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About the Role
Squarespace provides innovative solutions to empower our customers to focus on building their brand and growing their businesses on our platform. The Databases team manages all of the backend infrastructure that Squarespace runs on – MongoDB, CockroachDB, and Kafka clusters, to name a few examples. We are an accomplished, diverse group of people who develop the services that guarantee reliable and scalable infrastructure for both our cross-functional partners in product engineering, as well as our end users on the Squarespace platform. We believe that infrastructure excellence doesn't stop at just building for today; it needs to have a solid foundation of scalability, reliability, and a robust developer experience for the future.
This is a hybrid role working from our Dublin office 3 days per week. You will report to the Databases Senior Engineering Manager.
About Squarespace
Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,700 is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Aveiro, Portugal.
Key Technical Responsibilities
- check_circle Nurture high-performing software engineers by guiding navigation when there is ambiguity.
- check_circle Distill the scope of the team and help hire a balanced group of engineers that will excel as a unit.
- check_circle Grow the career development of direct reports through regular 1:1s with direct, actionable feedback.
- check_circle Celebrate wins that motivate the team’s positive culture and robust dynamic.
- check_circle Evaluate consistently to improve team efficiency and effectiveness when required.
- check_circle Evolve a deep understanding of local systems to identify appropriate architectural decisions.
- check_circle Thread with Product, Design & Engineering to champion, define and execute an optimal roadmap.
- check_circle Bond across Engineering, Product, Design, Marketing, Data Science and Business Operations.
Prerequisites & Qualifications
- check 3+ years of recent experience managing a Product Engineering team of four or more engineers.
- check 7+ years of industry experience deploying apps across large codebases with many contributors.
- check Ability to fluently translate, document and present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- check Strong technical foundations to navigate the inherent tradeoffs with product engineering decisions.
- check A manager who prioritizes an inclusive culture of psychological safety with technical rigor.
About Squarespace Greenhouse Board
Verified hiring organization details.
Squarespace Greenhouse Board refers to the centralized recruitment and talent acquisition infrastructure utilized by Squarespace, a New York City-based technology company specializing in website building and hosting platforms. The board serves as the primary interface for managing the company's global hiring pipeline, candidate tracking, and talent operations, facilitating the recruitment of engineering, product, and design talent to support the company's integrated suite of web publishing tools and e-commerce solutions.