Senior Engineering Manager

SUPERHUMAN 👉

We exist so that professionals end each day feeling happier more productive and closer to achieving their potential.

Today we are…

• The fastest email experience in the world

• Loved and adored: see what our customers say

Our customers get through their inboxes twice as fast; many see inbox zero for the first time in years.

Come shape the future of email communication and productivity!

BUILD LOVE 💜

At Superhuman we deeply understand how to build products that people love . We incorporate fun and play; we infuse magic and joy; we make experiences that amaze and delight.

It all starts with the right team — a team that deeply cares about values customers and each other.

CREATE MASSIVE IMPACT 🚀

We're not solving a small problem and we're not addressing a small market. We're going after email; the one activity that consumes more of our work day than any other.

Our ambition doesn't stop there. Next: calendars notes contacts and tasks. We are building the productivity platform of the future.

DO THE BEST WORK OF YOUR LIFE 🌟

We have created the frameworks for how to build product market fit and redefined the narrative of how to onboard customers successfully. We have shown the world it’s possible to build a premium productivity brand. Our investors include Andreessen Horowitz First Round Capital IVP Tiger Global Management Sam Altman and the founders of Gmail Dropbox Reddit Discord Stripe GitHub AngelList and Intercom.

Our latest financing was led by IVP and we welcomed Ajay Vashee to our board. Our prior financing was led by Andreessen Horowitz and we welcomed Marc Andreessen and David Ulevitch to our board.

This time we’re swinging beyond the fences and fundamentally rethinking how individuals and teams should collaborate . We are building a household brand and a worldwide organization. We are here to do the best work of our lives and we hope you are too.

ROLE 👩🏽‍💻👨‍💻

• Oversee and contribute to a multidisciplinary team of software engineers developing amazing user experiences.

• Serve as an engineering leader and technical expert.

• Create plans and processes and drive execution for the engineering team.

• Hire and mentor a world-class team including providing coaching and career guidance.

• Advocate for code quality new technologies and architectural design within the company.

• Follow projects from inception through implementation to help ensure they are on time and of remarkable quality.

• Support initiatives to improve engineering efficiency quality and happiness.

• Collaborate with product and delight teams to ship incredible features and products.

SOUND LIKE YOU? 🙌

• Experience : You have 8-10+ years of experience contributing to engineering teams including 5+ years as a hands-on contributor and 3+ years of leading teams.

• Technical Skills: You’re proficient in backend technologies such as Go Java/Scala Ruby Python etc.

• Management : You have a track record of managing and developing high-performing inclusive and mission-driven teams.

• Async Communication : You can communicate effectively across various mediums and can produce and consume detailed written materials as needed without sacrificing speed.

• Execution : You can take large complex problems and break them into manageable pieces. You are a model of dependability.

• Attention to Detail : You exercise astonishing attention for detail in everything that you do.

• Bias for Action : Speed matters. You take rapid and decisive steps forward even in the face of uncertainty recognizing action is the catalyst for progress and growth.

• Efficient : You move quickly and effectively and always find ways to achieve more.

• Growth Mindset : You embrace challenges welcome feedback and see effort as the path to mastery. You believe that you and others can always learn and grow.

• Start to Finish Ownership : You act with 100% responsibility for your outcomes as well as the outcomes of the company.

• Proactively Positive : You demonstrate care and awareness for how your actions and words make others feel. You find ways to move forward from challenges stronger and happier. You chose to interpret situations positively rather than negatively.

• Grit : You pursue challenging goals with passion and courage.

• Cares Deeply; Challenges Directly: Discusses and debates ideas openly. Focuses on the customer and business ‘so what’ and challenges stakeholders to take impactful action.

• Location : We're open to you joining us in our San Francisco office or from a home office anywhere in North America or South America.

SALARY INFO 💸

The Senior Engineering Manager role spans a wide breadth of experience at Superhuman. Our compensation band reflects the potentially broad range of candidates and experience levels that we are open to hiring for this role.

Our starting salaries for this role range from $205000 - $240000+. The salary range does not reflect total compensation which includes base salary benefits and company stock options.

We are open to candidates in the US Canada or Latin America. We take a locally informed approach to non-US-based compensation and will be able to share ranges based on your country of residence.

BENEFITS 🎁

Taking Care of Your Future 🙏

• Medical dental and vision insurance: 100% coverage for you 75% coverage for all your dependents.

• Voluntary insurance: short-term disability long-term disability and life insurance.

• 401(k) plan (we match 75 cents per dollar up to 4% of your salary).

• Free access to Northstar a financial wellness platform that provides financial advisors + personal finance tools.

Generous Time Off 🏝

• Enjoy our generous and flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy with our amazing team members taking an average of 20 days per year.

• 13 additional company holidays plus your own Care Days Flexible Holidays and a company-wide Winter Break.

• Generous parental caregiver healthcare and compassionate leave policies.

Investing in Your Growth ✍️

• $3000 per year towards your professional development.

• Free access to Calm

• Allyship education program to help build your best self.

Setting You Up For Success 🧑🏻‍💻👩🏾‍💻

• Custom MacBook Pro.

• $1000 budget for workstation setup.

• $260/month for your lunches groceries or whatever nutrition you need to stay fueled up!

• Flexible spending accounts for commuter costs dependent care and healthcare expenses.

At Superhuman we value diversity.  We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.