Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Integrations Platform)

San Francisco, CA · full time · Senior

$243,000 – $364,000

Listed on Gofundme’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Lead a team of 5-8 engineers building GoFundMe's integrations platform, handling public APIs, webhooks, and Salesforce connectors. This role suits experienced engineering managers who want to combine hands-on technical work with people leadership on systems that power millions of transactions.

Our summary, not Gofundme’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

Lead and grow a software engineering team as a people manager with strong hands-on IC background
Engage in design and architecture discussions for backend, distributed, and event-driven systems
Familiar with modern integration platform technologies including APIs, webhooks, and message-driven architectures
Track record recruiting, hiring, developing, and retaining engineers
Deliver complex platform and backend projects managing scope, risk, and stakeholders
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Customer Success, and external partners
Understand correctness-critical distributed systems concepts like idempotency and safe migrations
Strong communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills
Drive operational excellence including on-call health, observability, and incident management

Nice to have

Experience managing teams building integrations, platforms, or developer-facing services
Experience integrating with Salesforce, particularly nonprofit products like NPC, NPSP, or Experience Cloud
Familiarity with durable execution or workflow orchestration technologies
Led teams through re-platforming or large-scale migrations
Familiarity with iPaaS platforms
Experience establishing conventions enabling AI coding agents to contribute safely at scale