Location: Remote - eligible US locations
About the role and about You:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact team dedicated to accelerating user acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue growth through data-driven experimentation and technical optimization. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, marketing, and data — with a strong emphasis on modern web technologies, e-commerce platforms, and subscription business models.
You will be responsible for your team's code quality, predictable and efficient delivery, and driving engineering best-practices like automated testing, maintainability, cross-platform development, developer experience, extensibility, resiliency, and scalability. You'll look for opportunities to incubate new ideas, create experiments, and share recommendations with the broader engineering organization. You will be data-driven, establish clear and representative metrics by which we can measure the performance and health of our products, and help your team look around corners for both business opportunities as well as managing operational risks.
You will be accountable for growing and developing your team, both through diverse hiring as well as coaching and mentoring the individuals on your team to improve their professional and technical skills.
What you’ll do:
- Lead a team of 5–8 full-stack growth engineers, fostering a culture of rapid experimentation, ownership, and technical excellence.
- Work directly with engineers, product managers, UX designers, and stakeholders to scope, plan, and deliver projects.
- Partner with senior technical leaders and business stakeholders to develop a technical strategy and product roadmap.
- Define and drive key performance and technical metrics, and communicate progress to a broad set of stakeholders across multiple disciplines.
- Build realistic and efficient agile project plans, align across partner teams, proactively identify risks, and develop risk mitigation strategies.
- Identify, define, and drive key investments in improving quality and development efficiency (i.e. quality, testing, engineering best practices, etc.).
- Build a strong engineering team through coaching, mentoring, hiring, performance management, and retaining and supporting our top talent.
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar discipline.
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in engineering management (preferably leading growth or consumer-facing teams).
- Deep hands-on expertise in modern web tech stacks, including React, Next.js, AWS, Postgres, and Kubernetes.
- Proven experience leading teams using agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.
- Strong experience building or optimizing headless e-commerce experiences with Shopify and headless CMS platforms.
- Comfort owning the full subscription lifecycle: trials, pricing experiments, payment flows, churn reduction, win-back campaigns, and upsell/cross-sell paths.
- Excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with non-technical stakeholders (Marketing, Growth PMs, Executives).
- Solid people management experience, including hiring, career development, mentoring, and performance management.
Bonus points:
- Experience with other native mobile and desktop applications.
- Interest in building solutions that support our engaged Zwift Community of cyclists, runners, and fitness enthusiasts.
- Contributions to open-source Next.js/Shopify projects or personal experiments.
- Familiarity with AI/ML personalization or generative tools in growth contexts.
If Zwift determines in any stage of our interviews that any AI tools are being used without disclosure or citation, your candidacy will be disqualified.
For All US Based Full-Time Positions:
The base salary for this position ranges between $149,500.00 to $238,500.00. The base salary will be based on a number of factors including the role offered, the individual's job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, Zwift is proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for all eligible employees which also includes performance bonuses, equity, and a full range of medical, financial, and other perks and benefits.
How to stand out among the rest:
Your resume/CV is enough to show off your skills, accomplishments, and experience. However, if you choose to include a cover letter introducing us to your awesome personality, we will read that too.
We strongly believe that different backgrounds and ideas are a competitive advantage; we hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Zwift is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by emailing [email protected].
Zwift, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar discipline.
- 7+ years of software engineering experience.
- 3+ years in engineering management (preferably leading growth or consumer-facing teams).
- Deep hands-on expertise in modern web tech stacks including React, Next.js, AWS, Postgres, and Kubernetes.
- Proven experience leading teams using agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.
- Strong experience building or optimizing headless e-commerce experiences with Shopify and headless CMS platforms.
- Comfort owning the full subscription lifecycle: trials, pricing experiments, payment flows, churn reduction, win-back, and upsell/cross-sell.
- Excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with non-technical stakeholders (Marketing, Growth PMs, Executives).
- Solid people management experience including hiring, career development, mentoring, and performance management.
- Experience with native mobile and desktop applications.
- Contributions to open-source Next.js/Shopify projects or personal experiments.
- Familiarity with AI/ML personalization or generative tools in growth contexts.
What We Do
Zwift is the app that enables millions of people to ride or run in virtual worlds with a community that motivates at every mile. We are on a mission to make more people, more active, more often. Known for connecting cyclists and runners around the world while mixing the intensity of training with the immersive and engaging play of gaming.
Why Work With Us
Zwift is where world-class talent can do their best work while having fun. Elevating teammates and looking within to always level up is deep in our DNA. Our inclusive, “One Zwift for All” value is something that is worked on daily. And bringing your authentic voice is expected. Ready to join our growing community?
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