Software Engineering Manager
ZipRecruiter · Santa Monica, CA
$180,000–$250,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Santa Monica, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An engineering management role focused on leading a software team building job marketplace products at scale. The manager would own team execution, code quality, and roadmap delivery in partnership with product managers, while coaching engineers and driving process improvements. Suited to someone with hands-on full-stack or data engineering experience who has moved into, or is ready to lead, a software engineering team.
Senior level · 6+ years · Remote · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (8)
The role is a people-management position (Engineering Manager) owning product lines, coaching engineers, and driving roadmaps — mapped to 11-3021. However, the JD emphasizes hands-on coding experience and technical depth, making 15-1252 a plausible runner-up.
ZipRecruiter is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA (Los Angeles CBSA), but the role is explicitly remote-eligible across all US locations (#LI-Remote). The CBSA reflects the company's primary location since no single metro is specified.
The degree requirement (BS/MS/PhD) appears only under Preferred Qualifications, so it is not a hard gate — the degree requirement is set to None.
3+ years of engineering management experience is listed under Preferred Qualifications only; the hard gate is simply 'experience leading or managing a software engineering team' with no minimum year count.
The JD names no specific programming languages, frameworks, or tools — all skills are stated at a conceptual level. 'Full stack web or data applications' and 'hands-on coding' are the closest to concrete technical gates but name no specific technology, so the skills list is intentionally sparse.
Equity, bonuses, and commission may supplement the stated $180,000–$250,000 base salary range.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software engineering management, full stack web development.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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