Engineering Team Manager/Team Lead, API & Service Frameworks

Squarespace; New York (NY); On-site; USD 153,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking an Engineering Team Manager to lead a dynamic team focused on API and service frameworks. This hybrid role emphasizes collaboration and mentorship, ensuring the development of resilient and secure services. You'll engage with stakeholders to influence architectural decisions and drive best practices. If you are passionate about technology and leadership, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a thriving environment.

Benefits

100% covered medical premiums

Fertility and adoption benefits

Headspace subscription

Global Employee Assistance Program

Retirement benefits with employer match

Flexible paid time off

20 weeks parental leave

Education reimbursement

Dog-friendly workplace

Free lunch and snacks

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience in Java and Spring.
• 2+ years in a team lead or engineering management role.
• Experience building frameworks or developer tooling at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, guiding technical strategy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to shape core systems.
• Champion development best practices across the organization.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Service-oriented architecture

API architecture

Team leadership

Job description

Squarespace is looking for an Engineering Team Manager to lead the API and Service Frameworks team within the Building Blocks Platform Engineering group. This team owns critical infrastructure—including the public API gateway, Java-based service framework, and external developer portal—that supports both internal development and external integrations. In this high-impact role, you’ll guide technical strategy, grow and mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to shape core systems used across the company.

You will report to the Engineering Manager of the Backend Platform team in our NYC office. This is a hybrid opportunity with three days in the office per week.

You will like working with us if you want to:

• Lead and grow a team of strong engineers centered on empathy – not only do we support internal customers, but we mentor each other, review each other’s code thoughtfully, and collaborate on complex problems.
• Engage with cross-functional partners to shape the future of resilient, performant, and secure services at Squarespace.
• Partner with other leaders to influence larger product, architectural, and organizational choices.
• Champion development best practices across Squarespace

This role is a good fit for you if you:

• Are passionate about evaluating new technologies, setting the standards across a broad set of teams, and eliminating boilerplate.
• Have strong opinions about software development best practices and security by default.
• Are bothered by using outdated or EOL technology, and enjoy ensuring teams are always on a supported, stable versions.
• Believe that internal platform teams should have a product mindset toward our internal customers - we're building things to help product engineers go to market faster, not just because something is cool.
• Collaborate well with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Have experience in service-oriented architecture design and best practices.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience in Java and Spring.
• 2+ years in a team lead, tech lead, or engineering management role.
• Experience building and maintaining frameworks, platforms, or developer tooling at scale.
• Strong understanding of API architecture, lifecycle management, and developer experience.

Benefits & Perks

• A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member
• Pretax commuter benefit
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations
• 8 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Dog-friendly workplace
• Free lunch and snacks
• Private rooftop
• Hack week twice per year

Cash Compensation Range: $153,500 - $247,250 USD

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors.

In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include on-target commissions or overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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