VSCO

Technology

SeniorEngineeringManager

$240–255k San Francisco, California, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Engineering Manager at VSCO. Skills: Engineering management, People leadership, AI adoption. Lead engineers. Grow engineers”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver high-quality solutions; Improve productivity; Improve engineering velocity; Improve operational efficiency; Facilitate team success; Foster technical rigor

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Remove obstacles; Resolve blockers; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years software engineering experience, 5+ years engineering management experience, Hands-on IC experience building production systems, Experience leading people management, Familiarity with Go, TypeScript/React/Node.js, Ability to write, review, reason about code, Product-sense, Hands-on AI tools experience, Track record leading team AI adoption, Commitment to people leadership, Ownership mentality

Nice to Have

Experience leading large technological migration initiatives, Experience building business tools like CRM systems, Experience with distributed systems

What You'll Do.

Place technical contributors

Stay hands-on technically

Maintain system understanding

Guide architectural direction

Deliver high-quality solutions

Own outcomes end-to-end

Hold team accountable

Have hard conversations

Collaborate across VSCO

Partner with data science

Partner with engineering

Design shared primitives

Embed AI-enabled practices

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional partners; Product teams; Design teams; Data science teams; Engineering teams

Communication Scope

Technical decisions; Product vision

Process & Methodology

Roadmap definition, Metric setting

Full Job Description

About VSCO VSCO (pronounced vis–co) is a complete photography platform—editing tools, portfolio sites, client workflows, and community—that helps photographers hone their craft, grow their network, and build a photography business on their terms. Our mission is simple: to close the gap between the creative life photographers want and the confidence, tools, and community they need to make it real. We are looking for people who are driven and demonstrate initiative in taking our company mission to the next level. Employees here have the opportunity to make a big impact, and we believe that when we build together, we achieve stronger outcomes than we could alone. Our values are critical pillars to our team culture and shape the way we hire. Read more about what you can expect when working at VSCO on our Careers Page. About you We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team of server, web, and full-stack engineers building a business management platform designed for professional photographers, offering tools for client management, scheduling, invoicing, and workflow automation to help streamline and grow their businesses. The day to day Leading and growing engineers. Hiring, coaching, and developing the team. Structuring the team so the right people are in the right roles, placing your strongest technical contributors where they'll have the most impact, and helping everyone advance their careers. Stay hands-on technically and lead as a player-coach. Review code, directly contribute, and maintain a deep understanding of the systems your team owns, including how they integrate with the broader VSCO platform. By staying close to the work, you'll bring informed perspectives to technical decisions, guide architectural direction, and help the team deliver high-quality solutions. Owning outcomes end-to-end. Defining and refining the roadmap with your team and XFN partners, breaking down work, setting success metrics, and holding the team accountable for deliveri

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