Engineering Manager - Search

eventbrite; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Engineering Manager, where you will lead and inspire a talented team dedicated to enhancing the event experience for millions. This role offers the opportunity to manage multiple engineering teams, driving innovation and efficiency while fostering a collaborative environment. You will play a crucial role in shaping the future of the platform, ensuring that event creators and attendees have the best tools at their disposal. If you are passionate about technology and team development, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a rapidly growing organization.

Benefits

Wellness Allowance

Family Planning Benefits

Financial Planning Services

Monthly BriteBreaks

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Qualifications

• 1+ years in engineering leadership with a focus on team growth.
• Experience in building early-stage consumer products and leading diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple teams of software engineers and drive innovation.
• Support career development and maintain communication with leadership.

Skills

Engineering Leadership

People Management

Software Design

Cloud Technologies (AWS)

Search Algorithms

Full Stack Development

Incident Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenSearch

ElasticSearch

Solr

Job description

THE CHALLENGE

Eventbrite's business continues to grow and scale rapidly, powering millions of events. Event creators and attendees need new tools and technologies that empower them to have the most meaningful live experiences. As an Engineering Manager, you will inspire, mentor, and develop the team that builds this global platform.

THE TEAM

As an Engineering Manager in the Consumer world, you are responsible for a team whose primary customers are event goers when searching at eventbrite.com and the Eventbrite attendee app. You will need to partner with Design and Product to empower users on:

1. Find: something specific (i.e Oktoberfest Fest)
2. Discover: discover what they would like to do (i.e. yoga this weekend for free)
3. Inspire them: I have an open weekend and I don’t know what to do

You’ll refine our software design lifecycle process, clarify design requirements, and accelerate progress. You'll support the career growth of our engineers and provide opportunities to distinguish themselves as they drive impact throughout our organization.

THE ROLE

• Manage multiple teams of software engineers and managers
• Measure velocity and improve efficiency for the team
• Drive change effectively across our organization
• Maintain regular communication with the leadership team
• Take ownership of career development for engineers on the team
• Drive innovation in processes and strategies throughout your business unit
• Lead your team to success on important initiatives even during times of frequent distractions and occasionally conflicting priorities
• Develop a sustainable, healthy environment for your engineers that is engaging, encouraging, and challenging

THE SKILLSET

• 1+ years experience in engineering leadership and people management
• Demonstrated ability to grow and lead high-functioning and diverse engineering teams
• You’re a polyglot with a solid technical background and the ability to contribute to software design and architectural discussions as a player coach
• Experience building early-stage consumer products, applying concepts like experimentation, rapid prototyping, and user research in engineering
• Experience working with a highly collaborative remote-first environment, driving a team that ships code to production often
• Working knowledge of fundamental cloud technologies, preferably within AWS
• Experience working with Search/Ranking/Retrieval algorithms (LTR, Vector Search, Embeddings), Personalization, and Indexing (distributed stream processing, etc.)
• Experience working with Search, Personalization or any other type of indexing, relevance, and information retrieval
• Experience with Search, ML/NLP, Ranking problems at scale
• Experience working with Search Engines such as OpenSearch, ElasticSearch, Solr, etc.
• Experience managing a full stack team
• Experience in incident management, on-call, and Operational Excellence practices

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Eventbrite, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is listed below. You may also be eligible to participate in Eventbrite’s incentive program(s) (such as equity, annual incentive bonus and commission plans), subject to the applicable rules and restrictions.

Pay Transparency Range (US): $140,200—$252,360 USD

ABOUT EVENTBRITE

At Eventbrite, everyone is invited to be their whole self and we cultivate an environment to make sure that is feasible throughout the entirety of an individual's time at Eventbrite. We are committed to providing competitive, valuable, and meaningful benefits and experiences for our employees to ensure we meet them where they are in life.

Cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where all people are invited and belong is our top priority.

Employees can participate in resource groups and we offer global programming and training throughout the year to support a diverse and inclusive workplace. Read more about our Diversity and Inclusion work for our team, culture, and community.

BENEFITS

We offer comprehensive benefits and a wellness package above and beyond standard medical benefits to support our Britelings’ lifestyle.

Eventbrite's global benefit programs are designed to meet you where you are by offering resources and support for your health, well-being, finances, and family. This includes support in a remote environment, wellness allowance, Carrot family planning benefit, Origin Financial Planning service, and other offerings to ease the mind and body like Modern Health and BriteBreaks (generally the first Friday of every month off).

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

At Eventbrite, we are dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, abilities, and experiences to apply, and we make employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics, or any other legally protected characteristic.

If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know.