A Place FOR MOM

Sr. Manager, Engineering — Web

Remote-US · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$170k-$210kDetected 23 hours ago

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsDatabricksGraphQLMachine LearningAccessibilityAgileSEOLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

This is a high-visibility platform: rich in content, strong in SEO and domain authority, and central to how families discover A Place for Mom.
The role combines people leadership, technical credibility, and cross-functional partnership to ship high-impact software in a fast-moving environment.

Lead, grow, and retain the team of engineers building and evolving APFM.com http://APFM.com and related web.
Own delivery for the Web platform: planning sprints, managing scope, and removing blockers to keep the team moving.
Partner closely with Product, Design, SEO, and Content teams to translate roadmap priorities into clear, well-scoped engineering work.
Drive technical decisions in collaboration with principal and staff engineers, balancing speed with long-term maintainability.
Collaborate across the engineering organization on shared infrastructure, platform investments, and cross-team dependencies.
We each own the outcome but can only achieve it as a team.
Together, we simplify the senior care search with free, personalized support - connecting caregivers and their loved ones to vetted providers from our network of 15,000+ senior living communities and home care agencies.

8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2-3 years in an engineering management role.
Comfort with GraphQL and API-driven architectures.
Strong track record of delivering reliable, high-quality, high-traffic consumer web experiences in a product-led environment.
Experience with agile delivery practices, sprint planning, and cross-functional roadmap execution.
Demonstrated ability to grow engineers through coaching, feedback, and structured career development.
Experience leading teams building consumer-facing web products at scale, ideally on modern JavaScript/TypeScript stacks (React, Next.js, Node.js).
Able to engage technically - review architecture proposals, give meaningful code feedback, and make sound tradeoff decisions.
Excellent communicator who can operate comfortably across engineers, product managers, and senior leadership.
Background in high-traffic consumer web (marketplace, content-heavy, or SaaS-consumer hybrid).
Exposure to data and analytics tooling (PostHog, Databricks, or similar) and building data-informed products.

Deep familiarity with SEO fundamentals, Core Web Vitals, and performance optimization at consumer scale.
Experience with headless CMS platforms (Sanity, Contentful, or similar) and content-driven architectures.
Experience partnering with AI/ML teams to bring model-powered features into consumer-facing surfaces.
Prior experience scaling or restructuring engineering teams through periods of growth or transition.
Preferred Experience:
401(k) plus match

Base Salary: $170,000 to $210,000
Bonus: 20% of annual earnings
Together, we simplify the senior care search with free, personalized support - connecting caregivers and their loved ones to vetted providers from our network of 15,000+ senior living communities and home care agencies.

to help families focus on what matters most - their love for each other.
We're proud to be a mission-driven company where every role contributes to improving lives.
Caring isn't just a core value - it's who we are.
Whether you're supporting families directly or driving innovation behind the scenes, your work at A Place for Mom makes a real difference.
We are energized by solving challenging problems and see it as an opportunity to grow.

A Place for Mom has recently become aware of the fraudulent use of our name on job postings and via recruiting emails that are illegitimate and not in any way associated with us.
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