Manager, Engineering - Product Platform

About the role

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team of Android, Backend, iOS and Web engineers to drive foundational engineering work that enables product teams and internal teams to deliver exceptional customer value.

Responsibilities

• Lead a talented team in defining and delivering against quarterly objectives that increase velocity, safety, and effectiveness across product engineering teams.
• Your primary focus will be cultivating an environment where engineers thrive in identifying, justifying, and creating solutions that drive meaningful product value.
• Build strong relationships and regularly converse with Engineering and Product leaders across teams to proactively identify collaboration and platform opportunities.
• Balance product platform delivery with foundational improvements to core services and mobile clients, ensuring scalability, reliability, and long-term sustainability.
• Take a hands-on approach to delivery management, maintaining a healthy backlog, prioritizing technical debt and maintenance work, and ensuring predictable execution.
• Own and elevate engineering quality standards by championing testing practices, fostering continuous improvement, and strengthening delivery rigor.
• Coach and develop engineers through mentorship, performance management, and career growth support, while maintaining strong team health and engagement.

Qualifications

• Meaningful experience managing platform or foundational engineering work in close partnership with Product and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Successful candidates have typically spent 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Experience leading high-performing engineers through discovery and delivery of large-scale engineering initiatives.
• Proven track record of delivering internal platform work across single and multi-platform environments.
• Demonstrated success developing engineers through coaching, mentorship, and performance leadership.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices and architectural patterns, particularly within high-traffic mobile ecosystems.
• Experience building systems designed for scale, reliability, and experimentation.

Values

• Be Kind and Care — build with empathy; assume positive intent; support teammates and members.
• Live Good Health — champion healthy habits and balance in how we work and what we ship.
• Be Data-Inspired — ground decisions in research and data; measure what matters.
• Champion Change — lean into ambiguity; iterate, learn, and improve continuously.
• Leave it Better than You Found It — raise quality, clarify systems, and document as you go.
• Make It Happen — bias to action; deliver impact with craft and accountability.

Pay

The reasonably estimated salary for this role at MyFitnessPal ranges from $170,000 - $190,000. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.

Schedule

MyFitnessPal offers exciting full-time employee benefits, perks, and culture, including:

• Face-to-Face Connections
• Flexibility At Its Best
• Use your volunteer days off to support what matters most to you
• Mentorship Program
• Family-Friendly Support
• Wellness Comes First
• Unlock Your Potential
• Championing Inclusion
• Healthcare Matters
• Secure Your Future