Lattice

Engineering Manager, Platform

Lattice$187K — $234K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience managing and developing software engineers
  • Proven record of driving impactful technical projects with high-performing teams
  • Strong partnership and communication skills to influence across functions
  • Background in platform or infrastructure engineering systems
  • Solid technical judgment for architectural decision-making
  • Commitment to fostering healthy engineering cultures and individual growth
  • Ability to balance immediate execution with long-term engineering goals
  • Experience with cloud-based systems and modern development practices

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of software engineers to achieve their best work
  • Cultivate a positive, inclusive, and high-performing engineering culture
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance platform capabilities
  • Drive completion of technical initiatives aligned with team goals
  • Guide the team in making sustainable technical and operational decisions
  • Clarify objectives and success metrics amidst ambiguity
  • Develop processes that improve engineering team effectiveness
  • Assist in hiring top engineering talent

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life, AD&D, and disability insurance
  • Emergency weather support
  • Wellness apps access
  • Paid parental leave and time off, including holidays
  • Commuter and parking accounts
  • Office lunches and workplace amenities stipend
  • Internet and phone stipends
  • One-time WFH office setup stipend
  • 401(k) retirement plan with financial planning
  • Learning and development budget
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team within our Platform Engineering organization.

Our mission is to empower engineers who take ownership, seek accountability, and care deeply about delivering reliable and performant experiences to end users. We do this by providing a cohesive platform of intuitive tools, proven patterns, and seamless infrastructure that make the responsible path the easiest one.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead a team responsible for building and evolving foundational capabilities that enable engineers across Lattice to deliver high-quality products efficiently, reliably, and at scale. You'll partner closely with engineers, product leaders, and stakeholders throughout the organization to improve engineering effectiveness, strengthen operational excellence, and support long-term platform investments.

This is an opportunity to have broad impact across the engineering organization while helping build a culture that values ownership, accountability, and customer-centric thinking.
What You Will Do
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers, supporting their growth and helping them do the best work of their careers.
  • Foster a healthy, inclusive, and high-performing engineering culture aligned with Lattice's values.
  • Partner with engineering and cross-functional stakeholders to identify and prioritize opportunities that improve platform capabilities, developer effectiveness, and operational excellence.
  • Drive execution against team goals and ensure the successful delivery of impactful technical initiatives.
  • Support your team in making thoughtful technical and operational decisions that balance velocity, reliability, maintainability, and long-term sustainability.
  • Establish clarity around priorities, goals, and success metrics in an environment that may involve ambiguity and competing priorities.
  • Help build and scale engineering processes that improve team effectiveness and delivery outcomes.
  • Contribute to hiring efforts and help attract, assess, and onboard exceptional engineering talent.
  • Collaborate with engineering leaders to shape priorities and investments across the broader platform organization.
What You Will Bring to the Table
  • Experience managing and developing software engineers.
  • A track record of delivering impactful technical initiatives through high-performing teams.
  • Strong partnership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across functions and organizational boundaries.
  • Experience leading teams responsible for platform, infrastructure, shared services, developer productivity, or other foundational engineering systems.
  • Sound technical judgment and the ability to engage in architectural and operational discussions with engineers.
  • A passion for building healthy engineering cultures and supporting individual growth and career development.
  • Experience balancing short-term execution with long-term technical investments.
  • Comfort operating in environments with ambiguity, autonomy, and ownership.
  • A strong appreciation for reliability, operational excellence, scalability, and engineering effectiveness.
  • Experience with cloud-based systems and modern software development practices.
Nice to Have
  • Experience supporting internal platform, infrastructure, developer experience, or productivity initiatives.
  • Familiarity with technologies commonly used at Lattice, including AWS, Node.js, React, GraphQL, and Postgres.
  • Experience helping organizations improve engineering velocity, developer experience, reliability, or operational maturity.
Why This Role Matters

Platform teams have an outsized impact on the success of every engineering team at Lattice. The work done here helps create the foundation that enables engineers to move faster, operate more reliably, and deliver exceptional experiences for customers.

Success in this role means building an environment where engineers can thrive, teams can scale effectively, and the responsible path consistently becomes the easiest path.

The estimated annual cash salary for this role is $187,500- $234,500. This position is also eligible for incentive stock options, subject to the terms of Lattice's applicable plans.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance; Emergency Weather Support; Wellness Apps; Paid Parental Leave, Paid Time off inclusive of holidays and sick time; Commuter & Parking Accounts; Lunches in the Office; Workplace Amenities Stipend, Internet and Phone Stipend; One time WFH Office Set-Up Stipend; 401(k) retirement plan; Financial Planning; Learning & Development Budget.

*Note on Pay Transparency:

Lattice provides an estimate of the compensation for roles that may be hired as required by state regulations. Compensation may vary based on (a) location, as Lattice factors in specific locations when benchmarking compensation for most roles; (b) individual candidate skills and qualifications; and (c) individual candidate experience.

Additionally, Lattice leverages current market data to determine compensation, so posted compensation figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Lattice reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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About Lattice

Lattice is a human resources software company that provides tools for performance management, employee engagement, and people analytics. The company was founded in 2015 and has since grown to over 200 employees. Lattice has raised over $25 million in funding and has over 1,800 customers, including Slack, Reddit, and Glossier.
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2015

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