Manager II, Engineering - Connections

Intro : As an Engineering Manager on the Connections team, you will lead engineers working on product areas that help people engage more meaningfully with others across our platform. You’ll partner closely with cross-functional leaders to shape strategy, drive execution, and build a healthy, high-performing team. This role is ideal for a people-first leader with strong product sense, deep technical judgment, data-driven mindset and an AI-native approach to working.

• Lead and grow a cross-functional engineering team working across user-facing product areas and the systems that support them.

• Set clear goals and drive execution against a roadmap aligned with broader product and business priorities.

• Partner with Product, Design, Research, and Data Science to shape strategy, prioritize opportunities, and deliver measurable outcomes.

• Create a strong team environment with clear expectations, healthy operating rhythms, high standards, and psychological safety.

• Coach and develop engineers across levels, helping them grow in scope, impact, and career progression.

• Support technical and architectural decision-making to ensure the team builds reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems.

• Use data, experimentation, and user insight to guide product and engineering decisions.

• Use AI to accelerate analysis, research, drafting, synthesis, and iteration, while applying strong judgment and verification to ensure quality and correctness.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years managing teams of 5+ engineers.

• Experience leading engineering teams that build and ship consumer-facing products.

• Experience managing engineers across multiple levels and helping teams improve in effectiveness, quality, and impact.

• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, feedback, performance management, and team development.

• Strong product sense and strategic thinking, with the ability to translate broad goals into clear priorities and execution plans.

• Solid technical foundation and the ability to engage in architecture, design reviews, and technical trade-offs.

• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, align cross-functional stakeholders, and deliver meaningful results.

• Expertise in using data and experimentation to inform product and engineering decisions.

• Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day work for relevant outputs.

• Strong track record of critically evaluating and verifying AI-assisted work through testing, review, or other quality controls.

• High integrity and ownership in using AI: you protect sensitive information, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working closely with Product, Design, Research, Data Science, and other engineering teams.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

• We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.

• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months. Prefer to have candidates in the SF bay area or PST timezone.