Manager, Engineering

About the position

ThredUp’s Merchandising Engineering team builds the discovery and browsing experiences that help millions of users navigate our vast catalog of secondhand fashion. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a full-stack team responsible for developing new pathways for customers to find what they’re looking for, leveraging our AI-powered search foundation. This includes enhancing shopping for similar items, refining item taxonomy and catalog quality, and exploring innovative shopping experiences. You will manage and mentor engineers, ensuring strong execution, high code quality, and team alignment. You’ll collaborate with senior engineers to support technical decision-making and ensure the team builds scalable, maintainable systems. Additionally, you’ll drive cross-functional alignment with product managers, designers, and engineers to maintain focus on high-impact initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of up to 5 engineers spanning backend services, web frontend, and native clients (iOS/Android).
• Develop AI-powered browse experiences that help users discover secondhand fashion through personalized recommendations and metadata-driven filtering.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and data scientists to improve item metadata and taxonomy for better discovery.
• Drive execution, ensuring the team delivers high-quality features while maintaining technical excellence.
• Mentor and support engineers, fostering career growth and engagement.
• Hold the team accountable for both execution speed and technical quality.
• Facilitate technical discussions, guiding architectural decisions in partnership with senior engineers.

Requirements

• 4+ years of engineering experience, including 1+ years of people management.
• Strong architectural background in distributed systems, service-oriented design, and event-driven architectures.
• Proven ability to drive execution, ensuring teams deliver high-quality work on schedule.
• Experience leading full-stack teams, spanning frontend (React, native clients) and backend (Ruby on Rails, JVM microservices, event driven architectures).
• Track record of developing engineers, including identifying and addressing performance issues within individuals and teams.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, adapt to shifting priorities, and execute with a pragmatic mindset.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a product-oriented approach to problem-solving.

Benefits

• 4-day work week, with Fridays off
• Hybrid work environment: 3 days in the office and 1 day remote each week
• Competitive salary (we leverage market data)
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Flexible PTO (take the time you need) + 13 company holidays
• Paid Sabbatical after 3 years of full time employment
• Generous paid parental leave for new mothers and fathers
• Comprehensive medical & dental coverage, vision, 401k, life and disability insurance offered