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Job Description

At Playlist, life's richest moments happen when people step away from screens to move, connect, explore, and play. We're building the definitive platform for intentional living, connecting people with inspiring experiences in fitness, wellness, and beyond. With popular brands like Mindbody and ClassPass, Playlist empowers businesses and individuals, making it effortless for aspirations to become actions. Join us in reshaping technology's role to foster meaningful, real-world connections.

ClassPass offers thousands of fitness and wellness experiences worldwide, helping people lead active, balanced lifestyles. Our platform makes discovering and enjoying activities simple, personalized, and joyful—whether it's fitness classes, self-care sessions, a healthy lunch, or a new adventure. Join us in shaping healthier, more vibrant communities around the globe.

Who we are

We are a dedicated engineering team committed to developing and supporting a product that sees the majority of our users engaging with the app over 20 times per month. Our team faces a unique set of technical challenges, and we believe in empowering our engineers with the autonomy to address them effectively. Our diverse team members hail from various non-traditional computing backgrounds, and we recognize that this enhances our ability to build a superior product and a thriving company. We prioritize your enthusiasm for collaborating with impactful teams and your commitment to continuous learning over specific frameworks. Our engineers operate in cross-functional teams focused on delivering results, with encouraged movement between teams. We collaborate closely with our exceptional product team to create a world-class user experience, ultimately empowering our users to lead their healthiest and fullest lives.

Your role

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a full-stack, mobile-focused team dedicated to assisting ClassPass in expanding into new geographical areas and verticals. You thrive in an experiment-driven and data-oriented environment while guiding your team toward a long-term technical vision. You enjoy tackling complex technical challenges and leverage your technical expertise to help the team select sustainable solutions. You understand that the best software is produced through collaboration and iteration, and you are seeking the right opportunity and team to further your experience.

You'll likely spend time working on:

• Empowering your engineering team to deliver high levels of technical quality and business impact.
• Recruiting a diverse team of engineers recognized as some of the best in the industry, from outreach to closing.
• Managing a team of engineers and facilitating their career development through challenging responsibilities and constructive feedback.
• Actively participating in strategic direction and product decisions for your team.
• Contributing to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of ClassPass' engineering management team.

About the right team member: You are an experienced engineer who has successfully transitioned into a people leader, passionate about creating impactful and high-quality mobile applications. You possess extensive experience in at least one aspect of developing a world-class mobile application and can effectively manage a high-performing team throughout the entire process. You'll thrive in this role with experience in:

• 3+ years of direct management experience with a full-stack engineering team of at least 6 members.
• Experience in delivering high-quality websites or mobile applications.
• Established architecture and best practices for web or mobile applications and their backends.
• Proven ability to establish and articulate a vision, set goals, and execute effectively.

Technologies you'll be working with:

• Kotlin/Java microservices
• AWS (ECS, RDS, OpenSearch, and more)
• Modern mobile app development (Swift/SwiftUI, Android/Jetpack Compose)

Have we piqued your curiosity?

Sound like the role for you? We'd love to hear from you! Even if you're not 100% sure about potential fit, we still encourage you to apply. We're looking for the right person, not the perfect series of checkboxes.

Playlist is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We highly value at our company and encourage people of all different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, marital status, veteran status, disability, or other protected characteristics.

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