The Role
Lead and mentor a team of mobile and backend engineers, ensuring alignment with delivery expectations, quality standards, and Agile methodologies.
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About the Company
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, pioneering clean beauty brand Well People, Keys Soulcare, a groundbreaking lifestyle beauty brand created with Alicia Keys and Naturium, high-performance, biocompatible, clinically-effective and accessible skincare.
In our Fiscal year 25, we had net sales of $1 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 26 consecutive quarters of net sales growth. We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last four fiscal years), equity, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.
Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us
Position Summary
We are seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team of iOS, Android, and C#/.NET backend developers. This leader excels at understanding priorities, anticipating team needs, and ensuring strong alignment between engineering efforts and delivery expectations.
You will work closely with the Sprint Manager to support planning and ensure engineering teams stay on track for a consistent and predictable release cadence. Additionally, you will be responsible for engineering readiness, quality, and execution.
This role is ideal for someone who brings technical depth, strong leadership, and a solutions-oriented mindset that helps the team move forward with clarity and confidence.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a multinational team of mobile and backend engineers.
- Foster a collaborative culture focused on accountability, growth, and engineering excellence.
- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning.
- Attract, hire, and onboard high-caliber engineering talent.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance in Swift, Kotlin/Java, or C#/.NET as needed.
- Participate in architectural discussions, design reviews, and code reviews to ensure sound engineering practices.
- Identify opportunities for improvement in workflows, tooling, and system performance.
- Work side by side with the technical teams and problem-solve when the team needs support.
- Partner with the Sprint Manager to align engineering efforts with sprint goals and release timelines.
- Maintain awareness of team capacity, risks, and dependencies to keep delivery on schedule.
- Ensure engineering output meets quality standards and contributes to a consistent release cadence.
- Help remove blockers and facilitate effective communication across teams.
- Work closely with Product, QA, DevOps, UX, and Architecture teams to ensure shared understanding of scope and dependencies.
- Communicate technical considerations, progress updates, and risks effectively to stakeholders.
- Support planning and roadmap discussions by providing engineering insight and context.
Leadership & Team Development
Technical Oversight & Hands-On Support
Agile Delivery & Execution
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional engineering experience, with 2+ years in a leadership or management role.
- Hands-on expertise in mobile development (iOS/Android) and/or backend development using C#/.NET.
- Experience working in an Agile environment with distributed, multinational teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to guide teams through technical challenges.
- Demonstrated ability to support predictable, on-time delivery cycles.
Preferred skills
- Experience building and delivering large-scale mobile applications or distributed backend services.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, cloud platforms, and automated testing practices.
- Experience improving engineering operational efficiency, tooling, or system performance.
What You Bring
- A balanced leadership style that blends technical credibility with strong people management skills.
- The ability to understand priorities, anticipate challenges, and guide teams toward effective solutions.
- Clear, thoughtful communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
- A commitment to engineering excellence, quality, and continuous improvement.
- A high level of ownership and a mindset focused on steady, reliable delivery.
Why This Role Matters
- As a key engineering leader, you will help shape the mobile and backend technology foundations while ensuring the team consistently delivers high-quality work that aligns with the broader engineering strategy and release expectations.
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.
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Top Skills
C#/.Net
Kotlin/Java
Swift
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The Company
What We Do
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Celebrating the beauty of every eye, lip and face is fundamental to our DNA. It’s in our name and inspires us as a company. We are committed to creating a culture internally – and in the world around us – where all individuals are encouraged to express their truest selves, are empowered to succeed and where we do the right thing for people, the planet and animals.
Our deep commitment to inclusive, accessible, cruelty-free beauty has fueled the success of the e.l.f. Cosmetics brand online and at retail since 2004. With the 2020 acquisition of the pioneering clean-beauty brand W3LL People, and the new lifestyle beauty brand Keys Soulcare created with Alicia Keys, we continue to strategically expand our portfolio with brands that support our purpose and values. Our brands are widely available online, and at leading beauty, mass-market, and natural specialty retailers.
