Warby Parker

Engineering Manager

Warby Parker • $140K — $170K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 7+ years of relevant work experience in software engineering
  • Direct management experience with at least 6 team members
  • Strong proficiency in modern frontend frameworks like React or Next.js
  • Deep understanding of web infrastructure and performance in e-commerce settings
  • Experience in delivering high-scale, high-performance web applications
  • Ability to drive KPIs measurement and operational culture
  • Familiarity with modern development and operational tools such as Docker and Kubernetes

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead a high-performing engineering team through hiring and mentoring
  • Design a roadmap for scalable and reliable web applications
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to execute and deliver project timelines
  • Develop a metrics-driven culture for tracking performance and reliability
  • Propose significant system improvements for business impact
  • Act as a player/coach by mentoring engineers and participating in development
  • Promote best practices in engineering to enhance productivity and creativity

Benefits

  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Opportunities for career development and mentorship
  • Support for professional growth in a dynamic e-commerce space
  • Commitment to maintaining high operational standards and transparency
  • Focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this role you'll take ownership of the development, design, testing strategy and standards of the Warby Parker web applications. You'll also help establish best practices and guidance around all aspects of our technology in order to help build a best-in-class technology discipline. Think you've got the goods? Keep reading.

What you'll do:
  • Build and lead a team of Engineers and contractors through hiring, coaching, mentorship, feedback, and career development
  • Help build and design a roadmap for your engineering team to build highly scalable, observable, and reliable systems that drive incredible customer experiences
  • Drive the execution and delivery of this roadmap across the engineering organization, working closely with stakeholders, product managers, SREs, and other engineers
  • Build a metrics-driven operational culture support our practices for KPI measurement and review, as well as for logging, monitoring, alerting practices
  • Propose and drive large improvements to systems to achieve significant impact to our business
  • Act as a player/coach - both mentoring and coach other engineers to be help solve technical challenges and grow overall technical prowesses, as well as delivering on architecture design and development of your own
  • Lead on adoption of agentic engineering practices & tools to drive productivity, safety, and creativity in the web team

Who you are:
  • Backed by 7+ years of relevant work experience, with direct management of at least 6 people
  • Experienced building modern and performant frontend applications with more modern client-side frameworks (e.g., React, Next.js) in a professional setting
  • Someone with deep technical experience with web infrastructure, performance, and operations who has experience delivering high-scale/high-performance web applications in an e-commerce setting
  • Work closely with Product Management to ensure the delivery of high-performing applications and services
  • Ensure the timely delivery of engineering work to meet business needs and architecture standards
  • Build a metrics-driven operational culture, helping build out our practices for KPI measurement and review (as well as for logging, monitoring, alerting practices)
  • Demonstrate an unbeatable drive for results, a focus on customer empathy, and a long-term vision for software products, continually delivering work in an agile and iterative manner
  • Keep your team engaged and excited about their work
  • Establish, monitor, and maintain fantastic communication across departments to ensure transparency around how product work is prioritized and managed, as well as how key metrics are performing
  • Set and enforce the highest standards in software production, adhering to our core values of trust and transparency


Extra credit:
  • Experience working with Vercel, Cloudflare, Docker, Kubernetes and modern web infrastructure
  • Experience working with NoSQL databases like DynamoDB, ElasticSearch
  • Experience in agentic clients and architectures

About Warby Parker

Warby Parker is an American online retailer of prescription glasses and sunglasses. The company was founded in 2010 by four friends who were frustrated by the high cost of eyewear. Warby Parker designs and sells its own brand of glasses and sunglasses, which are manufactured in-house and sold directly to consumers through its website and retail stores. The company is known for its affordable prices, stylish designs, and commitment to social responsibility. For every pair of glasses sold, Warby Parker donates a pair to someone in need.
Learn more about Warby Parker
Size
3,000 employees
Market Cap
$1.5 billion
Industry
Retail & Consumer Goods
Founded
2010
NASDAQ
WRBY
* Ladders Estimates

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