Engineering Manager

WorkOS
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 250,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Communication","Hands-on problem solving","Direct feedback"]

Lead a team of product engineers to ship WorkOS’s developer platform that powers authentication, identity, and access control for enterprise-ready applications. You’ll be deeply hands-on—reviewing PRs, writing prototypes, and turning raw ideas into working systems—while driving technical strategy, roadmap alignment, and team scaling through recruiting and mentoring. The role blends startup founding-member energy with high-velocity engineering execution.

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WorkOS
WorkOS
7 months ago

Engineering Manager

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Job Summary

Lead a team of product engineers to ship WorkOS’s developer platform that powers authentication, identity, and access control for enterprise-ready applications. You’ll be deeply hands-on—reviewing PRs, writing prototypes, and turning raw ideas into working systems—while driving technical strategy, roadmap alignment, and team scaling through recruiting and mentoring. The role blends startup founding-member energy with high-velocity engineering execution.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and lead high-velocity engineering teams that ship product quickly and with polish.
  • •Stay deeply technical and hands-on by reading PRs, writing prototypes, and working through difficult problems.
  • •Turn raw ideas into working systems, even when iterating quickly with early versions.
  • •Rally and align the team through ambiguity, setbacks, and tough customer asks while driving sprint clarity and urgency without burnout.
  • •Own roadmap alignment and customer understanding for the product areas your team owns; coach and mentor engineers.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 250,000 - 300,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kParental LeavePaid LeaveRemote WorkWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Successfully led product-focused engineering teams that shipped real impact in high-performing organizations.
  • •Wrote code at a high level and still enjoy getting hands-on; lead as an amplifier rather than stepping back.
  • •Bias for action and scrappiness—optimize for velocity, customer value, and learning over process.
  • •Strong developer experience focus across UX, APIs, performance, and edge cases.
  • •Experience partnering with recruiting teams and a track record of recruiting, hiring, and mentoring top engineering talent.
Experience:Developer toolsAPIsEnterprise softwareAuthenticationIdentity and access control
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCommunicationHands-on problem solvingDirect feedback

Company Brief

WorkOS
Provides developer-facing enterprise-ready identity and authentication infrastructure (SSO, SCIM, Audit Logs, and Directory Sync) via APIs to help apps integrate enterprise features quickly and securely.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2018
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