Engineering Manager - Search

Eventbrite, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 141,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a dynamic team focused on enhancing user experiences for event goers. This role involves mentoring engineers, refining software design processes, and driving innovation within a collaborative environment. You'll work closely with design and product teams to empower users in discovering events that resonate with them. If you're passionate about creating meaningful experiences and fostering a diverse, inclusive culture, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a company committed to supporting its employees' well-being and professional growth in a rapidly evolving industry.

Benefits

Wellness allowance

Family planning benefit

Financial planning service

First Friday of every month off

Qualifications

• 1+ years experience in engineering leadership and managing diverse teams.
• Experience in consumer product development and cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of software engineers and drive innovation in processes.
• Support career growth and maintain communication with leadership.

Skills

Engineering leadership

People management

Software design and architecture

Consumer product development

Cloud technologies (AWS)

Search algorithms

Full stack development

Incident management

Tools

OpenSearch

ElasticSearch

Solr

Job description

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 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
• 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 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.