Manager, Software Engineering (Remote)

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Guild is hiring a Manager, Software Engineering. This role leads a Product Engineering squad to build and maintain scalable, high-quality products impacting students, partners, and internal teams. The manager drives team performance through mentorship, oversees day-to-day operations, and collaborates cross-functionally to align projects with business goals.

Highlights

Lead a Product Engineering squad focused on delivering scalable, resilient software solutions.
Provide mentorship, coaching, and growth opportunities for engineering team members.
Collaborate with Product, Design, and senior technical leaders to scope and deliver projects.
Ensure system reliability, security, and performance with best engineering practices.
Manage agile teams, project planning, stakeholder communication, and cross-team collaboration.
5+ years software engineering experience with at least 2 years in a people management role.
Strong skills in decision-making under ambiguity and aligning technical execution with business value.
Proficient in promoting continuous improvement and minimizing disruptions for the engineering team.
Excellent verbal and written communication, including documentation and knowledge sharing.
Compensation range: $144,000 - $211,200 base salary plus stock options.

Manager, Software Engineering (Remote) Full Description

At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 32 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.

If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board.

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To thrive as a company and meet our impact goals, we must cultivate a culture of high-performance. We know managers are often the single-largest driver of employee satisfaction and growth, and our talent is our biggest asset. Because of that, weâve identified consistent expectations for all of Guildâs people managers â helping you know what to expect from your experience here.

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As a Manager, Software Engineering you will lead a Product Engineering squad, responsible for building and maintaining products and experiences that directly impact our students, partners, and internal teams. You will oversee the day-to-day operations of an engineering squad, ensuring the team delivers scalable, high-quality solutions while balancing the needs of a dynamic business environment.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership

Foster a high-performing, engaged team by providing mentorship, coaching, and clear growth opportunities.
Ensure your team(s) are diverse in skills, facilitate access to necessary resources for their development, mitigate single points of failure and help them understand how their contributions fit into the broader goals of Guild.
Guide performance management, setting clear expectations, evaluating individual and team outcomes, and addressing personnel concerns proactively.
Lead through ambiguity, making informed decisions to adapt to shifting priorities while keeping the team focused.

Collaboration

Collaborate with Product, Design, Staff and Principal Engineers to scope and deliver solutions that are scalable and resilient while balancing Guild's business objectives, practical timelines and addressing the ongoing requirements of the Engineering Team.
Drive execution and squad accountability, ensuring predictable delivery timelines and well-scoped projects.
Align team work with broader engineering and business strategy, ensuring efficient trade-offs and investments.
Collaborate with other Engineering Leaders to solve shared challenges and improve efficiency across teams.
Facilitate cross-team projects and stakeholder communication, ensuring clear ownership and decision-making.

Technical Leadership

Ensure system reliability, security, and performance, proactively addressing risks and guiding best practices.
Drive a culture of continuous improvement, proactively identifying and addressing opportunities for growth.
Promote knowledge-sharing and maintain clear, up-to-date documentation.
Optimize workflows and minimize distractions, shielding the team from unnecessary context switching.

Required Experience:

5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a formal people management role, leading high-performing engineering teams.
Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and develop engineers across multiple levels, fostering engagement and professional growth.
Proven experience leading agile product engineering teams, with a strong track record of delivering high-quality, scalable, and resilient software solutions.
Skilled in collaborating cross-functionally with Product Management, Design, and senior technical leaders to align on strategy, scope, and execution.
Deep understanding of engineering best practices related to system design, reliability, security, and performance.
Experience managing cross-team projects, with strong skills in stakeholder management, project planning, and communication.
Strong decision-making abilities in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, with a focus on business value and pragmatic trade-offs.
Familiarity with driving a culture of continuous improvement, including process optimization and minimizing distractions for engineering teams.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clear documentation and knowledge-sharing practices.

We are committed to equal pay for equal work and believe in compensation transparency. This role offers a competitive total compensation package, including a base salary of $144,000 - $211,200 and stock options. Compensation offered will be based on a combination of factors such as experience, competencies, and internal equity.

Posting Date: 11/4/2025

*This role will stay open for a minimum of 3 days.

Guild is Americaâs leading talent development company, partnering with the countryâs most innovative employers, including Chipotle, Target, Walgreens, JPMorgan Chase, Hilton, PepsiCo, Tyson, and more, to build the talent needed for today and a resilient workforce for tomorrow. Guild helps employers identify, develop, and mobilize internal talent â enabling workers to gain skills for in-demand roles and helping companies stay agile. By connecting employees to real-world learning, coaching, and career support, and providing companies with actionable talent insights, Guild transforms overlooked talent into high-impact contributors and positions companies for long-term, sustainable growth. For more information, visit https://www.guild.com.

Guild is female-founded and a certified B Corp. The company has been named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 list, CNBC Disruptor50 list three years in a row, Inc. Best Led Companies list, Fast Co. World Changing Ideas list and the B Lab Best for the World list among many others.

Guild is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:

Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
Access to a 401k to help save for the future
Vacation policy to rest and recharge
8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth

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Original Job Description

If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board.

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Responsibilities

Team Leadership

Foster a high-performing, engaged team by providing mentorship, coaching, and clear growth opportunities.
Ensure your team(s) are diverse in skills, facilitate access to necessary resources for their development, mitigate single points of failure and help them understand how their contributions fit into the broader goals of Guild.
Guide performance management, setting clear expectations, evaluating individual and team outcomes, and addressing personnel concerns proactively.
Lead through ambiguity, making informed decisions to adapt to shifting priorities while keeping the team focused.

Collaboration

Collaborate with Product, Design, Staff and Principal Engineers to scope and deliver solutions that are scalable and resilient while balancing Guild's business objectives, practical timelines and addressing the ongoing requirements of the Engineering Team.
Drive execution and squad accountability, ensuring predictable delivery timelines and well-scoped projects.
Align team work with broader engineering and business strategy, ensuring efficient trade-offs and investments.
Collaborate with other Engineering Leaders to solve shared challenges and improve efficiency across teams.
Facilitate cross-team projects and stakeholder communication, ensuring clear ownership and decision-making.

Technical Leadership

Ensure system reliability, security, and performance, proactively addressing risks and guiding best practices.
Drive a culture of continuous improvement, proactively identifying and addressing opportunities for growth.
Promote knowledge-sharing and maintain clear, up-to-date documentation.
Optimize workflows and minimize distractions, shielding the team from unnecessary context switching.

Required Experience:

5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a formal people management role, leading high-performing engineering teams.
Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and develop engineers across multiple levels, fostering engagement and professional growth.
Proven experience leading agile product engineering teams, with a strong track record of delivering high-quality, scalable, and resilient software solutions.
Skilled in collaborating cross-functionally with Product Management, Design, and senior technical leaders to align on strategy, scope, and execution.
Deep understanding of engineering best practices related to system design, reliability, security, and performance.
Experience managing cross-team projects, with strong skills in stakeholder management, project planning, and communication.
Strong decision-making abilities in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, with a focus on business value and pragmatic trade-offs.
Familiarity with driving a culture of continuous improvement, including process optimization and minimizing distractions for engineering teams.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clear documentation and knowledge-sharing practices.

Posting Date: 11/4/2025

*This role will stay open for a minimum of 3 days.

Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
Access to a 401k to help save for the future
Vacation policy to rest and recharge
8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth

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