Engineering Manager, Product Engineering

Job Description

WHO WE ARE

ActBlue is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating cutting-edge technology that fuels Democratic victories and enables progressive causes to thrive.

Our vision is simple: building change through the power of people. Since our founding, we’ve been building innovative solutions to revolutionize grassroots fundraising – if you’ve donated to a Democratic campaign or a progressive organization online, you’ve probably used our platform! We believe in putting power in the hands of small-dollar donors by helping thousands of groups — from local candidates to national movements — mobilize their communities and create a lasting impact. Every member of our team is deeply committed to advancing our shared mission and core values. Together, we are shaping the future of democracy.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead the Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control (AAA) team within ActBlue’s growing product engineering department. ActBlue processes millions in contributions a day for thousands of campaigns and organizations; the AAA team builds the features that let donors, campaigns, and staff log in, manage their accounts, and move through ActBlue's product suite seamlessly — while making sure the right people have access to the right things.

Engineering teams are charged with operating autonomously while maintaining alignment with the organization's objectives. In this role, you will support this charge by working with your team's engineers, Product Manager, and UX lead to determine strategic technical and product direction in line with organizational goals, foster transparency and engagement, and ensure successful cross-team communication and collaboration.

In addition to cultivating an inclusive environment that brings out the best in your team holistically, you will be directly managing and mentoring five software engineers. You will champion, coach, and challenge individual team members in concert with supporting the growth of the whole team.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Lead a team of software engineers working on ActBlue’s unified authentication and authorization framework to enable seamless login and navigation across our suite of products, ensure best-in-class security, protect donor and entity trust, grow our express universe, and modernize our tech stack.
• Support the professional development of your direct reports with supportive and constructive feedback, goal-setting, regular check-ins, and performance reviews.
• Work with engineers, product managers, and UX leads to formulate roadmaps that align with our strategic organizational goals. Collaborate on an ongoing basis to achieve them.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders (internal operational teams, security and platform engineering, CX, Sales, etc.) to ensure alignment on product direction, gather domain expertise, and communicate progress and risks effectively.
• Ensure your team delivers on their roadmap and achieves the target strategic outcomes of their work in a high-stakes, regulated environment where precision and reliability are critical.
• Enable your team to learn fast while consistently delivering value by prioritizing frequent delivery of small iterations of work.
• Drive essential communication between teams to ensure timely, high-quality results that further organizational goals. Resolve blockers and proactively escalate concerns.
• Consistently provide your team with the context and resources they need to achieve their goals.
• Collaborate with the rest of the engineering department's leadership to cultivate a work environment where everyone can thrive.
• Facilitate technical decision-making with an emphasis on security, maintainability, scalability, and performance, ensuring that complex workflows align with best practices, software development methodologies, and coding standards.
• Oversee the end-to-end software development process while championing a user-centric approach to iterating and improving on product features.
• Promote strong and transparent communication channels both internally and with cross-functional stakeholders across the organization.

WHAT YOU BRING

• People management experience: 3-5+ years of experience supporting a team of individual contributors at multiple levels, fostering their professional development, and enhancing team performance.
• Experience building user-centric engineering products
• Expertise and creativity when it comes to delivering value fast, with a focus on MVPs, frequent deployments, scope negotiations, and demos.
• Experience helping teams optimize their collaborations and results using regular feedback loops, retrospectives, experimentation, and iteration.
• Strong understanding of and experience with industry best practices for managing software development, particularly agile processes and roles/responsibilities.
• Strong leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to build trust and consensus across teams and stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills with a team-centric and remote-reliant approach to discussion and collaboration.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusion, diversity, and fostering a strong sense of belonging on teams.
• Experience providing project management and organizational support on complex technical projects from end to end that deliver timely and effective results.
• A successful track record with recruiting, retaining, and growing engineering teams.
• A strong sense of ownership and accountability, and the desire to cultivate this in your team.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE…

• Experience with auth0 or other authentication systems
• A background in security, identity, and access control for software products
• Previous experience in payments, B2B, and/or two-sided marketplaces.
• Previous experience working with Ruby on Rails and/or React.

WORK & BENEFITS SNAPSHOT

This posting is for a full-time, remote, salaried position. Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend all-staff and departmental retreats (1-2 times per year). Additional travel may be required for select positions.

Registered States*:

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Washington D.C.

*While ActBlue is currently registered to support remote work in the states listed above, we possess the ability to register in additional states as needed. If you are located in a state not listed, we may still be able to proceed with your application, but please note that the offer process may take longer to accommodate registration requirements.

Work Schedule: This role requires availability during established, regular business hours (Mon-Fri).

Work Environment: Employees can expect to work with distributed teams across all U.S. time zones. Our roles require extended technology usage, and proficiency with virtual communication tools such as Zoom and Slack. Regular attendance in virtual meetings is inherent to every position.

Salary Range Details:

Salary Range: $173,676 - $192,209 - $210,741

ActBlue is committed to consistent compensation practices across our organization. Final salary offers will take into account factors such as candidate experience, interview performance and current team salary parity.

Benefits:

• Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy
• Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families; plus fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement to use for out of pocket expenses and fully-paid short- and long-term disability
• Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance and a voluntary supplemental life insurance option
• Dependent and health care flexible spending account options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employees
• Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions
• A minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave (for all new parents, adoptions included)
• Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees
• Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times

ActBlue is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.

UNION INFORMATION

Certain employees who report to this position may be covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

BACKGROUND CHECKS

As part of our hiring process, ActBlue will conduct a background check at the time of offer. This will be completed in compliance with applicable laws and will not be initiated without your consent.

INCLUSION STATEMENT FROM ACTBLUE

ActBlue is committed to equal employment opportunities and fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace. We celebrate unique perspectives, honor the dignity of all individuals, and recognize that diverse backgrounds and identities strengthen our mission.

If you’re passionate about our work and see yourself in this role, we encourage you to apply—even if you don’t meet every requirement.

We also provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process and employment. To request an accommodation, email [email protected].