[Hiring] Senior Engineering Manager @Thorn

Role Description

Our Build Team develops and supports the products and tools that empower our industry and law enforcement partners to combat child sexual abuse online. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a team of engineers who bring different technical strengths to this work, connecting user experiences, backend services, data systems, and cloud infrastructure into products that deliver meaningful impact.

You’ll partner closely with Product, UX, and technical leaders to shape what we build and how we build it. You’ll help your team turn complex problems into clear plans, make thoughtful technical decisions, and deliver useful, reliable products. Along the way, you’ll earn trust, develop people, and create an environment where engineers can bring their expertise, learn from one another, and take ownership of outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a high-performing, collaborative, and inclusive team of engineers with varied technical specialties across the stack.
• Build a culture of curiosity, healthy disagreement, learning, and accountability.
• Partner closely with Product, UX, and technical leaders to understand user needs, shape product direction, and guide work from discovery and experimentation through release and iteration.
• Work with technical leads and engineers to evaluate solutions across frontend applications, backend services, APIs, data systems, and infrastructure.
• Create clarity around priorities, ownership, capacity, and expectations.
• Coordinate dependencies, surface risks early, clear roadblocks, and continually improve practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Balance product delivery with technical investments that improve reliability, security, privacy, maintainability, and developer experience.
• Collaborate with engineers, technical leaders, and cross-functional partners to navigate shared challenges, build alignment, and strengthen engineering practices across Build.
• Manage and develop your direct reports through consistent 1-1s, quarterly check-ins, coaching, and timely, candid feedback.
• Support engineers with different skills, experience levels, and career goals by creating meaningful growth opportunities.
• Define and lead the hiring process for your team in partnership with People & Culture.

Qualifications

• Commitment to putting the children we serve at the center of everything you do.
• Demonstrated track record of managing and developing software engineers, building strong teams, and delivering products that meet real user needs.
• Strong software engineering foundation and experience leading engineers across frontend, backend, data systems, and cloud infrastructure.
• Passion for product engineering and experience partnering with Product and Design.
• Strong judgment in balancing user needs, technical constraints, delivery commitments, engineering quality, and team capacity.
• Experience setting clear expectations, providing candid feedback, and supporting engineers with varied skills and career goals.
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines and team boundaries.
• Clear, efficient, and thoughtful communication with technical and non-technical audiences.

Technologies We Use

• Python 3 / TypeScript
• React / Node / Express
• GraphQL / Prisma / Apollo
• PostgreSQL / Elasticsearch
• Docker / Kubernetes / Terraform
• AWS / Google Cloud
• Amazon SQS / Google PubSub / RabbitMQ / Kafka

Compensation and Benefits

• A reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role is $150,000-$207,000/year.
• Remote-first work model with occasional travel for company-wide gatherings and team-building events.
• Broad range of benefits offered to employees.