MyFitnessPal
Manager,Engineering-ProductPlatform
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“Manager, Engineering - Product Platform at MyFitnessPal. Skills: Engineering Management, Platform Engineering, Product Development. Lead team in defining objectives. Deliver quarterly objectives”
What You'll Achieve.
Increase velocity; Increase safety; Increase effectiveness; Drive meaningful product value; Deliver impact
Industry & Context.
Solving complex problems; Building high-impact solutions; Identify solutions; Justify solutions; Create solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Meaningful experience managing platform or foundational engineering work, 2+ years in a leadership role, Experience leading high-performing engineers, Proven track record of delivering internal platform work, Demonstrated success developing engineers, understanding of software engineering best practices, understanding of architectural patterns, Experience building systems designed for scale, Experience building systems designed for reliability, Experience building systems designed for experimentation
Nice to Have
Experience with AI-driven tooling, Experience with modernizing data synchronization, Experience with persistence between mobile clients and backend, Experience improving mobile developer experience, Experience with high-traffic mobile ecosystems
What You'll Do.
Lead team in defining objectives
Deliver quarterly objectives
Increase effectiveness
Cultivate environment for engineers
Converse with leaders
Identify collaboration opportunities
Identify platform opportunities
Balance platform delivery
Improve core services
Improve mobile clients
Ensure sustainability
Take hands-on approach
Prioritize technical debt
Prioritize maintenance work
Ensure predictable execution
Own engineering quality
Elevate engineering quality
Champion testing practices
Foster continuous improvement
Strengthen delivery rigor
Support career growth
Maintain team engagement
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Product; Partner with cross-functional stakeholders; Converse with Engineering leaders; Converse with Product leaders; Identify collaboration opportunities; Work with product teams; Support teammates
Communication Scope
Regularly converse with leaders
Process & Methodology
Delivery management, Maintain healthy backlog, Prioritize technical debt, Prioritize maintenance work, Ensure predictable execution
Full Job Description
At MyFitnessPal, we believe good health starts with what you eat. We provide tools, resources and support to enable users to reach their health goals. We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team of Android, Backend, iOS and Web engineers to drive foundational engineering work that enables product teams and internal teams to deliver exceptional customer value. About the Team: Product Platform is composed of some of our most senior engineers, passionate about solving complex problems and building high-impact engineering solutions. The team is responsible for critical systems that power the broader organization, including modernizing data synchronization and persistence between our mobile clients and backend, improving the mobile developer experience, and building AI-driven tooling to accelerate code modernization. This role offers the opportunity to immediately shape and deliver technical solutions that unlock significant business and product opportunities across multiple teams. Essential Duties: You will lead a talented team in defining and delivering against quarterly objectives that increase velocity, safety, and effectiveness across product engineering teams. Your primary focus will be cultivating an environment where engineers thrive in identifying, justifying, and creating solutions that drive meaningful product value. What you’ll be doing: Build strong relationships and regularly converse with Engineering and Product leaders across teams to proactively identify collaboration and platform opportunities Balance product platform delivery with foundational improvements to core services and mobile clients, ensuring scalability, reliability, and long-term sustainability Take a hands-on approach to delivery management, maintaining a healthy backlog, prioritizing technical debt and maintenance work, and ensuring predictable execution Own and elevate engineering quality standards by championing testing practices, fostering continuous improvemen
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