About the roleWorkWhile is looking for an Engineering Manager to help lead our growing Engineering team. You'll manage and mentor a small team while staying hands-on with architecture and technical strategy. As an early leader on the team, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping WorkWhile's engineering culture, driving technical excellence, and contributing to company-wide strategy as we scale. This role reports into our Head of Engineering.
What you'll do- Drive execution on key product initiatives and outcomes-from shaping technical direction to delivering high-quality user-facing features.
- Be a force multiplier, leading, managing and growing a small team of engineers, while strategically hiring and evolving the team as we scale.
- Work with leadership to align engineering priorities with company-wide OKRs and shape long-term product and technical strategy.
- Champion engineering best practices and be a steward of code quality, system design, and technical decision-making. Operate with a balance of coaching and hands-on involvement.
What we're looking for- 2+ years of experience managing engineers. Proven ability to recruit, develop, and retain world-class engineering talent, fostering a culture of ownership, learning, and impact.
- Strong hands-on experience with shipping production software and modern web technologies-React, TypeScript, Python/Flask, Postgres (or similar stacks).
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills-you're comfortable working cross-functionally and making tradeoffs with product/design and other stakeholders.
- Experience building growth features, internal tools, or working in marketplace or B2B SaaS contexts.
Engineering @ WorkWhile- We're a small and mighty team with senior engineers from Airbnb, Amazon, Google, Lyft among others
- We value user-centricity, competence, speed, and having fun
- We embrace independence and take ownership of our projects, yet are also great team players
- We deal in outcomes, not projects
- Read more about our team at https://tech.workwhile.ai/
Benefits & Perks- Hybrid work culture with office hubs in SF, NY, Seattle & Toronto
- In-person company off-sites
- Medical, dental, & vision coverage
- Flexible time off
- 401(k) with employer match
- WFH stipend to support your home office needs
WorkWhile has a diverse, mission-driven, and supportive culture-we look for people who want to take ownership, are energized by ambiguity, and strive to make a lasting impact. If this resonates with you, we'd love to chat!
