[Hiring] Engineering Manager @Tern
Apr 03, 2025 - Tern is hiring a remote Engineering Manager. 💸 Salary: $160,000 – $210,000. 📍Location: USA.
Role Description
Tern Software Inc., a venture-backed travel industry startup, is looking for an experienced and versatile Engineering Manager to help us scale our team, systems, and operations.
As an Engineering Manager at Tern, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the engineering function. You’ll partner closely with the CTO and the rest of the leadership team to build a high-performing, joyful, and resilient engineering organization. You’ll be part player-coach, part ops guru, and part team builder—responsible for everything from onboarding and hiring to compliance and security processes. This is a foundational, early-stage role that will blend aspects of manager-, director-, & VP-level responsibilities as the organization scales.
If you’re excited about growing teams, building systems, and supporting people—while maintaining a deep connection to product impact—we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with the CTO to manage and evolve the engineering organization through strategic planning and operational support.
- Design and scale the org structure, anticipating future needs and team growth.
- Lead recruiting and hiring, collaborating with recruiters, maintaining a healthy pipeline, and overseeing interview processes.
- Own onboarding and knowledge sharing, ensuring new engineers ramp quickly and institutional knowledge is well-documented and accessible.
- Support team happiness and engagement by coordinating recognition programs, travel and development opportunities, and morale-boosting moments.
- Manage vendors, contracts, and budgets for engineering tools, contractors, and external services.
- Oversee engineering processes and logistics, including support/on-call rotations, security and compliance policies, and maintaining internal playbooks.
Qualifications
- Prior experience managing engineering teams and operational processes
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, especially in a remote environment
- A deep sense of ownership and comfort wearing many hats
- A background in software engineering (even if not currently coding day-to-day)
- A track record of leading high-trust, high-performance teams
- Strong organizational, planning, and project management capabilities
- A warm, human-first approach to leadership that balances empathy with accountability
Requirements
- Alignment with Tern's values is non-negotiable for this role.
Benefits
- Location: Remote
- Pay: $160,000 – $210,000
- We cover 100% of employee premiums for health, vision, and dental insurance.
- We cover 75% of dependent premiums.
- Tern offers flexible time off and provides all the hardware you need to be effective at the job.
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Salary
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$160,000 – $210,000
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Remote
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USA
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Apr 03, 2025
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