Senior Engineering Manager, Talent Marketplace

Upwork ($UPWK) is the world's work marketplace. We serve everyone from one-person startups to large, Fortune 100 enterprises with a powerful, trust-driven platform that enables companies and talent to work together in new ways that unlock their potential.
Last year, more than $3.8 billion of work was done through Upwork by skilled professionals who are gaining more control by finding work they are passionate about and innovating their careers.
The Talent Marketplace engineering team builds the systems for the acquisition, onboarding, activation, and retention of clients and talent. The team owns the majority of the high-traffic pages and systems of Upwork and it creates several opportunities for innovation and impactful improvements.
We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager with a strong customer mindset to join our Client Growth team. In this role, you'd be partnering with product managers, the UX & design team, and engineering managers from other teams to lead the delivery of world-class product experiences across all device types.
Your Responsibilities:

• Building high-performing product engineering teams by recruiting, coaching, and developing team members and encouraging a culture of innovation, excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Understanding the needs of the team, knowledge distribution, and operational efficiency gaps to create plans to address the needs, improve efficiencies, and reduce risks.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders including product, and design to create and manage the plans for the delivery of a high-quality product on time.
• Oversee the technical vision and foster customer obsession.
• Planning and road mapping to build and lead the delivery of high-impact initiatives.
• Actively contribute to the improvements of processes for managing execution.
• Receive coaching and help to find opportunities to grow yourself along the management track.
• Rolling up your sleeves and diving deep when necessary.

What it Takes to Catch our Eye:

• Engineering leadership experience as an engineering manager on a full-stack engineering team
• You have hands-on engineering experience(senior level) building code for web applications
• You have experience partnering with product management, design, and business stakeholders and handled executive-facing communications
• You have delivered consumer products at scale across web and mobile clients
• You have a strong understanding of microservices and distributed system development
• You have experience building or managing teams that built frontend applications utilizing technologies such as Vue, and Nuxt, and working knowledge of Cloud Technologies like AWS.
• You have led teams of ~20 software engineers
• You have a product mindset and curiosity to gain business acumen

The annual base salary for this position in California and Washington ranges from $164,000 - $250,000. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position in California and Washington, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Additionally, this position is eligible for the annual bonus plan or sales incentive plan and eligibility to participate in our long term equity incentive program
Come change how the world works.
At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. We are a remote-first organization working together to create exciting remote work opportunities for a global community of professionals. While we have physical offices in San Francisco and Chicago, currently we also support hiring of corporate full-time employees in 19 states in the United States. Please speak with a member of our recruitment team to determine whether you are located in a state in which we are hiring corporate full-time employees.
At the core of our vibrant culture are shared values that form the foundation of our organization. These values revolve around trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence. Our overarching mission is to create economic opportunities so that people have better lives. We foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, nurturing personal and professional growth through development opportunities, mentorship programs, and participation in Upwork Belonging Communities.
We take pride in providing exceptional benefits to our employees. These include comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family, unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. To explore these benefits in detail, as well as gain insights into our company values, working principles, and the overall employee experience, we invite you to visit our Life at Upwork page.
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