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Join us as we make worklife better, together.
About The Role
As the Senior Director of Engineering , Community & Mobile, you will lead and inspire the community product engineering and mobile engineering teams. You'll define and execute the strategic direction for our community-focused products and mobile applications, ensuring alignment with the company's goals and vision. Your leadership will be instrumental in fostering innovation and delivering high-quality features that enhance user engagement and satisfaction.
What You'll Do
- Collaborate closely with Product Management, Design, and other stakeholders to drive product roadmaps and deliver exceptional user experiences. Your ability to bridge technical and business worlds will ensure that we build scalable, user-centric solutions that meet market needs and drive growth.
- Guide your teams in adopting best practices in software development, ensuring the technical architecture and design decisions support scalability, performance, and maintainability. You'll champion a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and technical mentorship within the team.
- Focus on building and nurturing a high-performing engineering culture. You'll be responsible for hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers and leaders within your teams. Your commitment to diversity and inclusion will be key in fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
- Oversee the end-to-end engineering processes, from development to deployment and support. Implement metrics and monitoring systems to ensure product performance, reliability, and responsiveness to user needs. You will also manage budgeting and resource allocation efficiently to meet strategic goals.
- Act as a key liaison between engineering and other departments, including marketing, sales, and customer support. You'll communicate technical challenges and solutions effectively to non-technical stakeholders and ensure that engineering efforts are aligned with customer and business priorities.
What You'll Bring
- A commitment to add to our culture of DEI.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing engineering teams. Proven track record of leading successful engineering teams that have delivered complex, high-quality community-focused and mobile products.
- Strong technical background in mobile and web technologies, with a deep understanding of iOS, Android, and web application development ecosystems. Familiarity with cloud services, scalable architecture, and agile development methodologies.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire, motivate, and guide teams. Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, team building, and performance management.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to tackle challenges creatively and effectively. Adept at making data-driven decisions and prioritizing work to meet strategic goals.
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions and influence decision-making. Experience in stakeholder management and building consensus among diverse groups.
- Proficiency in the following engineering competencies:
- Software Development & writing code (Node.JS, Typescript, Javascript and iOS/Android)
- Understanding code & debugging
- Observability & telemetry
- Software architecture & security
- Technical Acumen
- Software Strategy
- Testing & Quality Enablement
Compensation and Benefits
Base Salary Range*: $244,500 - $366,800++
*Glassdoor base salaries are targeted to the market 75th percentile for technical roles and the 65th percentile for non-technical roles. In other words, 65-75% of comparable organizations in our industry will pay less.
Annual Bonus Target**: 25%
**Bonuses are paid in 6-month intervals, aligning with bi-annual performance reviews
Generous Restricted Stock Units (RSU):
***Restricted Stock Units (RSU) are awarded at hire and may be refreshed annually. Additionally, as a pay-for-performance company, RSU grant awards are presented bi-annually to exceptional performers.
You can learn more about our compensation philosophy here and see salary ranges for all Glassdoor jobs here.
Health and Wellness: 100% employer-paid premiums for employee medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability, select well-being programs, along with 80% employer-paid premiums for all dependents.* Generous paid time off programs for birthing and non-birthing parents are provided, along with paid injury/illness leave and paid family emergency leave.
*Coverage begins at the start of employment. After 48 months of continuous employment, 100% of all premiums for you and your dependents can be employer-paid!
Work/Life Balance: Open Paid Time Off policy, in addition to 15-20 paid company holidays/year
Investing in Your Future: 401(k) plan with a company match up to $5,000 per year, subsidized fertility and family planning services, and discounted legal assistance services.
Our Commitments
- Come as you are: At Glassdoor diversity is not a slogan; it’s a core factor in our success. We welcome your background, experience and ideas because you help us understand and better serve our world. You make us stronger.
- Grow your career: Glassdoor is small enough for you to see the impact of your contributions, while large enough to offer significant resources and endless opportunities to grow. This is a great place to make a career.
- Find your people: Ask anyone who works here: it’s the people who make the difference. We are a group of well-rounded humans who support one another and work hard together to bring the Glassdoor mission to life.
- Discover flexibility: With flexible hours and a where-to-work policy, Glassdoor allows you to take on professional and personal responsibilities — enhancing both productivity and your well-being.
Glassdoor is committed to equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of recruitment, selection and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran or military status or any other category protected under the law. Glassdoor is an equal opportunity employer; committed to creating a community of inclusion, and an environment free from discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
Where-to-Work Policy
Being a remote-first company, Glassdoor employees can live anywhere Glassdoor is a registered company. Requests to move must be approved by an employee’s manager and the People team. While we will try our best to support relocation requests, some requests may not be approved due to various tax, legal, or other restrictions.
Enjoy Remote and Explore: Employees authorized to work in their current location may Work Away for up to a total of 30 (thirty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change. Employees on visas may work Work Away for up to a total of 20 (twenty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change. The amount of time and location for Work Away must be approved by the employee’s manager and People Operations team at least two (2) weeks in advance of travel.
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