From the very beginning, OfferUp has believed that the right people united by the right mission can redefine the possible.

OfferUp is dedicated to building the simplest and most trustworthy way for people to buy and sell in their communities. Every year, millions of people use OfferUp to buy and sell locally, resulting in billions of dollars of local commerce. As the largest mobile marketplace for local buyers and sellers in the U.S., our iOS and Android app has been in the top five most popular shopping apps lists for more than three years. Join us as we build the marketplace of the future and help more people discover value right where they are.

At a Glance

• 85+ Million Downloads
• Geekwire App of Year
• 15%+ of adults in several markets use OfferUp every month (LA, Miami, Phoenix, Seattle, Las Vegas, Riverside, Orlando)

OfferUp is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to help lead our Communications team. The Communications team is responsible for all of OfferUp's user to user communication and system to user communication, which includes various modalities like chat, email, and click-to-call. This team owns OfferUp’s critical interactive chat experience, which is the foundation of our application.

In this role, you will lead a high functioning team of backend/frontend engineers. You will foster an engineering culture focussed on learning and rapid validation of ideas through experimentation. As an engineering leader you will support the career growth and development of our engineers. You will also collaborate with our product, design, SRE, data science teams to design and improve our customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead engineering team in achieving a high level of technical quality, reliability, and ease-of-use
• Own, oversee, and delegate the design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and delivery of large-scale software applications, systems, platforms, services or technologies.
• Recruit great engineers, in collaboration with OfferUp’s recruiting team
• Develop engineers on the team, helping them advance in their careers
• Champion operational excellence, establishing metrics and process for regular assessment and improvement
• Operate strategically and tactically
• Exceptional written and verbal communication

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant engineering work experience and 2+ hands-on management experience
• Exceptional coding abilities and experience with architectural patterns of large, high-scale applications
• Track record in partnering with recruiting to build incredible engineering teams
• Actively coached and mentored team members in their careers
• Been actively involved in setting product strategy
• Shipped several large scale projects with multiple dependencies across teams 

OfferUp is changing the way people buy and sell locally...Come do work that matters. join the team and take the ride of your life!

OfferUp provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, OfferUp complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

OfferUp expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of OfferUp’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.