[Hiring] Senior Engineering Manager, Search @Reverb

Reverb is the largest online marketplace dedicated to buying and selling new, used, and vintage musical instruments. Since launching in 2013, Reverb has grown into a vibrant community of music makers all over the world by focusing on gear-tailored product experiences, inspiring content, compelling inventory, and amazing customer service.

We believe that music makes the world a better place, which is why our mission is to make the world more musical. Through Reverb Gives, a portion of every sale provides youth music education programs across the world with instruments they need to make music.

The Senior Manager of Search leads diverse teams responsible for foundational technical and product capabilities that support search at Reverb, specifically the product catalog (structured data) and search (ranking, operations) teams. As leader of these teams, you’ll shape our technical foundation through thoughtful, pragmatic transformation of our technology, process, and team.

You’ll serve as a member of the Engineering leadership team and report to the Director of Core Engineering. This is a full-time role that is open to remote hires within multiple states as well as candidates local to Chicago, IL. For candidates who will work remotely visit this link for a list of approved locations.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Director of Engineering. We are open to remote hires within multiple states as well as candidates local to Chicago, IL. For candidates who will work remotely visit this link for a list of approved locations: https://reverb.com/page/reverb-operating-locations

Responsibilities

• Mentor, coach, and grow your team, with a focus on empowering managers and technical leaders. Prioritize hiring and attract top talent.
• Shape the vision and technical strategy for your domains.
• Break down barriers for your teams and the organization, in particular those that span teams, functions, or departments. Create alignment to ensure successful execution of key initiatives.
• Participate and inform the selection of and ongoing partnership with key vendors.
• Hands-on coding won’t be a major part of your job, but you’ll build empathy and insights by making occasional technical contributions.

• At least 3 years of engineering leadership experience, including a consistent track record to effectively hire, lead, and grow managers and engineers
• A track record of successfully navigating large initiatives with complexity across application and infrastructure layers through strategic leadership
• A history of deeply collaborating with engineering leaders and cross-functional partners within Product and beyond to achieve shared goals
• Deep familiarity with one or more of the following areas at scale: Lucene-based search systems (ElasticSearch or Solr), search ranking and retrieval, data science, or information taxonomy
• Familiarity with music gear, online marketplaces, or e-commerce is a plus

Reverb offers compensation packages that include base, bonus, and equity in the form of Etsy restricted stock units. Some of our key benefits include but are not limited to the following:

• 100% paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee, spouse or domestic partner, and all eligible dependents. Medical coverage includes gender affirming care.
• Life, AD&D, and supplemental long-and short-term disability insurance
• A matching 401(k)
• A generous PTO policy that includes vacation, sick/mental health days plus 11 paid holidays and two floating holidays
• Professional development and continued learning opportunities through access to mentoring, 1:1 coaching, and platforms like Skillsoft, LinkedIn Learning and Codecademy 
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child
• Up to $25,000 reimbursement of adoption and/or surrogacy related expenses
• Paid sabbatical program
• $1,000 annual work/life stipend
• Access to free supplemental online mental health services and meditation apps Ways to give back to your community through a charitable contribution match and volunteer time off

At Reverb, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace makes us a more relevant and resilient company. We welcome people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. Reverb is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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