Engineering Manager - Search

eventbrite; United States; Remote; USD 141,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Eventbrite seeks a Remote Engineering Manager - Search to lead a team responsible for enhancing search capabilities across their platforms. This role emphasizes technical leadership, collaboration with design and product teams, and driving innovation in processes aimed at delivering exceptional user experiences for event discovery. The ideal candidate will have a robust technical background, a passion for mentorship, and a track record of successfully managing engineering teams.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Wellness allowance

Financial planning services

Flexible remote working environment

BriteBreaks (first Friday of the month off)

Qualifications

• 1+ years experience in engineering leadership and people management.
• Experience working with Search/Ranking/Retrieval algorithms.
• Experience in building early-stage consumer products.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of software engineers with a focus on search.
• Drive innovation in processes and strategies across the team.
• Support career growth and leadership for engineers.

Skills

Search Algorithms

Technical Leadership

Software Design

Machine Learning

Information Retrieval

Cloud Technologies

Full Stack Development

Operational Excellence

Team Management

Job description

Remote in US , Engineering Manager - Search

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

Find: something specific (i.e Oktoberfest Fest),
Discover: discover what they would like to do (i.e. yoga this weekend for free)
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 a team of software engineers
• 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
• 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
• 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 managing 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)

$141,600—$254,900 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.