Sr. Manager, Software Engineering

Highspot is a software product development company and a recognized global leader in the sales enablement category. As a Senior Engineering Manager – Search, you will lead and inspire a talented team of backend and search engineers responsible for evolving Highspot’s core search & recommendation capabilities.

Requirements

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of search and backend engineers focused on high-impact, scalable search solutions.
• Own the technical vision for search architecture combining traditional and vector based, including relevance, ranking models, and distributed indexing systems.
• Drive execution excellence — set goals, manage delivery timelines, and ensure consistent progress against engineering objectives.
• Collaborate with Product and Data Science to translate customer and business needs into measurable search and content recommendation improvements.
• Optimize and scale our enterprise search stack (Lucene, Solr, ZooKeeper, or similar technologies) to support massive data volumes.
• Oversee the design and delivery of highly available distributed services and RESTful APIs integrated into Highspot’s platform.
• Partner with DevOps to ensure reliability, observability, and performance across multiple data centers.
• Champion AI-driven enhancements to improve personalization, ranking, and search recommendations.
• Foster a culture of quality, inclusion, and accountability, emphasizing mentorship, continuous learning, and technical excellence.
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure alignment between platform strategy and product outcomes, including stakeholder communication and risk management.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Diverse and Inclusive Culture