Engineering Manager

WHO WE ARE:

ActBlue is a nonprofit that builds tech and infrastructure for Democratic campaigns, progressive-aligned causes, and people trying to make an impact in order to fuel long-term, people-powered change. If you’ve ever given online to a Democrat or progressive organization, chances are you’ve used our powerful online fundraising platform.

We put power in the hands of small-dollar donors and help thousands of groups — from presidential candidates to environmental organizations — build grassroots movements. We envision a democracy where everyone looking to make progressive people-powered change can easily and effectively deploy their resources, energy, and creativity to shape our country and futures. Each and every one of us, from the political activists to the tech innovators to the customer service pros, is fully committed to our mission.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers building and evolving a new strategic platform; your team is responsible for a critical new product area where reliability and user trust are paramount.

You'll be managing a newly launched platform through its maturation phase—finding product-market fit, iterating based on customer feedback, and preparing for broader go-to-market expansion. Success requires balancing rapid iteration with thoughtful execution, while building strong collaborative relationships with cross-functional stakeholders including internal operational teams, Customer Experience, and Sales.

This role offers the opportunity to shape both the product direction and team culture during a formative stage, working in a high-impact area that directly enables campaigns to operate more effectively.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Lead a team of software engineers through evolving a new platform from beta launch through general availability, incorporating customer feedback and finding product-market fit in a regulated domain.
• Support the professional development of your direct reports with supportive and constructive feedback, goal-setting, regular check-ins, and performance reviews.
• Work with engineers, product managers, and UX leads to formulate roadmaps that align with our strategic organizational themes and goals. Collaborate on an ongoing basis to achieve them.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders (internal operational teams, CX, Sales, etc.) to ensure alignment on product direction, gather domain expertise, and communicate progress and risks effectively.
• Ensure your team delivers on their roadmap and achieves the target strategic outcomes of their work in a high-stakes, regulated environment where precision and reliability are critical.
• Enable your team to learn fast while consistently delivering value by prioritizing frequent delivery of small iterations of work, even within the constraints of regulatory requirements.
• Drive essential communication between teams to ensure timely, high-quality results that further organizational goals. Resolve blockers and proactively escalate concerns.
• Consistently provide your team with the context and resources they need to achieve their goals, including the domain knowledge necessary for informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with the rest of the engineering department's leadership to cultivate a work environment where everyone can thrive.
• Facilitate technical decision-making with an emphasis on maintainability, scalability, and performance, ensuring that complex workflows align with best practices, software development methodologies, and coding standards.
• Oversee the end-to-end software development process while championing a user-centric approach to iterating and improving on product features.
• Promote strong and transparent communication channels both internally and with cross-functional stakeholders across the organization.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• 5-7 years of related experience, including experience managing a team of individual contributors at multiple levels, fostering their professional development, and enhancing team performance.
• Experience building user-centric engineering products, ideally through phases of product evolution from launch to maturity and product-market fit.
• Experience guiding teams using established engineering and product development practices and well-defined management precedents.
• Track record of managing complex or high-priority projects with significant impact, collaborating with senior stakeholders to ensure high-quality outcomes.
• Strong understanding of your functional area with a growing knowledge of how your team's work impacts other teams and departments.
• Expertise and creativity when it comes to delivering value fast, with a focus on MVPs, frequent deployments, scope negotiations, and demos - even within constrained or regulated environments.
• Experience helping teams optimize their collaborations and results using regular feedback loops, retrospectives, experimentation, and iteration.
• Strong understanding of and experience with industry best practices for managing software development, particularly agile processes and roles/responsibilities.
• Strong leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to build trust and consensus across teams and stakeholders, particularly in cross-functional settings with diverse perspectives.
• Strong communication skills with a team-centric and remote-reliant approach to discussion and collaboration.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusion, diversity, and fostering a strong sense of belonging on teams. 
• Experience providing project management and organizational support on complex technical projects from end to end that deliver timely and effective results.
• A successful track record with recruiting, retaining, and growing engineering teams.
• A strong sense of ownership and accountability, and the desire to cultivate this in your team.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE…

• Experience working in highly regulated industries (healthcare, fintech, legal tech, etc.) where precision and accuracy are critical.
• Previous experience managing products through go-to-market phases or beta launches.
• Experience managing teams building products that require significant cross-functional coordination and domain expertise.
• Previous experience working with Ruby on Rails and/or React.

WORK & BENEFITS SNAPSHOT

This posting is for a full-time, remote, salaried position. Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend all-staff and departmental retreats (1-2 times per year). Additional travel may be required for select positions. 

Registered States*: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C.

*While ActBlue is currently registered to support remote work in the states listed above, we possess the ability to register in additional states as needed. If you are located in a state not listed, we may still be able to proceed with your application, but please note that the offer process may take longer to accommodate registration requirements.

Work Schedule: This role requires availability during established, regular business hours (Mon-Fri).

Work Environment: Employees can expect to work with distributed teams across all U.S. time zones. Our roles require extended technology usage, and proficiency with virtual communication tools such as Zoom and Slack. Regular attendance in virtual meetings is inherent to every position.

Salary Range Details: $173,676 - $192,209 - $210,741

ActBlue is committed to consistent compensation practices across our organization. Final salary offers will take into account factors such as candidate experience, interview performance and current team salary parity. 

Benefits: 

• Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy
• Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families; plus fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement to use for out of pocket expenses and fully-paid short- and long-term disability 
• Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance and a voluntary supplemental life insurance option
• Dependent and health care flexible spending account options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employees 
• Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions
• A minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave (for all new parents, adoptions included)
• Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees
• Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times

ActBlue is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.

UNION INFORMATION: This is a supervisory position and is not covered by a bargaining unit. Certain employees who report to this position may be covered by a collective bargaining agreement. 

BACKGROUND CHECKS: As part of our hiring process, ActBlue will conduct a background check at the time of offer. This will be completed in compliance with applicable laws and will not be initiated without your consent.

INCLUSION STATEMENT FROM ACTBLUE

ActBlue is committed to equal employment opportunities and fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace. We celebrate unique perspectives, honor the dignity of all individuals, and recognize that diverse backgrounds and identities strengthen our mission.

If you’re passionate about our work and see yourself in this role, we encourage you to apply—even if you don’t meet every requirement.

We also provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process and employment. To request an accommodation, email [email protected].