Engineering Manager, UX

Replit; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) with match

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability

Parental Leave

PTO

Commuter Benefits

Wellness Stipend

Autonomous Work Environment

Office Set-Up Reimbursement

Team Gatherings

Office Amenities

Job summary

Replit is seeking an Engineering Manager, UX to lead a frontend team building AI-driven user interfaces. You will bridge design and engineering to create intuitive experiences across devices while crafting production-ready UI frameworks.

You will mentor engineers, align design/product with technical strategy, and shape the future of AI UI at Replit.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of engineering management experience leading frontend teams.
• Proven ability to deliver ambitious cross-team projects.
• Strong skills in React, CSS, mobile web and Figma.
• Excellent communication, mentoring and career development abilities.
• User-focused mindset with strong UX sensibilities.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and grow a frontend engineering team.
• Define technical vision for UI frameworks to ship high quality experiences.
• Collaborate with design and product to prioritize requirements.
• Set a long-term vision for AI user interfaces and sequencing steps.
• Balance design input with technical constraints, timelines, and resources.
• Improve quality, performance, and usage of key UI surfaces.

Skills

Engineering management

React

CSS

CSS frameworks

Mobile web

Figma

Leadership

Communication

Recruiting

UI craftsmanship

Job description

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.

About the role:

We're seeking an Engineering Manager, UX to help build the future of AI user interfaces. In this role, you'll build and manage a team that bridges design and engineering to create intuitive, performant user interfaces that make software creation accessible on any device. You'll guide your team in building production-ready frameworks and patterns that enable high-quality in-product experiences. You’ll also help your team build core user interfaces for interacting with AI.

You will:

• Build, mentor, and grow a team of frontend engineers, reenforcing Replit’s culture of UI excellence and craft.
• Define the technical vision and strategy for building/extending user interface frameworks in order to help Replit ship high quality user experiences fast.
• Engage design and product engineering teams to understand, triage, and prioritize requirements.
• Set an ambitious vision for the future of AI user interfaces, and help the team sequence the steps to make it a reality.
• Help the Design team tastefully refine designs by taking into account technical constraints, timelines and resources.
• Use your deep understanding of technology, the product, and UI, to increase the quality, performance and usage of Replit’s most important surfaces.

Required skills and experience:

• 4+ years of engineering management experience with a track record of building and scaling high-performing teams. Proven experience delivering ambitious projects that require coordinating across multiple teams / departments.
• Deep technical experience in many of the following: React, CSS, CSS frameworks, mobile web, Figma.
• Excellent communication skills to balance technical leadership with people management, including mentoring, performance management, and career development.
• Obsession with the user experience.
• Great recruiting experience in building talent dense teams.
• Adaptability to be ready and able to lead through changing needed requirements.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Active Replit user.
• Experience building products that use AI.
• Background or experience in Design.

This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office. The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:

• Competitive Salary & Equity
• 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)
• Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
• Commuter Benefits (In-Office & US Only)
• Monthly Wellness Stipend
• Autonomous Work Environment
• In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only)
• Quarterly Team Gatherings
• In Office Amenities (In-Office Only)

Want to learn more about what we are up to?

• Self-driving Company
• Replit Agent at Scale
• AI Adoption
• Build Open-Source Apps

Interviewing + Culture at Replit

• Operating Principles
• Reasons not to work at Replit

To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.