Senior Engineering Manager

It's a new day with a new opportunity at 8am 

About the role:

The Senior Engineering Manager, Growth is responsible for leading engineering teams focused on building the infrastructure, tooling, and experiences that drive data-driven growth across our product portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our transformation from an exclusively sales-led organization focused on point solution adoption to a nimble multi-channel, multi-service platform that grows with our customers.

You will lead two core teams: the Growth Enablement team building foundational infrastructure (customer data platforms, experimentation frameworks, feature flagging systems, and analytics infrastructure), and the First Time Use team optimizing trial experiences, onboarding flows, and activation moments that drive conversion and early engagement.

This position will run projects that include deploying product updates, building scalable growth infrastructure, optimizing conversion funnels, and implementing integrations that meet customer needs while enabling rapid experimentation and data-driven decision making.

About us:

At 8am, our vision is to power a world where professionals thrive. We start every day on a mission to empower professionals with the most trusted, innovative technology to deliver world-class outcomes for their clients and exceptional financial results for their business. They count on our purpose-built solutions to simplify operations, ensure compliance, and fuel profitable growth, so they can focus on their clients and do more of the work that matters.

Founded in 2005, 8am (formerly AffiniPay) is the professional business platform built to help legal, accounting, and other client-focused professionals run stronger, more profitable businesses. Today, more than 250,000 professionals across the U.S. trust 8am to help them work smarter, serve clients better, and unlock their full potential. We have been recognized as one of Inc 5000's fastest growing companies in the U.S. for 13 years in a row, and as a result, our teams continue to grow as well

What you'll do:

• Urgency: You move quickly, ship iteratively, and prioritize speed of learning over perfect solutions—building MVPs that validate hypotheses rapidly
• Adaptability: Thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift based on data, and can pivot technical approaches when experiments suggest a better path forward
• Innovative Thinker: Excitement for building elegant technical solutions that enable delightful user experiences and unlock new growth capabilities

About you:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, monitoring, and debugging large-scale solutions in cloud-based environments (AWS, GCE)
• Minimum of 5 years experience directly leading software developers, with at least 2+ years managing, mentoring and leading engineering teams; preference for experience in growth engineering, platform engineering, or conversion optimization
• Experience building and deploying production-grade web applications and SaaS applications at scale
• Strong understanding of growth engineering domains including experimentation platforms, customer data infrastructure, product analytics, and conversion optimization
• Experience building or managing teams that create shared infrastructure and tooling used across multiple products
  
• Familiarity with modern growth tech stacks (Segment, Amplitude/Mixpanel, LaunchDarkly, etc.) and ability to make informed technical decisions about tool selection and integration
• Experience supporting rapid iteration, A/B testing, and data-driven development across growth initiatives
• Experience building APIs and strong understanding of SOLID design principles and design patterns
• Expert knowledge of frontend technologies with experience writing components using React
• Strong understanding with SQL and familiarity with databases such as Postgres or MySQL
• Familiarity with LEAN product development and Agile frameworks (Scrum or Kanban)
• Partners closely with Principal Product Managers for Growth Enablement and First Time Use to align engineering execution with product vision
• Significant experience with addressing interpersonal conflicts/critical issues, organizing resources to meet strategic goals, mentoring/coaching employees, conducting employee performance evaluations, and recruiting/retaining talent
• Excellent leadership, communication, prioritization, collaboration, and problem-solving skills with a track record of building and managing high-functioning, inclusive, diverse, and productive teams
• Strong teamwork and documentation skills
• Strong experience with resolving conflict and building trust within and between teams, particularly across Product, Engineering, and Data functions
• Understands and supports business objectives of Product, Data, Marketing, and Sales teams to ensure growth engineering delivers maximum impact
• Ability to balance foundational infrastructure work with rapid experimentation and customer-facing improvements
• Comfort with data-driven development practices and metrics-focused engineering culture
• Ability to identify motivational criteria of each employee individually and uses this knowledge to inspire the best possible performance
• Leads by example and acts as coach and mentor for engineers
• Sets performance objectives and conducts performance reviews on a timely basis
• Anticipates and resolves personnel issues before they become problems
• Leads on-boarding and off-boarding for new and departing team members
• Performs reviews and career development
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation.

Additional Information
The annual salary range for this position is $150,000 to $180,000. The salary range for performing this role outside of the US / Austin / California may differ.  8am is committed to offering competitive, fair and commensurate compensation and has provided an estimated pay range for this role. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and education.

Why 8am: 

At 8am, our culture is shaped by the people who bring it to life every day. Together, we build a company rooted in continuous learning, genuine community, holistic wellness, and meaningful engagement—values that empower us as individuals and unite us as a team. Our culture is grounded in our core values: Work Smart, Win Fast; Outshine Ordinary, and We Find a Way. These values drive how we serve our customers and work with each other in a collaborative, inspiring, and empowering environment, every day.

Here's how we support our 8Team:

• Health Insurance Coverage: We offer our 8Team a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit your needs, including a 100% company-paid HDHP plan for employees.
• Financial perks: We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including annual bonuses, equity options and 401(k) or RRSP if in Canada, with a company match for all team members.
• Time for what matters: Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, and a parental leave program for our new parents.
• Wellness: Wellness stipends, mental health support, and one-on-one nutrition coaching.
• Learning and Development: Continuous learning through , leadership programs, professional development funds, and individually focused talent development.
• Giving back to the communities around us: Participate in our charitable matching gift program, paid time off for volunteer service, and company-sponsored volunteer events (both local and virtually).
• Engagement: Virtual and in-person team-building events, quarterly award recognition through our Rise & Shine Award of Excellence Program, and our peer-to-peer appreciation platform.

At 8am, we don't just offer benefits - we create an environment where people can thrive, grow, and make a real impact every day.

Diversity, equity & inclusion at 8am:

At 8am, we recognize that innovation occurs with a strong team of people who are diverse in background, personality, talent and ideas. Experience comes in many forms and ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we continue to learn from each other is an integral part of our culture. We are committed to creating a welcoming and transparent environment for all that embraces those differences through education, equal access to opportunities and information, inclusionary programs, and community outreach. 

Security advisory:

Our hiring teams at 8am are dedicated to recruiting top talent that share our passion for serving the professional services industry through innovative financial technology.  As such, our Talent Acquisition Team only follows legitimate hiring practices.  We will always communicate with our candidates using emails with the 8am domain and will never ask for sensitive/personal data during the application process.  All interviews take place over phone call, Zoom/Google Meet or in person.  All offers are communicated verbally by our Talent Acquisition Specialists with a written offer letter as a follow up.