Headway

Senior Engineering Manager, Web Platform

New York: eligible, according to the employer's posting.
Who can apply: Open to applicants in all US states, per the employer.
Location as listed by the employer: “Remote”
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About this role

Headway is hiring for a Senior Engineering Manager, Web Platform role (full-time). See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • You've built your career in frontend. You were a senior or staff frontend engineer before you moved into management, and you have deep experience with React and the modern web.
  • You've led a frontend platform, design system, or web architecture team, ideally at a fast-growing company.
  • You've managed engineers for [3+] years. You've hired, grown senior engineers, and managed performance, including turning around or moving out someone below the bar. You don't need experience managing managers.
  • You use AI every day. You've shipped code with AI tools in the last six months, at work or in your own projects, and you have a view on how agents should build UI.
  • You have a clear point of view on what great frontend engineering looks like today, and you advocate for it with data. You can explain the value of platform work to product teams and to executives.
  • You work closely with Design. You understand how designers work, and you can turn design system decisions into engineering plans.
  • You've built alignment across several product teams with competing priorities, and kept a shared roadmap moving.
  • You like a fast pace. Most of your plans are measured in weeks or a few months.

Summarized from the employer's posting — check the full posting for every requirement.