Senior Engineering Manager

Captivate

IQ is transforming the way companies plan, manage, and optimize sales performance. We started by revolutionizing incentive compensation management, and now we're expanding our platform to solve broader sales planning challenges. Recognized by industry analysts like Forrester and G2 and backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia, ICONIQ, Accel, and Sapphire Ventures, we empower high-growth companies like Netflix, Figma, and Stripe with the flexibility and insights needed to drive revenue performance.

Behind every great software company is the team building it. We are an engineering team of multicultural, highly collaborative, fully distributed, humble learners. We pride ourselves on building best-in-class products powered by innovative technologies.

As a Senior Engineering Manager in the Incentive Commission Plans (ICM) pillar, you will lead product teams focused on the Plan Builder persona: the administrators, compensation practitioners, and sales ops leaders who design, iterate on, and operationalize complex incentive plans.

You will own a high‑impact portfolio spanning plan design, modeling, workflows, and plan documentation experiences. Your teams will make it easy for plan builders to go from idea → modeled plan → approved plan → signed plan document and live configuration, while ensuring accuracy, auditability, and scale. You will partner closely with Product, Design, and platform and application teams in an API- and platform-first environment.

This role is a strong fit if you’ve spent the last several years leading engineering teams, enjoy working at the intersection of product strategy, architecture, and operations, and are excited by building deeply powerful but approachable tools for expert users with complex workflows.

The candidate selected for this opportunity must reside near one of the following locations:

Hybrid (in-office 3 days per week)

• Menlo Park, CA
• Austin, TX
• Remote
• Raleigh, NC
• Nashville, TN
• Toronto, Canada

• Lead, inspire, and grow multiple distributed software engineering teams, fostering a culture of high trust and psychological safety.
• Develop engineering talent across all levels—from junior to staff—through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and team-wide programs that promote delegation and cross-organizational growth
• Own the end-to-end delivery and operational excellence of your teams' portfolio, ensuring critical user-facing systems meet user needs and are reliable and secure at scale.
• Partner with Product, Design, and other cross-functional leaders to set a clear vision, prioritize roadmaps, and align a long-term strategy that optimizes for the entire organization.
• Provide technical leadership and direction by setting architectural guardrails and guiding major technical decisions without being a direct code contributor.
• Establish and uphold rigorous engineering standards, including SLAs/SLOs, security best practices, AI usage and QA processes to accelerate delivery and improve product health.
• Champion inclusive, async-first practices to ensure your teams, distributed across an ~9-hour time zone spread, can collaborate effectively.

• Extensive software development experience as an individual contributor, and a proven track record as an Engineering Manager leading multiple, distributed software engineering teams.
• A strong product sense and a proven track record of delivering high-quality results across the full product lifecycle through lean, outcome focused rituals minimizing unnecessary process.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical depth, diving deep into complex architectural problems and guiding senior engineers to sound decisions.
• A strategic thinker, comfortable setting technical vision over a 6-12 month horizon and managing a complex portfolio of projects.
• Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners in a remote-first environment.
• A track record of hiring and developing senior talent, with a passion for helping engineers advance their careers.
• High sense of ownership and a strong growth mindset; you are a…