Engineering Manager - Sales Planning

CaptivateIQ is the leading Sales Performance Management solution, recognized by Forrester and G2, and trusted by customers including Affirm, Gong, and Figma. With solutions for Sales Planning and Incentives, we help revenue teams automate processes, hit revenue targets, and adapt with business change, ultimately driving efficient growth. It's time to rethink ROI - your return on incentives - with CaptivateIQ.

With backing from Sequoia, Accel, ICONIQ, Sapphire Ventures, and other leading investors, CaptivateIQ is on a mission to enable every company to improve their return on incentives and sales planning.

About the Role

Behind every great software company is the team building it. We are an engineering team of multicultural, highly collaborative, fully distributed, humble learners. We pride ourselves on building best-in-class products powered by innovative technologies.

CaptivateIQ offers the smartest, most flexible way to automate sales commissions and track sales performance - two critical processes that power every successful sales organization on the planet. The Modeling team is responsible for building the first-class modeling experience that powers our customers’ commissions processes.

You will be leading a fast-paced team that ships incrementally and iteratively, using data to drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, inspire, manage and grow a team of software engineers
• Serve as a tech lead/manager, helping drive the team while also delivering on smaller functionality as an IC
• Design, build, and maintain user-facing components, APIs, services, and systems to solve problems and delight users from end-to-end
• Mentor the professional development of each engineer through personal and performance management and coaching
• Work closely with product owners to set priorities, objectives and clarify direction for the engineering team
• Build and evangelize best practices, high engineering and security standards, and continuously improve our codebases and team processes

Requirements

• 8+ years software development experience as an individual contributor or manager
• 1+ years of Engineering Manager, people management and hands-on engineering management
• Hands on experience as an IC within the last 3 years
• Strong product sense to bridge the gap between product, design, and engineering
• Experience building and shipping market-leading products that delight customers
• Experience building and delivering a product from zero to one
• Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills
• Previous experience in a startup environment
• Strong inclination towards data-driven decision making and measuring impact
• High sense of ownership and accountability with a proven track record of driving top-notch execution
• Collaborative, humble, learner with a strong growth mindset

Bonus points:

• Experience with Python
• Experience in the SaaS market
• Financial modeling experience

Notice to Prospective Candidates

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• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support, ensuring timely resolution of critical issues and maintaining system uptime.