Engineering Manager, Platform

Founded by Arianna Huffington in 2016, Thrive Global is a leading behavior change technology company with the mission to improve productivity and health outcomes – one Microstep at a time. Thrive helps individuals and organizations improve well-being, performance and mental resilience with its AI-powered behavior change technology platform. Thrive’s Microsteps – small, science-backed steps to improve health and productivity – have been adopted by employees at more than 200 organizations in over 160 countries, from frontline and call center workers to executives at multinational companies. For more information, visit www.thriveglobal.com.

If you’re not sure that you’re 100% qualified, but this sounds like a role you would Thrive in – we want you to apply! We believe skills are transferable and passion for our mission goes a long way.

In this role, you will lead our Platform team (frontend, backend & infrastructure) to build & deliver the foundation of Thrive’s products. You will partner closely with engineering leadership, your fellow technical leaders and other stakeholders to deliver on the goal of designing, building, and innovating our libraries, tools and systems that enable Thrive’s product teams to deliver a world class product.  You will be responsible for coaching and mentoring the engineers on the team: their success will be your success!

We need a kind and caring team player who takes responsibility for organizational outcomes and is ready to collaborate with Business, Product, and Technology partners. A leader with frontend experience and a passion for platform development.

If you’re not sure that you’re 100% qualified, but this sounds like a role you would Thrive in – we want you to apply! We believe skills are transferable and passion for our mission goes a long way.

How You'll Contribute:

• Lead & manage the team building our libraries & services that enable our product teams to succeed
• Working closely with product teams to enhance how they own, operate (build, deploy, monitor) and troubleshoot production software systems
• Cultivating a high performing team, delivering technical feedback and excitement for a small, autonomous team of engineers. In this role you will be managing people and be directly responsible for their success!
• Take responsibility for planning, execution and success of complex projects
• Take part in technical & peer reviews, collaborative design sessions, production issue troubleshooting, business requirement gathering and other organizational processes.
• Partnering with engineering leadership,  product, design, and data peers to create the team’s technical roadmap and be the voice of engineering as a part of the team’s leadership
• Promote an environment of innovation and experimentation, encouraging the team to explore new technologies and approaches that can enhance our products and engineering practices.
• Ensure the technical proficiency of your team by facilitating learning opportunities, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
• Contribute to the strategic planning of the engineering department, helping to shape the future direction of technology and product development at Thrive Global.

Must Haves:

• 3+ years of experience as an Engineering manager, preferably in a startup environment
• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Technical enough to drive clarity with staff engineers about architecture and technical strategic decisions.
• Production development experience in React, Webpack, TypeScript
• Passion for working and leading people & technology, inspiring them to perform at their best
• Experience building, running, and debugging scalable and reliable microservice-based applications
• Strong understanding of systems design and its impact on application architecture

✨ What We Offer:

• 🌍 Mission-Driven Impact: Be part of a company that’s truly making a difference in people’s lives around the world.
• 🚀 Career Growth: Develop within the company and help shape our growth strategy.
• 💙 Human-Centric Culture: Thrive in a supportive environment with a range of wellness perks and benefits.
• 💰 Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a comprehensive and rewarding total compensation package.
• 🩺 Health & Financial Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage plus a 401(k) program with company match.
• 🌴 Time to Recharge: Generous paid time-off programs designed to help you rest, reset, and recharge — including Thrive Time, a benefit unique to Thrive that gives employees additional paid time off after major projects or intense periods of work to truly recharge and recover.

Compensation:

Base compensation for this role will likely fall in the $170,000-$209,000 range.

• Please note: We provide a competitive mix of salary, performance bonus, and equity. The final offer amount will depend on factors like experience, expertise, and may differ from the range above. This range also excludes additional benefits, such as 401(k), and medical, dental, or vision insurance.

Thrive is deeply committed to creating a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment so that all employees can bring their whole selves to work.

Thrive is proud to ensure equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Thrive is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. Please inform Thrive’s Recruiting team if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.