Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Articore Group runs creator marketplaces including Redbubble and TeePublic, serving a catalog of more than 40 billion SKUs. The Search Engineering Manager will lead a global team of engineers and data scientists responsible for search, discovery, content quality, relevance, ranking, and personalisation, while overseeing delivery, people development, team culture, and technical direction.
Responsibilities
- Lead delivery for the team: planning, work breakdown, rituals, unblocking, and managing dependencies to land product and technical objectives
- Partner with engineering leadership and counterparts in other teams to align work, distribute workstreams effectively, and enable knowledge transfer between teams
- Partner with the product manager to translate OKRs and business priorities into clear, achievable team objectives
- Evolve team processes and reporting to make delivery reliable and predictable as the team scales
- Coordinate with adjacent teams to align roadmaps and land cross-team initiatives
- Build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement — clear expectations, visible progress, and steady gains in delivery outcomes
- Own performance, development, and feedback for the engineers on your team — including reviews, growth plans, and career conversations
- Coach engineers on technical practice, engineering craft, and the behaviours that make teams effective
- Establish the practices that make a three-region team effective
- Level up a team into a new domain by building their depth in the Search domain
- Grow our India engineering presence on the team
- Provide regular, actionable feedback tied to OKRs and individual growth goals
- Calibrate with engineering leadership and counterparts in other teams to ensure consistent standards, expectations, and growth opportunities
- Build and sustain a healthy team dynamic — clear expectations, psychological safety, and strong engagement inside and outside the team
- Steward your domain's architecture and technical direction, ensuring solutions meet business objectives and align with our Engineering Principles, Tech Radar, and architecture standards
- Champion responsible operational ownership of your team's systems — fit-for-purpose support, observability, and reliability for the demands each system faces
- Continuously assess team capabilities against the technical demands of the roadmap, and close gaps through hiring, training, or rotation
Skills
- 7+ years of experience managing engineering teams, ideally in search, discovery, or a closely related domain
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with search infrastructure and information retrieval systems (e.g. OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Solr, or vector/AI search)
- Familiarity with SEO engineering, content quality systems, or personalisation and recommendations at scale
- Track record of leading engineering teams to deliver complex software, including modern agile practices, dependency management, and cross-team coordination
- Strong understanding of modern software development practices and architectural patterns across one or more of cloud, web, native mobile, or data
- Experience using AI tooling in your day-to-day workflow, and curiosity about applying it more deeply
- Proven people leadership: mentoring, feedback, goal-setting, performance management, and supporting career growth
- Demonstrated effectiveness operating in a global company, with the communication, discipline, and async judgment required to keep work moving across time zones
- Able to translate technical complexity for non-technical stakeholders and align decision-makers around clear outcomes, including timelines, scope, and risks
- Comfortable balancing system health against delivery pressure, and prioritising your own time across parallel, often-ambiguous efforts
- Inclusive collaborator who engages stakeholders across disciplines, backgrounds, and seniority — and leads teams confidently through change
- 7+ years of experience managing engineering teams, ideally in search, discovery, or a closely related domain
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Work From Home
- Wellness Resources
- Stock Option Plan
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