Remote Senior Engineering Manager, API Platform

gamechanger; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work across US

Unlimited vacation

Wellness benefits

WFH stipend

Snack stipend

Health benefits

401K with company match

DICK’S Sporting Goods discount

Job summary

GameChanger is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional squad responsible for building and scaling partner-facing platform capabilities. You will influence strategy, roadmaps, and operating models across Product, Design, Business Development, and engineering leadership.

You will manage a high-performing team in a remote-first environment, foster technical excellence, mentor engineers, and drive durable architecture, authentication, and API quality that scales with our

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 4+ years leading engineering teams and developing engineers at multiple levels.
• Experience shaping multi-quarter strategy and turning business goals into clear outcomes.
• Experience building or operating external APIs, developer platforms, integrations, or distributed backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing engineering squad and shape group strategy.
• Define multi-quarter product and engineering roadmaps with measurable outcomes.
• Translate partner and customer needs into clear priorities and durable platform investments.
• Coordinate work across teams to deliver end-to-end partner experiences.
• Establish scalable API products with authentication, versioning, documentation, and observability.
• Coach engineers and develop leaders within the squad.

Skills

Leadership

API design

Backend systems

Strategic thinking

Cross-team collaboration

Mentoring

Influence without authority

System architecture

Customer-facing APIs

Technical judgment

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

AWS

Redis

PostgreSQL

Job description

GameChanger is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional squad responsible for building and scaling partner-facing platform capabilities. You will influence strategy, roadmaps, and operating models across Product, Design, Business Development, and engineering leadership.

You will manage a high-performing team in a remote-first environment, foster technical excellence, mentor engineers, and drive durable architecture, authentication, and API quality that scales with our