Sr. Manager, Software Engineering – Marketplace
Zipline · South San Francisco, California, USA
About this role
## About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We’re on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine, and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system—delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. ## About You and The Role As a leader in Marketplace Software, you will lead the team responsible for **Marketplace Management Tools**—the software Zipline teams use to run, understand, and continuously improve the marketplace. You’ll turn complex operational workflows into simple, durable products that make it easier to manage day-to-day marketplace health, resolve issues quickly, and scale an exceptional delivery experience. This is a **hands-on product-engineering leadership** role, partnering closely with **Product** and **Operations** to make the right bets and deliver meaningful marketplace impact. **This role does not own the core platform or partner integrations.** ## What You’ll Do - Lead, coach, and grow an exceptional team of software engineers. - Own the roadmap and execution for a group of marketplace management tools, services, and products. - Build a beloved marketplace app. - Partner closely with Product to bring clarity to the chaos and enable top engineers to move at high velocity. - Work with technical leads to improve the software architecture to enable efficient scaling. ## What You’ll Bring - A track record of leading software engineering teams that ship operationally complex, customer-facing software. - Strong technical judgment and the ability to guide architecture and execution so a lean team can get a lot done. - A track record of hiring, coaching, and developing exceptional engineers. - Excellent product sense, prioritization, and cross-functional partnership. - Comfort operating in ambiguity and creating clarity where others see chaos. ## What Else You Need To Know - **Starting cash range:** $217,000 - $270,000 (depending on experience). Final offer depends on experience, qualifications, skills, working location, and projected impact. - Total compensation also includes **equity** and **benefits** (medical, dental, vision, PTO, and more). - Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. - Zipline values diversity and welcomes applications from those traditionally underrepresented in tech. ## Voluntary Self-Identification For government reporting purposes, candidates may respond to a self-identification survey. Completion is entirely voluntary and will not affect the hiring process. Any information provided will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.
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