About the role:

OfferUp is seeking an accomplished Engineering Manager to lead our Communications Team. The OfferUp Communications team is responsible for two critical infrastructure pieces at OfferUp: Chat and Notifications. These are critical systems that allow OfferUp to communicate with our users, as well as for Buyers and Sellers to connect. In this role, you will lead a high-functioning team of backend/frontend engineers. You will foster an engineering culture focused on learning and rapid validation of ideas through experimentation. As an engineering leader, you will support the career growth and development of our engineers. 

In many companies, you only manage engineers. In our team, it’s different. You lead the team and the technical systems, from managing engineers to designing and overseeing features. Plus, you work with colleagues from various departments like Product, BizOps, Marketing, Data Science, and CS.

Here’s more of what you will do:

• Succeed in a fast-paced, ownership-driven environment.
• Lead, mentor, and coach your engineering team for their career growth.
• Guide your team by providing perspective on the larger vision, aiding in prioritization, and encouraging sharp focus and exceptional execution.
• Incubate new ideas and create the engineering roadmap for the team.
• Work collaboratively with our business partners and product managers to distill complex business problems into simple and robust technical solutions.
• Recruit new engineers to grow and expand our teams.

Requirements: 

• 4 years of experience managing a team of 5 software engineers.
• 8 years of professional software engineering experience, at least two were focused on full-stack development.
• Deep understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Professional experience working with large-scale distributed systems.
• Professional experience with database systems, both relational and NoSQL databases.
• A strong product mindset along with experience in delivering large complex projects collaborating with a variety of cross-functional stakeholders that are technology, operations or business focused.
• Familiarity with running A/B tests in production environments and analyzing data to launch features.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, Information Science, or a related discipline.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

Helpful, but not required:

• Experience with cloud infrastructure AWS.
• Expertise with messaging apps or features
• Experience with data 
• Experience writing code in Java, Javascript, and Typescript.

Compensation Range: $198k - $270k

OfferUp offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. Individual salaries within our ranges are determined through a variety of factors including, but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. All roles will receive equity in OfferUp as part of their compensation, the amount of equity varying depending on the individual’s level and experience.

In addition to our compensation package, this role is eligible to enroll in health insurance, healthcare savings and spending accounts, retirement savings benefits (401(k) plan with match), basic and voluntary life insurance, disability benefits, and paid time off for sick leave, family and/or medical leave, vacation, and 12 company holidays. In regard to vacation time, OfferUp has a flexible vacation policy and, in general, full-time exempt employees will be expected to take 3-5 weeks (15-30 days) of pre-planned vacation time per year. Vacation needs are flexible and will naturally vary from year to year based on individual circumstances and business needs. In regard to sick time, all full-time employees (exempt and non-exempt) will be granted 12 days (96 hours) of sick time per year (pro-rated if the start date is other than January 1). Your recruiter can share more details about specific benefits during the interview process.