United States onlyThe Role:
Minted seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Shopping Portfolio’s Discovery team engineers, overseeing the consumer-facing e-commerce experiences. This role involves collaborating on building a next-generation platform and ensuring on-time product delivery. You will be responsible for the technology strategy and team management, working cross-functionally with other engineering teams, collaborators, and stakeholders to effectively ideate and deliver on the long-term vision of the systems, making it possible for our end-users to find the products they want. The ideal candidate will strategize, manage 2 agile pods, and rapidly develop revenue-generating features.
You will:
- Facilitate teams building complex software systems (UIs and Services) from idea inception through planning to experimentation and performance at scale
- Work closely with Product Management, UX, and Engineering peers & leaders to implement and refine a complex backlog of projects & initiatives
- Coordinate the efforts of your engineers to deliver features and improvements in a predictable, iterative, and repeatable way
- Provide hands-on input for architecture and technology strategies that internal and external team members can carry out
- Champion AI-assisted development practices across both frontend and backend teams, identifying and driving adoption of tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) and best practices that demonstrably improve team velocity and code quality
- Create an engineering culture of ownership, accountability, testing, and measurement
- Be a talent builder to attract, mentor, and retain the best-in-class engineers
- Lead engineers in their day-to-day tasks, system designs, and career growth
You are:
- Obsessive about productivity and feature delivery
- Up to speed on highly scalable, event-driven, distributed systems
- Opinionated about team organization, development processes, and focused on feature delivery
- Comfortable working in domains with novel and challenging problems to solve
- Deeply metrics-driven, with strong fluency in data analysis, behavioral analytics, and experimentation — able to define success criteria, interpret signals from user behavior, and guide teams to ship, measure, and iterate with rigor
- Able to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner
- Collaborative and candid with non-engineering stakeholders, including PM and UX
- Hands-on with AI development tools and thoughtful about where they accelerate teams versus where they introduce risk
You have:
- 5+ years of professional experience as a software developer, with meaningful hands-on work in React/TypeScript on the frontend and Python on the backend
- 5+ years as a Software Engineering Manager leading full-stack teams spanning both frontend (preferably ReactJS/TypeScript) and backend (preferably Python) engineers
- 3+ years building consumer-facing e-commerce platforms
- Technical design skills with an emphasis on distributed and/or cloud-based scaling
- In-depth understanding of computer science principles, including data structures, programming languages, operating systems, software engineering, databases, hardware, observability tools, and networking
- Demonstrated experience evaluating and adopting AI coding tools, either through personal hands-on use or by driving org-wide adoption
- Familiarity with prompt engineering fundamentals and an understanding of where AI assistance is most effective in the SDLC
Bonus Points:
- Experience with streaming architectures
- Experience integrating AI-powered features into consumer products (e.g., search personalization, recommendations, generative content)
Compensation:
The compensation range for the role applies to employment offers from Minted. Our employment offers fall between the minimum and midpoint of the range to allow for continued salary growth during your employment at Minted. The upper half of the range accommodates this growth and supports our intention to create an environment that encourages lasting relationships between Minted and our employees.
Minted utilizes a market-based compensation model with four geographic tiers. Final compensation is determined based on the candidate’s primary work location, defined as their residence within 60 miles of a metropolitan area:
Geo 1: New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA & all other California markets - $201,714 - $244,606
Geo 2: Boston, MA; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; Seattle, WA; Austin, TX; Atlanta, GA; Portland, OR - $186,366 - $244,606
Geo 3: All other U.S. metro locations - $171,018 - $224,462
Salaries will vary based on various factors, including but not limited to professional and academic experience, associated job responsibilities, and/or other business or organizational needs.
This role is eligible for a bonus and stock options.
Benefits:
Benefits will be effective on the first of each month following your initial hire date.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
- Employer Funded Health Savings Account
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- Monthly Gym/Wellness Reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Employer Funded Commuter Benefits
- Employee Discount
- Friends and Family Discount
DISCLAIMER:
We verify identity at the start of interviews to ensure fairness and security. We reserve the right to withdraw candidates who misrepresent their identity, experience, or qualifications at any stage of the process.
Notice of AI Use in Employment Decisions:
We use AI-powered tools, including Brainner AI, to support our hiring and employment processes. These tools help assess job-related qualifications and improve efficiency, but all decisions involve human review.
About Minted:
Artists shape culture. They spark conversation, create connection, and bring beauty into the world. Minted is where they come together to reach further. Our marketplace empowers a thriving community of independent artists to sell and scale their work. We nurture self-expression, cultivate community, and bring the best in visual art to a global audience.
We’re building a new way to discover the world’s best creative talent. We’re here for the emerging talent ready to take off, the local favorites ready to grow, and the established artists ready to dream bigger.
At Minted, our people don’t just believe in the power of art–we live it. We have our finger on the pulse of what’s new and now. We’re obsessed with great design, art, and interiors. We’re in galleries, at fairs, and constantly finding inspiration online. We seek undiscovered talent that deserves to stand up and stand out. We connect with artists that have something to say, and we collaborate to amplify their work. The Minted community’s art, stationery, and textiles products have reached over 75 million homes worldwide.
Our marketplace brings the best in independent design to consumers everywhere. We recognize the challenges independent artists face, and we leverage our resources to level the playing field and create a platform that gives artists the freedom to develop their craft and grow their business.
We are headquartered in San Francisco, CA and currently employ 350+ full-time employees, plus additional temporary workers during the holiday season. We have raised over $300M from top-tier investors including Benchmark Capital, T. Rowe Price, Permira, Ridge Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Norwest Venture Partners. Angel investors include Marissa Mayer, Jeremy Stoppelman, Julia & Kevin Hartz, Yishan Wong, and more.
Minted is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and will consider all qualified applicants for employment in accordance with all state, local, and federal laws. Minted participates in the E-verify program.
How Our Process Works:
Minted uses technology and innovative practices to bring unique, best-selling design to market at scale. Using its crowdsourcing technology, consumers are empowered to vote for the designs they love and want to see sold, ensuring that Minted always sells continuously fresh and trend-forward product. The winning designs are manufactured by Minted, enabling artists from around the world to share and sell their work while letting Minted do the rest. Since launch in 2007, the company has expanded to serve consumers in new categories including wall art, textiles, digital content and home decor, as well as serve major retailers and consumer products brands with data-backed design through licensing and wholesale partnerships.
