Grindr

Senior Engineering Manager

Grindr$130K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experienced People Leader with a track record of building diverse, high-performing teams.
  • Hands-On Management style, promoting accountability and quality outcomes directly with individuals.
  • Technically Fluent with a deep understanding of engineering systems and operations.
  • Cross-Functional Operator capable of aligning goals across Product, Design, and external teams.
  • Strategic and Decisive in managing complexity and ambiguity to deliver results.
  • Customer-Centric Builder with experience scaling consumer-facing products in tech.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and inspire a full-stack engineering team focused on excellence and retention.
  • Drive execution of complex, cross-functional programs aligned with strategic goals.
  • Advocate for engineering interests with senior leadership on impactful initiatives.
  • Champion best practices and guide the transformation towards AI-native operations.
  • Foster an inclusive and psychologically safe team culture valuing humility and accountability.
  • Balance immediate objectives with long-term innovations and evolving needs.

Benefits

  • Full health, dental, and vision coverage for employees, with partial for dependents.
  • Comprehensive family formation support, including up to $200,000 for fertility and adoption services.
  • 401(k) plan with a generous 6% match and immediate vesting.
  • Industry-competitive compensation packages, including bonuses and equity.
  • Leading gender-affirming care benefits featuring extensive cost coverage and additional support.
  • Flexible vacation policy and two designated company-wide rest weeks annually.
  • Monthly stipends to support cell phone, internet, wellness, meals, and commuting.
Full Job Description
About the Job:
  • Lead and Inspire: Hire, build and retain a high-performing, full-stack engineering team, cultivating a strong culture of excellence.
  • Drive Execution at Scale: Deliver complex, cross-functional programs that directly support the company's strategic and financial goals.
  • Influence at the Top: Work at the intersection of business, product and engineering and represent engineering with senior leadership to shape high-impact initiatives.
  • Champion Technical Evolution: Advance engineering best practices while guiding the team's transformation into an AI-native organization.
  • Foster a Thriving Team Culture: Build an inclusive, psychologically safe environment that values excellence, experimentation, humility and accountability.
  • Balance Present and Future: Navigate trade-offs between short-term priorities and long-term innovation, adapting your leadership to changing needs.

Role Requirements:
  • Experienced People Leader: Led multiple teams and managers, coached senior engineers, and built diverse, high-performing organizations.
  • Hands-On Management: Comfortable leading ICs directly, driving trust, accountability, and high-quality technical outcomes.
  • Technically Fluent: Deep understanding of engineering systems; a credible partner to your team without needing to be hands-on daily.
  • Cross-Functional Operator: Skilled at collaborating with Product, Design, Business, and external engineering teams to align on shared goals.
  • Strategic and Decisive: Craft clear strategies, manage complexity, and deliver results in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
  • Customer-Centric Builder: Scaled consumer-facing products - ideally mobile - in high-growth tech environments.

Benefits and Perks:
  • Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.
  • Family Formation Up to $200,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
  • Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting.
  • Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
  • Gender-Affirming Care : Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
  • Time Off & Rest Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year.
  • Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch

This is a hybrid role based in our Chicago office and will require you to be in the office Tuesdays and Thursdays.

About Grindr

Grindr is a location-based social networking and online dating application for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. The app was one of the first geosocial dating apps and was launched in 2009. Grindr is available in over 190 countries and has over 27 million users. The app is owned by San Vicente Acquisition LLC, a company based in West Hollywood, California. Grindr has faced criticism for its handling of user data and for facilitating the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
Learn more about Grindr
Size
100 employees
Market Cap
$836.3 million
Industry
Founded
2008
NASDAQ

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