Senior Manager, Engineering

About the role

As a Senior Engineering Manager on the Growth team at AllTrails, you will lead a high-impact engineering team focused on helping more people discover value in AllTrails, convert to paid subscriptions, and stay engaged over time. This team sits at the intersection of product, engineering, analytics, design, and experimentation, and plays a critical role in how we grow our member base and business.

We’re looking for a thoughtful, technically credible leader who knows how to build healthy, high-performing teams and turn ambiguous product opportunities into durable systems, strong execution, and measurable business results. You will partner closely with cross-functional leaders to shape strategy, prioritize the roadmap, and create the conditions for your team to do the best work of their careers.

This role is ideal for someone who loves leading through influence, cares deeply about team health and engineering quality, and is energized by experimentation, iteration, and building experiences that help millions of people get outside more often.

Application Deadline: We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. We will be removing this job post on June 29th to ensure we can review all submissions.

What you’ll be doing

Manage, mentor, and grow a team of talented engineers, creating a high-trust environment with clear expectations, strong accountability, and meaningful career development

Lead the engineering execution for Growth initiatives spanning acquisition, onboarding, activation, conversion, retention, and monetization

Partner closely with Product, Design, Analytics, Marketing, and other engineering teams to define strategy, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver high-impact experiences

Help the team plan, prioritize, and execute a roadmap that balances fast iteration with technical quality, scalability, and long-term maintainability

Build a strong experimentation culture by partnering on A/B tests, measurement plans, and decision-making rooted in user behavior and business outcomes

Support the development of systems and product surfaces that power upsells, paywalls, purchase flows, entitlements, lifecycle moments, and other Growth-critical experiences

Serve as a technical leader for the team by guiding architecture, reviewing technical direction, and helping engineers make sound decisions across a broad set of product and platform concerns

Hire exceptional talent, coach engineers toward greater scope and impact, and raise the bar on performance, collaboration, and engineering craft

Advocate for code quality, operational excellence, and pragmatic process improvements that increase engineering efficiency, quality, and happiness

Collaborate effectively as a distributed team using GitHub, Slack, Zoom, Jira, and Confluence to stay aligned and move work forward

What you bring

8+ years of software engineering experience, including time leading teams through complex technical and organizational challenges

4+ years of engineering management experience building healthy, high-performing teams

Experience developing iOS apps with Swift or managing teams that do so

Experience shipping large-scale product initiatives with multiple cross-functional dependencies

Strong product, analytical, and technical judgment, with experience using experimentation and metrics to inform decisions

Track record of coaching engineers, managing performance, and building a culture of trust, ownership, and high standards

Strong communication skills and the ability to align stakeholders and navigate ambiguity with confidence

Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments where prioritization and adaptability matter

Experience with modern software development workflows and tools, including GitHub, Jira, and Confluence

Humility, empathy, curiosity, and a willingness to dive in wherever needed

Bonus points

Experience leading Growth, monetization, subscription, onboarding, or experimentation teams in a consumer product environment

Experience with analytics and experimentation tools such as Amplitude

Experience working on subscription products, purchase flows, entitlement systems, or lifecycle engagement

Strong instincts around user experience and building elegant, high-converting product experiences

AI Native: you naturally incorporate AI tools to enhance your work, evaluate outputs thoughtfully, and improve team productivity and decision-making

Passion for the outdoors and for AllTrails’ mission to connect people to the outdoors

Perks & benefits

Competitive and equitable compensation, including ownership through equity and performance-based bonuses

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage to support your physical and mental well-being

Unlimited PTO in addition to company holidays 

Dedicated time once a month to test and improve our product through company-wide no-meeting days

Fully paid parental leave to birthing and non-birthing parents

401k Match & access to financial wellness resources through Origin

Remote work stipend to help you design a comfortable and productive home office

Annual learning stipend to invest in your long-term professional growth and skills

Exclusive discounts on our subscriptions and merchandise for you and your friends & family

An authentic investment in you as a human being and a professional—we value your identity as much as your output

Nature celebrates you just the way you are and so do we! At AllTrails we’re passionate about nurturing an inclusive workplace that values diversity. It’s no secret that companies that are diverse in background, age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective are proven to be more successful. We’re focused on creating an environment where everyone can do their best work and thrive.

Offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. AllTrails will consider all qualified applicants, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with all applicable laws, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.

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