Job brief: Engineering Manager, Ranking Platform

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• Listed on Reddit's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-11 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-11.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $230,000 to $322,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Remote - United States · San Francisco
• Posted: 2026-11-11

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• 5+ years of people management experience leading high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, career development, and performance management.
• 7+ years of experience building large-scale backend distributed systems, including substantial experience developing and shipping production software.
• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

Conditions

• Plan realistically for on-call work and unexpected requests, make reprioritization explicit and address unsustainable operational load.

Main duties

• Lead: Set the team’s direction and roadmap with senior engineers and partner teams.
• Build: Hire, onboard, and develop a high-performing engineering team.
• Maintain direct feedback loops with engineers using the platform, and use their feedback and adoption patterns to guide investment.
• Deliver: Turn multi-quarter platform investments into achievable milestones.
• Manage dependencies and risks, communicate tradeoffs and progress, and adapt priorities as partner and business needs evolve.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in San Francisco, CA: $213k a year (541 listings, 33 employers). This listing is 30% higher.
• Across Reddit's 140 open listings, 51% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Reddit hires

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