Senior Engineering Manager, Commerce Platform

Deep technical background with 10+ years in software development best practices, system design, and architecture, and the range to stay credible across the languages and technologies the team uses

8+ years managing multiple teams of engineers, including through one or more managers, with a track record of leading high-complexity, cross-functional initiatives with significant business impact and influencing technical strategy beyond an immediate team

Experience leveraging AI and agentic coding tools to increase engineering velocity and raise the technical bar across engineering teams

Experience with large-scale, high-traffic consumer marketplace platforms; commerce, payments, or other finance-critical domain experience preferred

A track record of growing engineering managers and individual engineers, and building diverse, high-functioning teams with high psychological safety

Strong written and verbal communication, including with senior leadership and stakeholders

Aligned with Rover Core Values

Set technical vision and strategy across their domain — partnering with product and engineering leadership on roadmap, using data to drive KPIs, resourcing, and investment decisions — while staying hands-on enough to preserve technical credibility

Develop a deep enough understanding of Rover's company-wide strategy and roadmap to proactively identify opportunities for the commerce platform, and build the cross-functional partnerships across the company needed to act on them

Understand why commerce demands near-zero fault tolerance, and hold their teams accountable to the accuracy, precision, and observability standards that protect it — investing in the practices and technology that let that rigor scale as the domain grows

Drive AI-native transformation across the domain — identifying where AI/ML and automation can meaningfully improve accuracy, velocity, or cost within commerce platform workflows, and leading their teams through that adoption

Coach and grow engineering managers and engineers, including setting goals, delivering reviews, and hiring great people across their teams and the broader org

Communicate strategy, status, and risk clearly to senior stakeholders, and coordinate cross-team and cross-functional dependencies so commitments stay realistic

Bring a distinct background and point of view that sharpens decision-making and broadens thinking across the wider engineering org, not just their own teams

Exemplify Rover's Core Values, particularly Discipline in the Way We Debate and Intentional Balance of Pace and Precision, given the stakes of getting this domain right

Competitive compensation 

401k match

Long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout

Flexible PTO 

Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance 

Commuter benefits 

Bring your dog to work (and unlimited puppy time) 

Pet benefits, including $1000 toward adopting your first dog or cat

Stocked fridges, coffee, soda, and lots of treats (for humans and dogs) and free catered lunches monthly  

Regular team activities performed in-person and virtually

In the Greater Seattle Area the first-year salary range is $198,696-$264,266. Additionally, Rover offers a long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout and benefits to full-time employees.

The cash compensation offered for this role will be dependent on the candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and abilities as demonstrated in the interview and hiring process.