal for a technical leader with strong distributed-systems depth and a track record of developing engineers, who is excited by the challenge of building at e-commerce scale.

What You Get To Do Every Day

• You will lead and mentor a team of talented software engineers in designing and implementing high-quality software solutions.
• Lead the engineering efforts in our e-commerce platform, focusing on scalability, user experience, and international expansion strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, ML team, and marketing, to develop and implement international capabilities to buyers.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of our core systems built on Ruby on Rails and Elixir, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
• Mentor and manage a team of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement, encouraging team members to explore new technologies and practices.
• Work cross-functionally with various teams to align engineering activities with broader company objectives.

What You Bring To The Role

Minimum Requirements

• Proven track record in managing and scaling distributed, public cloud-native systems and services.
• Hands-on experience in collaborating with machine learning teams.
• Strong understanding of relational database systems (MySQL or PostgreSQL preferred).
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to mentor and inspire a team of engineers.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong system design fundamentals and some real people-management experience, with a track record of helping engineers level up.

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in Ruby on Rails development and architecture.
• Experience in working on and improving performance of Jamstack based applications.
• Experience with CRMs such as Salesforce.
• Experience with Elixir or a willingness to learn and incorporate it into our tech stack.
• Experience with localization / internationalization and cross-border systems in larger organizations.

Compensation, Benefits, + Perks

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 401K with Company Match
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• 9 Paid Company Holidays
• Flexible Time Off (With Manager Approval)
• Find out more about our Benefits here.