Manager, Engineering - Subscription Growth
About the role
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join the MyFitnessPal Engineering team, leading our Subscription Growth squad to drive double-digit paid subscriber growth on top of our mission-critical payments platform. As a member of our team, you’ll lead a cross-functional team of backend and iOS engineers focused on outcomes over outputs, using data and experimentation to drive MFP's product strategy.
About the team
Our Subscription Growth team maintains critical integrations with the Apple and Android app stores and Stripe to provide a seamless paid subscriber onboarding experience. They prioritize platform stability and quality and are currently focused on building growth-driving features on top of these robust platforms.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with Product and Design, leveraging qualitative and quantitative tools to explore Growth solutions across our mobile and web apps.
- Work closely with the team to ensure strong technical decision-making grounded in product context, setting us up for continued success implementing new growth and monetization strategies.
- Take a hands-on approach to delivery management, ensuring the backlog is healthy, maintenance and tech debt work are scheduled, and work is broken down appropriately, in a timely manner.
- Coach and develop your team, investing in individuals while keeping team health top-of-mind.
Requirements
- 4+ years experience leading engineering teams in close partnership with Product and Design, working iteratively with a deep focus on customer outcomes.
- Strong analytical focus and comfort working through tricky A/B testing and data attribution challenges, ideally in a Growth domain.
- Experience building highly available third-party integrations that process high-volume data, ideally in a subscription domain.
- Experience leading consumer-facing development work focused on native apps using iterative, learning-focused agile methodologies.
- Strong technical and product judgment: you can frame engineering investments as business outcomes and bring that perspective into cross-functional planning and roadmap discussions.
- Experience developing high-trust engineering teams through mentorship and coaching: you set clear goals, context, and decision-making frameworks while empowering engineers to own technical execution and tradeoff discussions.
- Knowledge of common patterns and software engineering best practices: you’ve worked with high-traffic mobile applications and know how to build for scale, balancing speed, quality, and safety.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior software engineering experience focused on native Apple applications (iOS).
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 $140,000 - $210,000. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.
Benefits
- Face-to-Face Connections: Enjoy opportunities to meet and connect with your team members in person, including team meetups and an annual company gathering.
- Flexibility At Its Best: Achieve work-life balance with our Responsible Time Off benefit.
- Give Back: Use 2 volunteer days per calendar year to support your community.
- Mentorship Program: Participate in a mentorship program to scale your skills and propel your growth.
- Family-Friendly Support: Paid maternity and paternity leave, along with comprehensive fertility-related assistance.
- Wellness Comes First: Monthly Wellness Allowance and dedicated mental health days.
- Celebrate Greatness: Peer recognition and reward platform for exceptional contributions.
- Elevate Your Health & Fitness: Access to MyFitnessPal Premium.
- Unlock Your Potential: Virtual learning and development library, plus training opportunities.
- Championing Inclusion: Dedicated DEI Committee fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Healthcare Matters: Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Secure Your Future: Retirement savings program with a competitive employer match.
- Annual Performance Bonus: Opportunity to earn an annual performance bonus.