Software Engineering Manager

Overview

Job Title
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Software Engineering Manager

Hybrid
: 3x a week in NYC. In-office expectations:
This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.

People Inc. is a leading digital media company that owns and operates a portfolio of brands, including All recipes, BHG, MyRecipes, Food & Wine and more. The company reaches millions of users globally and focuses on high-quality content and innovative digital experiences.

People Inc. is looking for a Software Engineering Manager focused on front-end development with a track record of mentorship, innovative thinking, and technical excellence. You will work in a collaborative Agile environment to support and expand the search and recommendation services across the Home and Food brands.

As the technology leader on your scrum team, you will help set technical direction, realize ideas in code, and collaborate with other groups within the organization.

• Manage and mentor front-end developers on your team, helping grow their skills and prepare them for increased responsibility.
• Prototype and develop responsive, cross-platform functionality on a custom server-side component framework, built on Java, with SCSS, Freemarker templates, and ES6 on the front-end, with VueJS for interactive components.
• Contribute to and maintain People Inc.’s commitment to highly performant sites.
• Research new technologies to solve problems and improve existing systems.
• Lead discussions about project architecture and technical feasibility, make decisions, and justify your development approach.
• Collaborate with business and product stakeholders to launch new features while maintaining engineering standards.
• Organize, track, and lead the repayment of technical debt.
• Develop Looker Views and Models to democratize access to data products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, ML, Backend) to scope and build ML-powered UI experiences.
• Create and manage ML ops workflows or ML infrastructure.
• Experience with ingesting raw data with Fivetran and Python and surfacing in Big Query for production use.
• Own technical decisions involving front-end performance, architecture, and reliability.
• Guide and support Elasticsearch integration for user-facing search functionality.

• 7+ years in a front-end or full-stack web development role.
• 3+ years managing engineers.
• High proficiency in HTML, CSS, SCSS, and vanilla JavaScript; significant experience with one or more other languages.
• Experience with a server-side templating language (e.g., JSP, Twig, Python, Handlebars) or a component-based framework with server-side templating (e.g., Vue+Nuxt).
• Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch or similar search tools.
• Experience with at least one cloud service platform (GCP and AWS preferred).
• Experience with data at scale using Apache Spark, Beam, or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with data streaming architectures (e.g., Pub/Sub, Apache Kafka).
• Knowledge of web performance standards and Google Core Web Vitals.
• Proven track record integrating 3rd party APIs into web applications.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business-friendly requirements and vice versa.
• Comfortable with modern Agile+Scrum SDLC tools (e.g., Git, Jira).

It is the policy of People Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

The company provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing hr.

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Salary:
New York: $180,000 - $200,000

The pay range represents the anticipated low and high end for this position and may change. Actual pay may vary based on location, experience, and performance. This range is one component of People Inc.’s total compensation package, which may include bonuses and incentives. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, parental leave, retirement plan with company match, and other programs; details vary by location.