The Farmer's Dog · 9 hours ago
Senior Engineering Manager
The Farmer’s Dog is committed to transforming pet health and improving the pet food industry. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers to deliver impactful software and enhance cross-platform experiences while fostering a culture of growth and collaboration.
Consumer GoodsE-CommerceFood and BeveragePersonalizationPetSubscription Service
Responsibilities
Grow and support multiple engineering pawds through thoughtful hiring, onboarding, mentoring, coaching, and continuous feedback to set them and the function up for long term success
Create an environment of high trust, ownership, and clarity where engineers are proud of their work and aligned on priorities
Partner with Staff and Senior engineers to guide technical direction, ensuring scalable systems, clean architecture, and strong engineering craft
Promote a culture of learning through architecture reviews, incident reviews, and peer mentorship (including coaching other engineering managers and senior+ engineers)
Partner with product managers to shape strategy and roadmaps, adapt priorities and deliver meaningful outcomes
Ensure your pawds’ work aligns with company goals and customer impact
Drive the evolution of our engineering organization by improving how we hire, build, and collaborate across pawds
Operate with urgency and intentionality by moving quickly and focusing on the right problems while improving how we work
Qualification
Required
7+ years of software engineering experience
5+ years of engineering management experience leading a high-performing team, supporting day-to-day execution, setting goals, and coaching for growth and development
Experience efficiently delegating group responsibilities, conducting 1:1's, managing performance and providing frequent, clear, actionable feedback
Lead with curiosity and ownership to align the team, remove friction, and ensure your pawd's work directly improves the customer experience
Proven ability architecting for high-scalability and availability
Customer-centric mentality and experience collaborating with product, design, data, and other key stakeholders
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, prioritize effectively, are naturally curious and a proactive self-starter, constantly on the lookout for new opportunities and solutions
Skilled communicator and have the ability to absorb and distill complexity into simple terms to drive decision making
Love dogs
Benefits
Dog-friendly office in Greenwich Village
Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
Company supported mental health benefits
12 week paid parental leave
Competitive 401k plan with company match
Flexible PTO
Discounted fresh food for your pup
Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug
Company
The Farmer's Dog
The Farmer's Dog is a pet food company that offers fresh dog food with online services.
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$103.1MKey Investors
Insight PartnersShasta VenturesForerunner
2020-01-15Series C· $54M
2019-01-15Series B· $39M
2017-05-18Series A· $8.1M
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2025-10-24
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