Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Experiences)

Tonal; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 230,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Tonal is hiring a Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Experiences) to lead the Experiences team focused on member happiness across mobile, web, and the connected device. You will drive roadmap delivery with Product, Design, Data Science and Content and own team performance and growth in a remote setting.

We value strong engineering fundamentals, clear communication, and the ability to ship reliable features quickly.

Qualifications

• Managed software engineers directly for several years.
• Shipped consumer-facing product experiences (mobile, web, or embedded).
• Strong engineering background with depth in at least one area.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with cross-functional partners.
• Experience with Android, Kotlin, Flutter, or Swift.
• Experience leading platform or release-process modernization.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of six engineers directly: set direction, run performance reviews, coach directly, and give hard feedback early rather than letting problems compound.
• Own delivery of the member experience roadmap with Product, Design, Data Science and Content. Make sure the team ships predictably and that what ships is good.
• Drive technical quality on the codebase: reliability, performance, test coverage, and release health. Decide where to invest in paying down debt versus shipping faster.
• Partner with other teams so your team gets fast feedback on their work and spends less time on coordination.
• Hire and grow the team. Define what good looks like at each level, run a fair and calibrated loop, and build a bench of engineers who can lead.
• Stay close to the work. You should be able to read a design doc critically, review a risky change, and understand the tradeoffs the team is making.

Skills

Team leadership

Mobile experience

Performance management

Coaching

Code reviews

AI tools

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Looking to build a strong career while helping people lead healthier, happier lives? You’ve come to the right place.

We’re a tight-knit group of builders, thinkers, coaches, creators, and fitness champions on a mission to help everyone find their inner strength.
And we’re just getting started. Will you join us?

Why work at Tonal?

Competitive Compensation

We look at the whole picture to give you a market competitive salary, top-tier benefits, and lifestyle perks.

Strong Bonds

At Tonal we encourage a fun and inclusive atmosphere. We make the time tocelebrate our wins and get together as a team as often as possible.

• Working for Tonal includes a top-quality health care package, commuter benefits, support for new parents, mental health benefits, retirement savings account and more.

Work Out Anytime

Fitness is our thing. Use Tonal in the office or at home with our Tonal Loaner Program whenever it fits your schedule. Tonal group and partner workouts are always encouraged.

Life in Balance

Your well-being is important to us. Take time off when you need it with flexible time off days.

Your 1st Day

From day one you’ll get set up for success with the equipment you need and comprehensive onboarding.

Fuel Your Week

Enjoy bi-weekly catered team lunches at our San Francisco headquarters and New York Studio, plus kitchens full of healthy (and some not-so-healthy) drinks and snacks.

Tonal Discounts

When you’re part of Team Tonal you and your friends and family get discounts on Tonal.

*Not all perks are applicable to all positions and locations.
**All official Tonal career communication will come from an @tonal.com email address. If you are ever uncertain of whether a solicitation is from Tonal or an approved recruiting partner of ours, please reach out to [e-mail].

CULTURE

Tonal envisions a world where everyone can be their strongest. We welcome talented people with unique perspectives looking to do meaningful work—regardless of their race, gender, or orientation.

If that sounds like a fit, we’d love to talk to you.

Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Experiences)

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

Technology Software

Compensation

• $230K – $275K

We take into consideration an individual’s background, experience, and location in determining their salary. This role is also eligible for health insurance, retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and other additional benefits

Overview

You will lead Tonal's Experiences team. Experiences own member happiness: the incremental improvements and new features that make existing subscribers get more out of Tonal and stay. The team works across the trainer, the mobile app, and the backend behind them, with Product, Design, Data Science and Content as close partners.

We need someone who can take ownership quickly, keep a strong team shipping, and raise the bar on how we build. Judgment about what to build, what to simplify, and what to stop matters as much as throughput.

What You Will Do

Lead a team of six engineers directly: set direction, run performance reviews, coach directly, and give hard feedback early rather than letting problems compound.

Own delivery of the member experience roadmap with Product, Design, Data Science and Content. Make sure the team ships predictably and that what ships is good.

Drive technical quality on the codebase: reliability, performance, test coverage, and release health. Decide where to invest in paying down debt versus shipping faster.

Partner with other teams so your team gets fast feedback on their work and spends less time on coordination.

Hire and grow the team. Define what good looks like at each level, run a fair and calibrated loop, and build a bench of engineers who can lead.

Stay close to the work. You should be able to read a design doc critically, review a risky change, and understand the tradeoffs the team is making.

Who You Are

You have managed software engineers directly for several years, including hiring, performance management, and technical growth.

You have shipped consumer-facing product experiences, on mobile, embedded devices, or web, and you understand what makes them feel fast and reliable to a user.

You have a strong engineering background and have gone deep in at least one area. You can still read and reason about code and architecture.

You communicate clearly with Product, Design, Data Science and executives, you’ve learned how to get to ‘yes’ without overcommitting the team.

You can hold a direct, respectful conversation with someone who is underperforming, framed around the opportunity ahead of them.

You use AI-assisted engineering tools yourself and can tell when their output is good and when it is not.

Experience with Android, Kotlin, Flutter, or Swift, or with software that ships alongside a physical product.

Experience leading a team through a platform or release-process modernization.

Background in connected fitness, consumer hardware, or digital health.

Experience managing distributed or contract engineers.

At Tonal, we believe that the unique and varied lived experiences of our teammates contribute to our overall strength. We don’t just appreciate differences, we celebrate them, and we always seek people that represent a wide variety of backgrounds. We’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and designing employee experiences that contribute to your growth as much as you do to ours. If your experience aligns with what we’re looking for (even if you don’t check every single box), send us your application. We would love to hear from you!

Tonal is committed to meeting the diverse needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner that is consistent with the principles of independence, dignity, integration, and equality of opportunity. Should you have any accommodation requests, please reach out to us via our confidential email, [e-mail]. All requests will be addressed and responded to in accordance with Tonal’s Accessibility Policy and local legislation.