Highspot · 2 weeks ago
Sr. Engineering Manager, App Platform & Developer Experience
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$240K/yr - $297K/yr
10+ years expHighspot is pioneering the category that is fundamentally changing the way companies increase sales productivity. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager, App Platform to lead a critical engineering function responsible for enhancing engineering productivity and ensuring the scalability and security of the Highspot platform.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareSales AutomationSales EnablementSoftware
Hiring Manager
Dora Leung
Responsibilities
Lead and grow the App Platform team
Drive the technical roadmap and vision for the platform, providing a robust front-end and back-end foundation and tools to accelerate delivery and improve developer experience
Lead initiatives to evolve our architecture towards a highly distributed, service-oriented model, including strategic refactoring of existing monolithic components
Partner closely with Infrastructure teams to drive end-to-end developer experience improvements from local development through production deployment
Define standards, patterns, and practices for software development across Highspot
Contribute to architectural decisions that shape the long-term direction of Highspot’s SaaS platform, with a focus on designing and implementing scalable, decoupled services
Attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent, building a high-performing and inclusive team culture
Communicate effectively with senior leadership, providing visibility into roadmap progress, technical trade-offs, and organizational needs
Qualification
Required
10+ years of software engineering experience with 4+ years in engineering leadership roles
Strong full-stack engineering background involving SPA web application development, distributed systems, relational and non-relational databases, and cloud infrastructure, with specific expertise in designing and evolving service-oriented architectures
Demonstrated success in leading and executing complex refactoring efforts to decompose monolithic applications into microservices or other distributed patterns
A results-driven approach to removing friction from software development processes through platform developer experience, and tooling investments
Proven track record of scaling SaaS platforms and leading teams responsible for mission-critical backend systems
Ability to influence without authority with past experience successfully driving cross-functional engineering efforts
Excellent communication, collaboration, and executive stakeholder management skills
Passion for developing people and building strong, healthy engineering teams
Preferred
Recent hands-on experience developing in Ruby and TypeScript
Past experience directly leading internal-facing developer experience or platform teams
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life benefits
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
401(k) Matching with immediate vesting on employer match
Flexible PTO
8 paid holidays and 5 paid days for Annual Holiday Week
Quarterly Recharge Fridays (paid days off for mental health recharge)
18 weeks paid parental leave
Access to Coaches and Therapists through Modern Health
2 volunteer days per year
Commuting benefits
Company
Highspot
Highspot is a sales enablement platform that helps companies worldwide improve the performance of their sales teams.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$644.85MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementICONIQ GrowthOpenView
2022-07-01Secondary Market
2022-01-13Series F· $248M
2021-02-22Series E· $200M
Leadership Team
Robert Wahbe
Co-Founder and CEO
David Wortendyke
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
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