Software Engineering Team Manager, Channels

Software Engineering Team Manager, Channels
Viseu
Viseu, Viseu District, Portugal

Squarespace is looking for an Engineering Team Manager to lead a team within the Acuity Scheduling product group. Acuity Scheduling’s mission is to help
- based businesses start and grow their service by allowing clients to directly schedule appointments, removing administrative burden and giving our users more time to focus on what they love doing. We are a distinct brand and platform within the Squarespace suite of products.

Acuity’s Distribution team manages and expands content syndication and replication through existing partnerships such as Airbnb and Reserve with Google, while expanding into agentic AI-driven channels. Distribution ensures that Acuity’s experiences are discoverable wherever users already are.

You will report to a group Engineering Manager and be based in Aveiro, Portugal with a minimum of 3 flexible days per week spent in office. You will be part of Acuity’s initial engineering team in the country, and help grow our engineering and company presence in Portugal.

• Manage and mentor a diverse team of experienced software engineering ICs across a spectrum of skills and experience.
• Assume an active role in the career development of direct reports with regular 1:1s, direct feedback, and coaching.
• Exercise technical expertise in reviewing project initiatives, collaborating with a partner from our Product team to decide which new features your team will deliver.
• Advocate for excellence in system design and promote engineering best practices, including automated testing.
• Lead
  - scale initiatives that impact millions of users.

• 5+ years of industry experience shipping web applications across large codebases with many contributors.
• 1+ years of experience managing a Product engineering team of four or more engineers.
• An ability to break down technical concepts to
  - technical stakeholders through documents and presentations.
• Strong technical foundations to navigate the inherent tradeoffs in
  - making and ensure deliverables are
  - tested.
• Professionalism in prioritizing an inclusive culture of psychological safety and technical rigor.
• A team player who can lead by example, including writing and reviewing code as needed for your team.

• Health insurance with 100% covered premiums for you, your spouse or partner, and dependent children, including medical, dental, and vision
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Pension benefits with employer match
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Statutory paid time off and all statutory leaves, as required
• Meal Allowance and Flex Benefits