Manager, Technical Engineering

ActiveCampaign; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health & Wellness

Growth & Development

Generous Paid Time Off

Total Rewards

Collaborative Culture

Job summary

ActiveCampaign seeks a Manager, Technical Engineering in Heredia to lead a specialized team within T2 Specialty. You will combine hands-on coding with people leadership, debugging alongside core engineers, prototyping AI tooling, and owning team performance.

You will mentor technical reps and specialists, guide architecture decisions, and drive operational health with metrics like TRT/FRT while partnering with Product and AI teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on software engineering or related roles.
• 1–2+ years proven people management or team leadership.
• Ability to read and debug code alongside core Engineering teams.
• Strong fluency with APIs, webhooks, logs, and data pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with ticketing and reporting tools such as Zendesk and Jira.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering leadership by debugging code, API, and architecture level issues, writing scripts, and leading major releases.
• Lead and mentor a growing team of technical reps and specialists with 1:1s and development plans.
• Drive queue and operational health using Zendesk, Telescope, and Jira to balance workload and track trends.
• Own team performance and resolution quality, tracking metrics down to the code level.
• Manage critical escalations by resolving key issues and serving as technical point of contact.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and AI teams on planning and defects.
• Deliver actionable reporting with Looker and SQL dashboards for productivity visibility.
• Drive AI optimization, pilot tooling, and evaluation of LLM/API tooling for feasibility and cost.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

SQL

Team leadership

Code reading

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Zendesk

Jira

Looker

SQL dashboards

API tooling

Job description

ActiveCampaign is seeking a Manager, Technical Engineering in Heredia, Costa Rica to lead a specialized team of Technical Reps and Technical Specialists within T2 Specialty. In this role, you won't just coordinate ticket queues—you will combine hands‑on technical work with people leadership, carrying real technical authority in cross‑functional partnerships. You will read code, debug alongside core Engineering teams, write scripts, evaluate technical designs, contribute to root‑cause analysis at the system level, and personally prototype AI‑assisted tooling while owning team performance and development. If you are passionate about mentoring technical talent, stepping into the code, and driving operational excellence, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact at ActiveCampaign.

On a typical day, you might:

• Provide hands‑on engineering leadership by debugging complex issues at the code, API, and architecture level, writing scripts and internal tools in Python, JavaScript, and SQL to eliminate manual effort, and leading technical due diligence on major releases (e.g., CLARK).

• Lead and mentor a growing team of technical reps and specialists, running 1:1s and huddles with technical mentorship, and building tailored development plans toward specialist and engineering tracks.

• Drive queue and operational health using tools like Zendesk, Telescope, and Jira to manage workload distribution and align staffing with volume trends, while maintaining workflow, macro, and tagging documentation.

• Own team performance and resolution quality by tracking TRT and FRT metrics grounded in technical understanding, ensuring solution correctness down to the code level.

• Manage critical escalations by personally resolving a meaningful share of Tech‑to‑Engineering escalations directly, holding the overall escalation rate to 15%, and serving as the technical point of contact for manager‑level issues.

• Partner cross‑functionally with Product, Engineering, and AI builders, representing your team's technical needs in planning/architecture conversations and tracking defects and enhancements in Jira with deep technical detail.

• Deliver actionable reporting by building and maintaining Looker and SQL dashboards for productivity visibility, proactively flagging process or coverage risks, and contributing to broader Tech/CX initiatives.

• Drive AI optimization and internal tooling by identifying automation candidates, personally building first‑pass prototypes (auto‑tagging, drafting, summarization), helping scale successful pilots to production, and evaluating LLM/API tooling for feasibility and cost.

The ideal candidate will bring:

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in software engineering, technical support engineering, or SRE/DevOps‑adjacent roles, with practical coding proficiency in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and SQL.

• 1–2+ years of proven people management or team‑lead experience, with a focus on guiding and developing technical staff.

• Demonstrated ability to read and debug code, evaluate system architecture, and conduct root‑cause analysis directly alongside core Engineering teams.

• Strong technical fluency with APIs, webhooks, logs, and data pipelines, with the ability to write scripts and queries independently.

• Hands‑on experience with ticketing and reporting tools, including Zendesk, Jira, Looker, or SQL‑based dashboards.

• A proven track record of improving key operational metrics (such as TRT and FRT) in a technical support or engineering‑adjacent environment.

• Experience building, piloting, or working with AI‑assisted tools (e.g., LLM drafting, auto‑tagging, summarization workflows).

• Adaptability and comfort in a fast‑paced environment, with a drive to adopt new tools, languages, and AI‑assisted processes as technology evolves.

• Exceptional communication skills, with the talent to move seamlessly between deep technical conversations with Engineering and plain‑language framing for non‑technical stakeholders.

About ActiveCampaign:

ActiveCampaign is the autonomous marketing platform that gives growing businesses the intelligence to market like a much larger team. Powered by Active Intelligence, ActiveCampaign turns each business’ own data into campaigns, automations, and customer experiences that get smarter over time. Learn more at activecampaign.com.

As a global multicultural company, we are proud of our inclusive culture which embraces diverse voices, backgrounds, and perspectives. We don’t just celebrate our differences, we believe our diversity is what empowers our innovation and success. You can find out more about our DEI initiatives here.

Perks and Benefits:

At ActiveCampaign, we prioritize employees’ well‑being and professional growth by cultivating a culture centered on collaboration and innovation. When you join our team, you’ll not only have the opportunity to make a significant impact, but also enjoy a range of benefits tailored to support your personal and career development.

Here are some of the benefits we offer:

-Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Top‑tier benefits package that includes medical and dental benefits paid 100% by ActiveCampaign for you and your dependents, complimentary access to telehealth services, and a free subscription to Calm.

-Growth & Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning, professional development programs, and career growth opportunities in a fast‑growing organization.

-Generous Paid Time Off: Recharge and take the time you need to maintain work‑life balance.

-Total Rewards: In‑office meal and transportation perks, home office stipend to cover at‑home workspace expenses, and a four‑week paid sabbatical with bonus after five years.

-Collaborative Culture: Work alongside brilliant, passionate colleagues in an environment that values innovation, teamwork, and mutual support.

ActiveCampaign is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, pay, grow, and promote no matter of gender, race, ethnicity sexual orientation, marital status, political opinion, national origin, social origin, parentage, workers union membership, economic status, religion, age, health condition, disability or any other grounds protected by law.

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) strive to foster a diverse inclusive environment by supporting each other, building a strong sense of belonging, and creating opportunities for mentorship and professional growth for their members.

For this position, a background check is required by ActiveCampaign. Therefore, by submitting your information for this position you agree to approve, if required, the background check.