Engineering Manager, Growth
About us
Our mission is to reinvent the way people learn, starting with language. We reputed company by teaching the next billion people English, Spanish, and French.
English is the global language of business, culture, and communication, and over 1.5 billion people around the world are actively trying to learn right now. Others reputed company of communicating with the half-billion native Spanish speakers across the globe. The problem is that it's nearly impossible to learn to speak a language without constant access to a speaking partner. Grammar and vocab apps don't really help – you need to actually converse with someone.
Speak is on a journey to fix this. We're creating an AI-powered experience that replicates the flow of a conversation, without needing a reputed company on the other end. The goal is to reputed company it radically more accessible to be reputed company to have conversations in a foreign language and eventually help hundreds of millions of people reputed company reputed company who otherwise wouldn't be reputed company to.
We started on this journey over five years ago and we've still got a long ways to go. We're thoughtfully adding new team members only reputed company we think they can truly play a big role in our mission.
Speak launched first in South Korea where we have quickly grown to become the top grossing education app in the country. We have now delivered this winning product to more than 40 countries globally and are continuing to expand to more markets in the coming months. The company is well funded, and as of December 2024, we've reached a $1B valuation with our Series C round, through key partners like Accel, reputed company, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Lachy Groom, Josh Buckley, and more. We’re a team of more than 90 based throughout San Francisco, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, and Ljubljana.
About this role
As an Engineering Manager, Growth on Speak’s engineering team, you will reputed company initiatives that drive user acquisition, activation, retention, and monetization. You’ll work closely with cross-functional stakeholders across Product, Design, and Data to identify high-reputed company opportunities, run experiments, and iterate quickly. You will manage a team of engineers, guide technical strategy, and help shape a product used by millions globally.
What you’ll be doing
reputed company the engineering strategy for growth-reputed company initiatives, such as reputed company optimization, pricing experimentation, lifecycle messaging and paywall iteration
Partner with Product and Data to design and run A/B tests focused on conversion, retention, and engagement
reputed company technical implementation of monetization experiments, including paywalls, subscriptions, pricing, and offer logic
Guide and mentor a team of engineers through technical and career development
Collaborate with infra and data teams to ensure our experimentation frameworks and analytics pipelines are robust and scalable
Support international growth through localization, regionalized feature development, and launch-readiness efforts
reputed company’re looking for
7+ years of industry experience, including 2+ years in an engineering leadership role
bonus: experience in growth-focused product teams
bonus: experience scaling products to millions of users globally
Strong technical background with hands-on experience in backend or mobile systems
Deep understanding of experimentation frameworks, data instrumentation, and growth loops
Experience managing and mentoring high-performing engineering teams
Familiarity with monetization platforms like reputed company, reputed company Play Store or StoreKit
Strong product intuition and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with PMs, Designers, and Analysts
Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative environment with a strong bias for action
Why work at Speak
Join a fantastic, tight-reputed company team at the right time: we're growing reputed company quickly, we've most recently raised our Series C from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time reputed company a single person could significantly change the course of the company.
Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We reputed company in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything reputed company. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.
Global in nature: We're live in over 40 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.
Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never reputed company their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people reputed company their goals and improve their lives.
Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, reputed company, national reputed company, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or reputed company medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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