Engineering Manager/Senior Engineering Manager (San Francisco)

About us:

Grow Therapy is on a mission to serve as the trusted partner for therapists growing their practice, and patients accessing high-quality care. Powered by technology, we are a three-sided marketplace that empowers providers, augments insurance payors, and serves patients. Following the mass increase in depression and anxiety, the need for accessibility is more important than ever. To make our vision for mental healthcare a reality, were building a team of entrepreneurs and mission-driven go-getters. Since launching in February 2021, weve empowered more than ten thousand therapists and hundreds of thousands of clients across the country and insurance landscape. Weve raised more than $178mm of funding from Sequoia Capital, Transformation Capital, TCV, SignalFire, and others.

What youll be doing:

As Senior Engineering Manager for the SEO & Provider Showcase teams , you will lead two full-stack web squads whose charter is to:

• SEO / Growth Team Drive discoverability and acquisition through world-class technical SEO, rapid experimentation, and data-driven growth loops.
• Provider Showcase Team Build and optimize the tooling that powers provider profile pages and marketplace listings, unlocking conversion and retention for both therapists and clients.

Your remit spans roadmap ownership, architectural direction, people leadership, and cross-functional alignment. Youll report to the VP of Engineering and work closely with Product, Design, Marketing, and Data to deliver measurable business impact.

Core responsibilities:

• Technical leadership
• Set the architectural vision for our growth web surfaceshigh-traffic landing pages, provider profiles, and internal toolingensuring scalability, performance, accessibility, and security.
• Champion SEO best practices (Core Web Vitals, structured data, crawl budget, internationalization, etc.) and modern growth engineering techniques (A/B testing platforms, feature flags, experimentation pipelines).
• Team management
• Hire, mentor, and inspire a high-performing group of full-stack engineers (React/Next.js , Python, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis, etc.).
• Foster a culture of learning, psychological safety, and inclusive collaboration.
• Partner with Growth and Data Science to design, analyze, and ship experiments that accelerate user acquisition, activation, and retention.
• Translate insights into product increments and technical improvements.
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Align with Product, Design, and Business Operations on strategy, priorities, and OKRs.
• Communicate trade-offs clearly to executive stakeholders, balancing near-term wins with long-term platform health.
• Strategic planning
• Own a 12- to 24-month roadmap that connects company-level goals to actionable engineering milestones.
• Advocate for the engineering voice in growth, SEO, and marketplace initiatives.

Youll be a great fit if you

• Bring 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with 5+ years leading teams including at least two years focused on growth, SEO, or performance marketing surfaces.
• Have managed or worked closely with full-stack web engineers delivering React/Next.js (or similar) front-ends and Node/Go/Python (or similar) back-ends.
• Demonstrate a strong track record of shipping high-impact growth or SEO projects (technical SEO refactors, Core Web Vitals lifts, high-scale landing pages, experimentation frameworks, etc.).
• Can translate ambiguous growth hypotheses into measurable engineering work.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, Agile environment and excel at conflict resolution, coaching, and stakeholder management.
• Communicate crisply in written and spoken form with distributed, cross-functional teams.
• Hold a Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

If you dont meet every single requirement but youre excited about the role, we encourage you to applyno one checks every box.

The base compensation range for this position is $228,000 - $285,000.

The base compensation for this role will vary depending on several factors, including relevant experience, qualifications, and the candidate's working location.

For this role, candidates must be based within commuting distance of one of our hubs in New York, NY; Seattle, WA; or San Francisco, CA, and can commit to an expectation of being in the office approximately three days per week.

We use Covey as part of our hiring and / or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound on January 11, 2025.

Please see the independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey here .

• The chance to drive impact within the mental healthcare landscape from day one
• Our dedication to mental health guides our culture. Wellness benefits include (but are not limited to):
• Flexible Time Off
• Company-wide winter break
• Mental health mornings (2 hours each week)
• Wellness Stipend
• In-office meals and snacks
• Continuous learning opportunities
• The opportunity to help build a rapidly scaling start-up organization by taking strong ownership of your work, mentorship, and our unbounded leadership opportunities

Grow Therapy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

As part of our recruitment process, we use a third-party AI tool (Covey) to assist in the initial screening of resumes and applications. This tool analyzes candidates' qualifications based on the information provided in the application to identify potential matches. Certain features may qualify the tool as an AEDT (automated employment decision tool) under New York City Local Law, and may be considered an AI tool under other applicable state and city laws. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. Final hiring decisions are made by our human recruitment team , and no automated system makes the ultimate decision regarding hiring. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound on January 11, 2025. The independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey is here .

By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of automated tools in our recruitment process. You also understand that your application may be processed by AI systems as part of the screening and selection process.
We are committed to ensuring transparency in our hiring practices. If you have any questions about how our AI tools work, or if you would like to request additional information, please contact you require an accommodation due to a disability, or if you have concerns regarding the use of AI in our hiring process, please will be happy to provide assistance or discuss alternative methods for participating in our recruitment process.

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