Engineering Manager

at  Apolloio

Apollo.io is the leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies and millions of users globally, from rapidly growing startups to some of the world’s largest enterprises. Apollo.io provides sales and marketing teams with easy access to verified contact data for over 270 million B2B contacts, along with tools to engage and convert these contacts in one unified platform. By helping revenue professionals find the most accurate contact information and automating the outreach process, Apollo.io turns prospects into customers. Apollo raised a series D in 2023 and is backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and more, and counts the former President and COO of Hubspot, JD Sherman, among its board members. Apollo.io is growing rapidly, with 900% revenue growth since 2021, and is looking for world-class talent to keep building with us.

As an Engineering Manager for one of our Platform teams, your mission is to:

• Empower: Enable engineers and designers to build exceptional, consistent, and scalable user interfaces and experiences through robust platformization.
• Lead: Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within your teams and across the organization.
• Collaborate: Partner effectively with product, design, and other engineering leaders to drive strategic alignment and deliver exceptional products.
• Accelerate: Streamline product development through the creation and adoption of reusable components, optimized workflows, and efficient tools.
• Elevate: Ensure the highest standards of quality, usability, accessibility, and performance across all frontend platforms and user experiences.
• Champion: Advocate for both developer experience and end-user satisfaction, continuously seeking ways to improve both

Technical Leadership & Experience:

• 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a strong focus on frontend development and architecture.
• Proven track record of leading frontend teams or projects, delivering high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Deep understanding of modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue), design systems, and UI/UX principles.
• Experience in building and maintaining complex frontend platforms or libraries that serve multiple product teams

YOUR ROLE & MISSION

As an Engineering Manager for one of our Platform teams, your mission is to:

• Empower: Enable engineers and designers to build exceptional, consistent, and scalable user interfaces and experiences through robust platformization.
• Lead: Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within your teams and across the organization.
• Collaborate: Partner effectively with product, design, and other engineering leaders to drive strategic alignment and deliver exceptional products.
• Accelerate: Streamline product development through the creation and adoption of reusable components, optimized workflows, and efficient tools.
• Elevate: Ensure the highest standards of quality, usability, accessibility, and performance across all frontend platforms and user experiences.
• Champion: Advocate for both developer experience and end-user satisfaction, continuously seeking ways to improve both.

DAILY ADVENTURES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Leadership & Experience:

• 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a strong focus on frontend development and architecture.
• Proven track record of leading frontend teams or projects, delivering high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Deep understanding of modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue), design systems, and UI/UX principles.
• Experience in building and maintaining complex frontend platforms or libraries that serve multiple product teams.

People Management & Mentorship:

• 2-4 years’ experience in people management, ideally mentoring and growing senior and staff-level frontend engineers.
• Proven ability to foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide constructive feedback and motivate team members.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Experience working closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering leaders to align on priorities, gather requirements, and deliver impactful solutions.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and advocate for user-centric design.

User-Centric Mindset:

• Passion for creating exceptional user experiences that are intuitive, accessible, and visually appealing.
• Experience with user research, usability testing, and data-driven decision-making to inform design and development choices.
• Ability to balance technical considerations with user needs and business goals.

Balancing Iteration & Platformization:

• Ability to find the right balance between rapid iteration for experimentation and robust, thoughtful development for long-term platform stability and scalability.
• Experience in making trade-offs between short-term gains and long-term technical debt, ensuring sustainable growth.
• Skill in identifying opportunities for reusable components and patterns while maintaining flexibility for future innovation.