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Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

ActiveCampaignChicago, IL, US
15 hours ago
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  • Full-time
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Engineering Manager

ActiveCampaign is seeking an Engineering Manager - Data Infrastructure & Platform to lead and grow our data infrastructure. You won't just be managing a team; you'll be a pivotal, hands-on leader responsible for the entire lifecycle of all company data. You will partner directly with leadership to architect a highly available, performant, and scalable data infrastructure that powers our entire business.

This isn't just about keeping the lights on; it's about shaping the future of our data capabilities. You will foster a culture of operational excellence, security, and velocity, guiding your team to achieve our strategic vision and seeing your contributions directly impact our company's trajectory and product innovation.

On a Typical Day, You Might :

  • Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary group of talented engineers, focusing on the development and operation of core database, data pipeline, and platform services.
  • Contribute to and execute on the organization's long-term technical vision for data storage, processing, and retrieval, ensuring security, quality, and clean architecture principles.
  • Drive operational efficiency across all managed systems, including defining and achieving service level objectives (SLOs) for mission-critical databases and data platforms.
  • Collaborate with Product, Data Science, and other Engineering teams to enable new product features and analytical capabilities by optimizing and scaling our data infrastructure.
  • Maintain rigor in system reliability, focusing on automated testing, observability, disaster recovery, and continuous performance improvements for relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Facilitate the professional growth of team members in technical depth, effective cross-functional collaboration, and sound decision-making.
  • Partner with other managers to define and execute the overall platform strategy, leveraging public cloud resources and modern CI / CD practices.

The Ideal Candidate Will Bring :

  • 4+ years of hands-on technical leadership and people management experience, including successfully leading teams responsible for 24 / 7 production systems.
  • Proven experience building, deploying, and scaling high-throughput data and platform applications in a public cloud environment (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Expertise across the modern data infrastructure stack, including MySQL, NoSQL (e.g., Cassandra), and event streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka).
  • A demonstrated ability to drive operational rigor and achieve excellent system availability for critical production services.
  • Experience applying DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to managed services.
  • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical strategies to both engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
  • ActiveCampaign is an AI-first, end-to-end marketing platform for people at the heart of the action. It empowers teams to automate their campaigns with AI agents that imagine, activate, and validatefreeing them from step-by-step workflows and unlocking limitless ways to orchestrate their marketing.

    With AI, goal-based automation, and 950+ app integrations, agencies, marketers, and owners can build cross-channel campaigns in minutesfine-tuned with billions of data points to drive real results for their unique business.

    ActiveCampaign is the trusted choice to help businesses unlock a new world of boundless opportunitieswhere ideas become impact and potential turns into real results.

    As a global multicultural company, we are proud of our inclusive culture which embraces diverse voices, backgrounds, and perspectives. We don't just celebrate our differences, we believe our diversity is what empowers our innovation and success.

    At ActiveCampaign, we prioritize employees' well-being and professional growth by cultivating a culture centered on collaboration and innovation. When you join our team, you'll not only have the opportunity to make a significant impact, but also enjoy a range of benefits tailored to support your personal and career development.

    Here are some of the benefits we offer :

  • Comprehensive Health & Wellness : Top-tier benefits package that includes a fully-covered High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), complimentary access to telehealth services, and a free subscription to Calm.
  • Growth & Development : Access to LinkedIn Learning, professional development programs, and career growth opportunities in a fast-growing organization.
  • Generous Paid Time Off : Recharge and take the time you need to maintain work-life balance with open PTO.
  • Total Rewards : Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting, quarterly perks with commuter and lunch benefits for hub based employees or a stipend for remote workers, and a four-week paid sabbatical with bonus after five years.
  • Collaborative Culture : Work alongside brilliant, passionate colleagues in an environment that values innovation, teamwork, and mutual support.
  • ActiveCampaign is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, pay, grow and promote no matter of gender, race, color, sexual orientation, religion, age, protected veteran status, physical and mental abilities, or any other identities protected by law.

    Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) strive to foster a diverse inclusive environment by supporting each other, building a strong sense of belonging, and creating opportunities for mentorship and professional growth for their members.

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