Senior Software Engineering Manager

About Care.com  

Care.com is a consumer tech company with heart. We’re on a mission to solve a human challenge we all face: finding great care for the ones we love. We’re moms and dads and pet parents. We have parents and grandparents so we understand that everyone, at some point in their lives, could use a helping hand. Our culture and our products reflect that.  

Care.com offers of an array of services that enable families to find, manage and pay for care and provide employment opportunities for caregivers. Our engineering organization is reimagining our tech stacks and consolidating to a single cloud native platform so we can test and learn faster. The new platform is composed of gRPC microservices and Lambdas in Go, Kafka streams, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, GraphQL, and micro-frontends on Node and React. We're utilizing industry best practices and tools like OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Github, SignalFX, Figma, and others to make our lives easier.  

Here, entrepreneurs, self-starters, team players, and big thinkers unite behind a common cause. Here, we’re applying data analytics, AI, and the latest technologies to solve universal problems and connect people in new ways. If you like having autonomy, if you thrive on collaboration and building new things, and if you’re all about using your talent for good, Care.com is the place for you.  

Work Environment:

• Hybrid - In Office (Monday, Wednesday & Thursday) 
• Office Location: 800 Congress Ave 

What You'll Be Working On:  

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Technology team as Senior Engineering Manager. The candidate will be responsible for the analysis, design, programming, testing, documentation, and implementation of new product features. 

• Design and develop an extremely high-volume, fault-tolerant, scalable distributed system that uses technologies such as 
• iOS / Mobile Application Development
• Java and J2EE technologies 
• Golang microservices deployed on Kubernetes with an Istio service mesh 
• gRPC and GraphQL APIs 
• AWS Lambdas 
• AWS Step Functions & Express Workflows 
• Amazon EventBridge 
• AWS DynamoDB 
• Postgres 
• AWS Cloud Development Kit  
• Kafka 
• Elasticsearch  
• Work with stakeholders in product management to understand business requirements 
• Work with other disciplines to drive cross-functional efforts 
• Shape development processes to promote a high-quality output while continuing to iterate quickly 
• Own and review deliverables for accuracy, quality, performance, and completeness 
• Work with team to create architecture and design documents, project timeline, and user stories 
• Ability to lead and manage a globally distributed development team 
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of members of the team 

What You’ll Need to Succeed: 

• 10+ years of professional engineering experience 
• 4+ years of experience managing or leading a team (manager/tech lead) 
• Experience leading multiple engineering teams
• BS or MS in Computer Science or a similar engineering discipline 
• Experience with Microservices architecture is a plus 
• AWS experience is a plus 
• Ability to thrive as part of a multi-site development team  

For a list of our Perks + Benefits, click here! 

**Care.com supports diverse families and communities and seeks employees who are just as diverse. As an equal opportunity employer, Care.com recognizes the power of a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. Care.com is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to [email protected].** 

Company Overview:

Available in 21 countries, Care.com is one of the largest providers of online services for finding family care and care jobs, spanning in-home and in-center care solutions. Since 2007, families have relied on Care.com for an array of care for children, seniors, pets, and the home.  Designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s families and caregivers, the Company also offers customized corporate benefits packages to support working families, household tax and payroll services, and innovations for caregivers to find and book jobs. Care.com is an IAC company (NASDAQ: IAC).

Salary Range:  $160,000 to $200,000.

The base salary range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the national salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Care.com’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses and short- and long-term incentives. In addition, Care.com provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life, and disability insurance, a generous 401K employer matching program, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).