Manager, Software Engineering at GoFundMe
San Francisco, CA
$219,000–$329,000from the description
Jul 9, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An engineering management role leading a team of roughly five to eight engineers who build and maintain the systems that connect GoFundMe with external partners, customers, and third-party platforms — including public APIs, webhooks, and Salesforce integrations. The manager owns the integrations roadmap, guides an ongoing platform migration, and stays technically hands-on through architecture and design work. Suits an experienced engineering manager with a strong backend or distributed-systems background.
Senior level · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 170 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 130–230
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $238,011 (middle half $208,323–$320,108). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This is a people-manager role (leading ~5–8 engineers with hiring, 1:1s, performance management, and roadmap ownership), making 11-3021 the primary SOC. The 'player-coach' framing and hands-on architecture involvement make 15-1252 a credible runner-up.
The title 'Manager, Software Engineering' carries no seniority level word, so the title states no level. The scope (single team of 5–8, one platform domain) maps to Senior on the management ladder.
TypeScript/Node.js and the AWS services (Lambda, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, ECS, API Gateway) are listed under the required qualifications section with 'familiarity with' phrasing but sit firmly in the 'You' (requirements) block — treated as hard gates on domain knowledge expected of a credible technical manager.
Salesforce, Temporal/Cadence, Zapier/Workato, PHP/Laravel, and AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) all appear under the explicit 'Preferred' section.
No minimum total years of experience is stated at the role level; the JD describes experience qualitatively rather than with a specific year count.
Compensation is quoted as a range ($219,000–$329,000/year) plus equity and benefits; the posting is for a full-time, hybrid (3 days/week in-office) role in the San Francisco Bay Area — not fully remote.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): people management, incident management.
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