Engineering Manager, UX

About the Role

We're seeking an Engineering Manager, UX to help build the future of AI user interfaces. In this role, you'll build and manage a team that bridges design and engineering to create intuitive, performant user interfaces that make software creation accessible on any device. You'll guide your team in building production-ready frameworks and patterns that enable high-quality in-product experiences, as well as core user interfaces for interacting with AI.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and grow a team of frontend engineers, reinforcing Replit’s culture of UI excellence and craft.
• Define the technical vision and strategy for building/extending user interface frameworks to help Replit ship high-quality user experiences fast.
• Engage design and product engineering teams to understand, triage, and prioritize requirements.
• Set an ambitious vision for the future of AI user interfaces, and help the team sequence the steps to make it a reality.
• Help the Design team tastefully refine designs by taking into account technical constraints, timelines, and resources.
• Use your deep understanding of technology, the product, and UI to increase the quality, performance, and usage of Replit’s most important surfaces.

Required Skills and Experience

• 4+ years of engineering management experience with a track record of building and scaling high-performing teams.
• Proven experience delivering ambitious projects that require coordinating across multiple teams / departments.
• Deep technical experience in many of the following: React, CSS, CSS frameworks, mobile web, Figma.
• Excellent communication skills to balance technical leadership with people management, including mentoring, performance management, and career development.
• Obsession with the user experience.
• Great recruiting experience in building talent-dense teams.
• Adaptability to lead through changing requirements.

Bonus Qualifications

• Active Replit user.
• Experience building products that use AI.
• Background or experience in Design.

Location & Work Arrangement

This is a full-time hybrid role based in Foster City, CA, with an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.