Engineering Manager
Warby Parker
Warby Parker is seeking a dedicated Engineering Manager to guide and inspire a team in delivering enterprise-level business systems, including order management, fulfillment, supply chain, and accounting systems. Your primary responsibility will be to support the talented Software Engineers on your team and help them excel in their careers, create exceptional software, and stay engaged in their work at Warby Parker. Reporting to the Vice President of Engineering, you and your team will collaborate with Product Managers to execute roadmaps that empower Software Product teams to achieve our strategic objectives. Working cross-functionally, your team will help design robust, intuitive features in record time.
What you’ll do:
- Build and lead a team of Engineers through hiring, coaching, mentorship, feedback, and career development
- Work closely with Product Management to ensure the delivery of high-performing applications and services
- Ensure the timely delivery of engineering work to meet business needs and architecture standards
- Build a metrics-driven operational culture, helping build out our practices for KPI measurement and review, as well as for logging, monitoring, and alerting practices
- Demonstrate an unbeatable drive for results, a focus on customer empathy, and a long-term vision for software products, continually delivering work in an agile and iterative manner
- Keep your team engaged and excited about their work
- Establish, monitor, and maintain fantastic communication across departments to ensure transparency around how product work is prioritized and managed, as well as how key metrics are performing
- Set and enforce the highest standards in software production, adhering to our core values of trust and transparency
Who you are:
- Backed by 7+ years of relevant work experience or in a DevOps practicing organization, with direct management of at least 6 people
- Well-versed in domain modeling and system design
- Experienced at working with cloud providers, distributed systems, and service-oriented architecture
- Driven by a desire to build and maintain strong relationships, help others with their career development, and create inclusive environments
- Equipped with stellar interpersonal and communication skills in groups of different sizes and levels of technical expertise—you’re an eloquent, empathetic influencer with excellent leadership and negotiation skills
- Able to evaluate performance objectively and rationally, hold teammates accountable for meeting shared goals, and make tough, complex decisions
- Not on the Office of Inspector General’s List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)
Extra credit:
- Proficient in using Golang and Python
- Experience working for a company that has a significant consumer-facing element, like retail or ecommerce
- Formal knowledge of process improvement methodologies
- Experience with cross-functional teams or matrix organization
In compliance with local and state requirements, Warby Parker is committed to pay transparency. We offer a comprehensive compensation package that includes not only a competitive base salary/hourly rate but also variable compensation for eligible employees.
For applicable postings, the range listed is a good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation is thoughtfully determined by a variety of factors, including the candidate's qualifications, experience, internal equity, and relevant market data.
For applicable postings, non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay if you are required to work more than 40 hours in a workweek.
Some benefits of working at Warby Parker for full-time employees:
- Health, vision, and dental insurance
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Paid sick leave1
- Paid Holidays1
- Vacation days per year1
- Retirement savings plan (401(k))
- Parental leave (non-birthing parents included)
- Short-term disability
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Bereavement Support
- Optical Education Reimbursement
- Free eyewear
- And more (just ask!)
Some benefits of working at Warby Parker for part-time employees:
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Free eyewear
- Paid sick leave2
- And more (just ask!)
Warby Parker will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.
If you are a California resident, please review the additional privacy disclosures available in Section 8 of our Privacy Policy, which provides a summary of how we collect, use, disclose, and share personal information about you and explain your rights under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”).
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
CO only: The application window for this position is anticipated to close on the apply before date listed. We encourage interested candidates to apply through our Career website.
1 WA only: Full-Time employees’ paid sick leave is accrued at a rate of 1 hour per every 26 hours worked. Full-time employees receive 5 paid holidays and 5-10 vacation days per year (after waiting period, depending on tenure and hours worked). 2 WA PT only: Paid sick leave (accrued at a rate of 1 hour per every 30 hours worked).
Warby Parker was founded with a mission: to inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose, and style.
We're constantly asking ourselves how we can do more and make a greater impact, and that starts by reimagining everything that a company and industry can be. We want to demonstrate that a business can scale while doing good in the world, without charging a premium for it. And we’ve learned that it takes creativity, empathy, and innovation to achieve that goal.
Since the day we launched in 2010, we’ve pioneered ideas, designed products, and developed technologies that help people see. We offer everything you need for happier eyes at a price that leaves you with money in your pocket, from designer-quality glasses and contacts to eye exams and vision tests, and you can meet us online, at our stores, or even in your home. Wherever and whenever you need it, we’re there to make exceptional vision care simple and accessible. (Delightful, too.)
Ultimately, we believe in vision for all, which is why for every pair of glasses or sunglasses we sell, a pair of glasses is distributed to someone in need through our Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program.