At MyFitnessPal, we believe good health starts with what you eat. We provide tools, resources and support to enable users to reach their health goals.

We are seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering to lead a cross-functional team of Android, Backend, and iOS engineers to drive daily engagement through our app homescreen and scale core nutrition logging infrastructure. At MyFitnessPal, our vision is to be the most trusted brand for improving your health through better food choices. The team focuses on outcomes over outputs, prioritizing work based on MFP's product vision and strategy using data and experimentation.

About the Team:

The squad has a mix of junior and senior engineers who are passionate about improving the core nutrition customer experiences and building reliable scalable systems to power them. The team recently achieved a major milestone with the successful rollout of a new homescreen experience to new users. This role is an opportunity to build on recent momentum and shape the next phase of learnings and iterations that directly impact how millions of users track and understand their nutrition every day.

Essential Duties:

You'll lead a talented team to deliver against the squad's objectives to increase daily engagement for millions of users. Your primary focus is cultivating an environment where engineers thrive and collaborate effectively with product and design to achieve their goals, always with an eye towards balancing discovery-style exploration with strong delivery.
What you'll be doing:

Partner closely with Product and Design to deliver high-impact features and experiments that enhance the nutrition tracking experience
Balance feature delivery with infrastructure improvements for our core nutrition and exercise logging systems, ensuring scalability and reliability for our growing user base
Take a hands-on approach to delivery management, ensuring the backlog is healthy, maintenance and tech debt work are scheduled, and planned work is shipped at a predictable and timely pace
Own quality of work on the team - champion testing practices, drive continuous reflection, and improve delivery standards
Coach and develop your team, investing in individuals while keeping team health top-of-mind

Qualifications to be successful in this role:

Significant experience leading engineering teams in close partnership with Product and Design, working iteratively with a deep focus on customer outcomes. Successful candidates have typically spent 5+ years in a leadership role
Strong analytical focus and comfort working through tricky A/B testing and data attribution challenges, ideally in mobile apps
Track record of leading consumer-facing development work focused on native iOS and Android apps using Agile principles and Scrum methodologies
Experience developing teams through mentorship and coaching
Knowledge of common patterns and software engineering and best practices: you've worked with high-traffic mobile applications and know how to build for scale

Values you'll model

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.

The reasonably estimated salary for this role at MyFitnessPal ranges from $200,000 - $240,000. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and locale. In addition, MyFitnessPal offers a wide range of comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, parental planning, mental health benefits, annual performance bonus, a 401(k) plan and match, responsible time off, monthly wellness and technology allowances, and others.

Exciting Full-Time Employee Benefits, Perks and Culture

Face-to-Face Connections: We value personal connections. Enjoy opportunities to meet and connect with your team members in person to help forge meaningful relationships that extend beyond the virtual realm. Teams meet as often as needed and all of MyFitnessPal gathers annually.

Flexibility At Its Best: Achieve the work-life balance you deserve. Enjoy a flexible time-off policy with our Responsible Time Off benefit.

Give Back: Use your volunteer days off to support what matters most to you. Each full time teammate receives 2 days per calendar year to give back to their community through service.

Mentorship Program: Take control of your career through our mentorship program where, if you'd like, you will be matched with a teammate who can help you scale your skills and propel your growth.

Family-Friendly Support: Embrace the journey with confidence and care. Enjoy our paid maternity and paternity leave, to provide time to balance family responsibilities with your career and take the time needed to strengthen family relationships. We understand the complexities of starting or expanding a family, which is why we provide best-in-class comprehensive assistance for fertility-related matters.

Wellness Comes First: Live Good Health is one of our core values. Receive a monthly Wellness Allowance, empowering you to focus on your physical and mental well-being by choosing from a range of wellness initiatives, including dedicated mental health days.

Celebrate Greatness:Your hard work deserves recognition! Our reward and recognition platform empowers peers to acknowledge and reward each other for the exceptional contributions they make.

Elevate Your Health & Fitness: Get access to MyFitnessPal Premium, allowing you to take your fitness, health and wellness journey to new heights.

Unlock Your Potential: Access our virtual learning and development library, and participate in training opportunities to continuously grow and enhance your skills.

Championing Inclusion: Our dedicated DEI Committee actively fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace by setting actionable goals and evaluating progress across the organization.

Healthcare Matters: Your well-being is our priority. Take advantage of our competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits that cater to your holistic healthcare needs. Feel secure and supported on your wellness journey.

Secure Your Future: Benefit from our retirement savings program, giving you peace of mind for your financial goals. Reach them sooner with MyFitnessPal's competitive employer match.

At MyFitnessPal, our mission is to enable people to make healthy choices. And it wouldn't be possible without our team. We celebrate the unique POV that each person brings to the table and believe in a collaborative and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, military or veteran status, sex, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability. These are our guiding ideologies and apply across all aspects of employment.

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