Sr. Engineering Manager - Core Platform

CaptivateIQ; United States; Remote; USD 186,000 - 293,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare: 100% medical

Flexible Time Off

Annual Professional Development Stipnd

Work Anniversary Bonuses

401(k) Savings

Latest Apple hardware

Inclusive ERGs

Job summary

CaptivateIQ, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Core Platform to lead engineering for key platform building blocks, including identity, job processing, and design systems.

You will guide a distributed team across multiple time zones, setting direction and prioritizing a complex portfolio to ship reliable, scalable features. You’ll partner with Product, Design, Customer Success, Support, and Sales to align roadmaps with customer value, while maintaining high psychological safety and async-first

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing software engineers.
• 8+ years of full-time software development experience.
• Demonstrated track record of hiring and developing talent.
• Strong customer-focus with a track record of delivering high quality features.
• Demonstrated technical depth and ability to guide senior engineers.
• Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills in a remote-first environment.
• High ownership and a growth mindset.

Responsibilities

• Hire, inspire, and grow software engineers at every level.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to set vision and roadmaps.
• Own delivery and outcomes of your team's portfolio at scale.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guardrails.
• Manage processes to help engineers work efficiently and interface with the company.
• Lead by example and uphold CaptivateIQ’s core values.
• Contribute to the broader engineering leadership team and org-wide initiatives.

Skills

People management

Software development

Hiring & coaching

Customer focus

Technical depth

Communication

Growth mindset

Job description

About the Role

You’ll lead engineering for some of CaptivateIQ’s most important platform building blocks and use that leverage to support our journey into a multi-product company. Core Platform is the foundation the rest of our product runs on. As Senior Manager, Core Platform, you will lead a team of engineers who own our identity platform, customer job processing and design systems. These capabilities let product teams ship quickly and safely at scale, and they shape how customers experience the product every day.

You will set direction, prioritize a complex portfolio, and influence technical strategy across the Foundation Pillar. You will also help define how a distributed team works across roughly 8 hours of time zone spread, with async-first habits and psychological safety at the center. If you like leading strong engineers on hard distributed-systems problems, we’d like to meet you.

Location: Preferred East Coast or Central US or Canada

Responsibilities

• Hire, inspire, and grow software engineers at every level - from junior to staff - creating a culture of growth that keeps strong engineers doing their best work and builds the next layer of engineering leadership.

• Partner with Product, Design, Customer Success, Support, Sales, and other cross-functional teams to set a clear vision, prioritize roadmaps, and shape a long-term strategy that creates value for customers and aligns with the broader organization.

• Own delivery, operational excellence, and outcomes of your team's portfolio, ensuring the critical systems you're responsible for remain performant, reliable, and secure at scale.

• Provide technical leadership by setting architectural guardrails and guiding major technical decisions, without being a hands-on contributor.

• Manage processes to help engineers work efficiently, effectively, and interface well with the rest of the company.

• Lead by example in demonstrating and upholding Captivate's core values.

• Contribute to the broader engineering leadership team, partnering with peer EMs on org-wide initiatives beyond your own team.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing software engineers, preferably in a remote-first B2B SaaS or startup environment.

• 8+ years of full-time software development experience, preferably in product engineering or full stack roles.

• A demonstrated track record of hiring and developing talent, with real investment in helping engineers grow their careers.

• Strong customer-focus with a track record of delivering high quality, impactful features across the full product lifecycle.

• Demonstrated technical depth: Comfortable diving into complex architectural problems and guiding senior engineers toward sound decisions

• Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to build trust with cross-functional partners in a remote-first environment.

• High ownership and a growth mindset - collaborative, humble, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare: 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision for all FTEs, with roughly 75% coverage for dependents.

• Flexible Time Off: Flexible vacation days plus quarterly mental health days to ensure you have the space to recharge.

• Annual Stipends: Dedicated funds for your professional development and caretaking needs.

• Work Anniversary Bonuses: Annual bonuses to celebrate your milestones and contributions to the CaptivateIQ team that grow as your tenure does.

• Retirement Savings (US-Only): A 401(k) plan to help you invest in and secure your future.

• Premium Tools: The latest Apple hardware to empower you to do your best work.

• Inclusive Community: Active Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that celebrate shared identities and support our DEI goals by fostering an environment where diverse talent thrives.

$186,102 - $292,845 a year

The OTE range in USD represents the minimum and maximum for this position across North America. For candidates in Toronto, Canada the range is $186,102 - $248,533. The OTE offered for this position will depend on numerous factors, including individual proficiency, anticipated performance, and the location of the selected candidate. Our OTE is just one component of CaptivateIQ's competitive total rewards package.

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