Who we are

We’re seeking a self-motivated, highly driven Engineering Manager to lead our Search team. You’ll be at the helm of building and optimizing a cutting-edge platform that supports data-driven products and drives strategic outcomes for our customers. This team is building the search platform that empowers our clients to curate audience segments, which Attentive uses across the platform to personalize content. By delivering more relevant and engaging messages, this drives higher performance for our clients and better experiences for their customers.

In this role, youll collaborate closely with Machine Learning, Product Management, and Engineering leadership to ensure the Search platform meets the diverse needs of these teams and our clients. This hands-on role requires a balance of people management, technical direction, and cross-functional leadership, making it ideal for a leader who excels in driving innovation and execution.

Why Attentive needs you

Lead the technical vision for the Search Optimization team, aligning with company goals and driving strategic outcomes through innovative data solutions
Oversee the design and implementation of high-throughput data solutions, ensuring that they are scalable, efficient, and capable of powering critical operations
Partner with teams across AI, ML, analytics, and other departments to enhance and expand our search platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of the organization
Establish and uphold high standards for data quality, governance, and system integration, addressing complex distributed data challenges with robust solutions
Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and collaboration
Balance and prioritize multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business objectives while maintaining high standards of technical excellence
Champion the technical design, development, implementation and support of web stack and big data applications including extending its capabilities applications using existing and emerging technology platforms

About you

You have 5+ years of industry experience developing software, with a proven track record of solving complex big data challenges and delivering impactful solutions
You are knowledgeable about data modeling, data access, and data storage, and have experience with search (Elastic, Lucene, Solr, etc) and vector search (Pinecone, etc.) technologies
You have a strong commitment to software quality, with a history of building reliable, high-uptime systems that meet and exceed performance expectations
You excel at translating business needs into well-defined projects, taking a hands-on approach to solution design, implementation, and execution
You are passionate about emerging technologies and have the ability to evaluate and choose the right tools and technologies to drive innovation while balancing practical considerations
You thrive in a collaborative environment, working effectively with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business goals and ensure cohesive execution

Our scale

8,000 brands powered by Attentive sent over 2.2 billion text messages over Cyber Week 2023 (Black Friday/Cyber Monday) representing a growth of 31% from 2022
We sent 32 billion SMS messages in 2023, up 32% YoY. That’s an average of 87 million per day
Our production cluster contains over 18,000 containers which serve 200+ services
Our streaming services process over 80 billion events per month

What we use

We use a wide variety of technology and we’re always looking for the best solutions to solve hard problems.
Our backend is Java / Spring Boot microservices, built with Gradle, coupled with things like DynamoDB, Pulsar, AirFlow, Postgres, Planetscale, and Redis, hosted via AWS.
Our frontend is built with React and TypeScript, and uses best practices like GraphQL, Storybook, Radix UI, Vite, esbuild, and PlaywrightV

Youll get competitive perks and benefits, from health & wellness to equity, to help you bring your best self to work.

For US based applicants:

- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $163,000 - $260,000 annually + equity + benefits

- Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location

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