Senior Engineering Manager

Who Are We Looking For?

Merge is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a core Growth product area focused on helping customers unlock and expand the value of the Merge Unified API. You will lead a team of 10+ engineers who own the customer expansion experience and a critical product line, and be responsible for both execution and org design.

We’re looking for a hands-on, product-oriented leader who can operate in ambiguity, stay close to the technical details, and drive high-velocity execution in a startup environment.

What You Will Do

• Lead and scale a high-impact engineering team of 10+ engineers focused on Growth and customer expansion
• Own the roadmap for a core product area, translating company priorities into fast, iterative execution
• Partner closely with product, design, GTM, and leadership to drive initiatives like unified expansion, enterprise search, and AI-powered workflows
• Build and evolve the team structure over time, including hiring new engineers and growing future managers
• Act as a hands-on technical and product leader, diving into architecture, tradeoffs, and execution details when needed
• Drive a culture of ownership, speed, and low-ego collaboration across the team
• Identify and remove friction in the customer journey to increase activation, retention, and expansion
• Champion pragmatic use of AI and automation to accelerate development and improve team leverage

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• 7 to 10+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years in management
• Experience leading teams of 8 to 12+ engineers in fast-paced, product-focused environments, ideally across multiple teams or through team leads
• Track record of owning or significantly influencing product outcomes, not just technical delivery
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a hands-on leader, comfortable going deep in both product and technical decisions
• Experience building and scaling teams, with interest and potential to grow into managing managers
• Strong product instincts, with the ability to prioritize, make tradeoffs, and drive toward business impact
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and driving clarity in evolving problem spaces
• Familiarity with modern backend systems such as Python, Django, Postgres, AWS, and Kubernetes
• Interest in AI and automation and how it can improve product experience and engineering velocity

Career Path

• Compensation: The cash compensation range for this role is $230,000-270,000.
• Benefits: Unlimited PTO + 10 company holidays, Pre-Tax commuter benefits, 100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance, 401K Plan, $200 one-time home office stipend, in-office snacks and free dinner when working past 7pm, Annual company offsites and quarterly team events.