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BambooHR · 22 hours ago

Sr. Engineering Manager - Platform APIs

Draper, UT

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

BambooHR is a company focused on transforming HR through a people intelligence platform. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for Platform APIs to lead the PlatAPI team in building the next-generation API platform, overseeing engineering teams and driving strategy in collaboration with product and architecture leaders.

Human ResourcesSaaSSoftware

Culture & Values

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Recruits, interviews, hires, and develops engineers, senior engineers, and staff-level engineers

Oversees the daily workflow, delivery cadence, and execution practices of the team

Provides structured, actionable feedback; performs timely and growth-oriented evaluations

Handles coaching, performance concerns, and disciplinary processes in partnership with HR

Manages up to two scrum teams or 12–18 engineers across backend and frontend disciplines

Lead the engineering team responsible for BambooHR's Platform APIs, including API Gateway integration, API standards implementation, authentication upgrades, and developer enablement

Drive architectural alignment across multiple teams by partnering with Principal Engineers, Architects, and Product leaders

Elevate engineering quality through strong practices around versioning, schema evolution, authorization, observability, and platform health

Manage delivery of multi-team API features and platform rollouts with predictable execution and proactive risk mitigation

Build strong partnerships with Product, Program Management, Design, Data Engineering, and Agent Platform teams to ensure all stakeholders share context and direction

Support engineers' growth through coaching, role clarity, technical leadership development, and performance accountability

Establish a culture of ownership, psychological safety, continuous improvement, and outcome-driven engineering

Qualification

API architecturePlatform modernizationLeadership developmentCross-functional collaborationCI/CDDevOpsSecure-by-design engineeringObservabilityCoachingPerformance accountabilityCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

7+ years in software engineering with 5+ years managing engineering teams; experience managing multiple teams or highly technical platform areas

Deep understanding of API architecture, versioning strategies, eventing/webhooks, authentication/authorization, and developer platform enablement

Experience driving platform modernization or leading teams through foundational technical rewrites (gateways, API ecosystems, schema evolution, etc.)

Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; able to partner with Product, Architecture, Data, and AI teams

Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to translate complex technical strategy into actionable plans

Strong leadership abilities with a track record of developing engineers, senior engineers, and technical leaders

Proven ability to manage delivery across multiple initiatives, balance tradeoffs, and keep teams focused on highest-impact outcomes

Strong organizational skills; ability to maintain clarity across many moving pieces

Ability to thrive in a high-paced environment involving ambiguity, technical complexity, and cross-team dependencies

Proficient in modern development practices, CI/CD, DevOps, observability, and secure-by-design engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred

Experience building or scaling API platforms at a SaaS company

Prior work with API Gateways (e.g., Kong, Tyk, Apigee), GraphQL federation, or schema registries

Exposure to AI-agent architectures, LLM-driven API evaluation, or AI-readiness modeling

Experience working in platform engineering organizations or headless architecture transitions

Prior success managing PM-Engineering partnership structures for platform products

Benefits

Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance

Generous leave policies that include 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off so you can enjoy quality of life

401k plans with up to 6% company match

$2000 Paid-Paid Vacation bonus

EAP through Headspace

Company

BambooHR

Glassdoor3.7

BambooHR is a SaaS-based company providing subscription-based HR software for SMEs.

Founded in 2008

Lindon, Utah, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.BambooHR.com

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