Senior Software Engineering Manager

Title
: Senior Manager of Engineering, Casting Networks

Level
: Sr Manager

Location
: Los Angeles, CA

Work setup
: In-office, hybrid 3 days a week

Department
: Engineering

Company

Talent Systems, LLC is the leading technology solution provider for casting and auditioning to the entertainment industry. Casting directors and agents worldwide use Talent Systems’ portfolio of products to source and manage talent across film, television, commercials, theater and digital projects, powering an unparalleled, global casting software ecosystem.

We are headquartered in Los Angeles and operate in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and India. Our portfolio brands include Casting Networks, Spotlight, Cast It Systems, Cast It Talent, Casting Frontier, Staff Me Up, Cast It Reach & Tagmin.

Company Core Values

Job Description

We are seeking a customer-obsessed, product-minded engineering leader to serve as the
Senior Manager of Engineering
for Casting Networks product. This pivotal role will lead the development and delivery of high-impact product features with a focus on speed, predictability, and cross-functional collaboration. As a champion of engineering culture and agile execution, you will work closely with stakeholders across Product, UX, Platform Engineering, and go-to-market teams to drive customer value and business outcomes.

Job requirements

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, with 3+ years in leadership roles
• Proven track record of delivering customer-focused products with speed, quality, and predictability.
• Demonstrated success in fostering collaboration between engineering, product, and UX teams.
• Customer-centric mindset: Strong understanding of customer needs and the ability to translate them into impactful product features.
• Expertise in driving agile development practices to deliver results in fast-paced environments.
• Collaboration champion: Skilled at building and maintaining close partnerships with cross-functional teams, including Product, UX, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success.
• Technical acumen: Deep understanding of modern engineering practices and architecture, with the ability to influence platform engineering efforts.
• Experience building applications using modern technologies such as Typescript, React, NodeJS, Postgres, DynamoDB etc on AWS cloud.
• Communication and influence: Strong interpersonal skills, capable of influencing across teams and levels to drive alignment and achieve outcomes.
• Exceptional people leader with the ability to inspire, develop, and retain top engineering talent.
• Strong advocate for a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.

Job responsibilities

• Product and customer focus
• Lead the engineering efforts to build intuitive, scalable, and reliable product features that delight customers and meet business needs.
• Instill a customer-obsessed mindset across the engineering team, ensuring features are designed with the end-user in mind.
• Partner closely with Product and UX leaders to ensure alignment and collaboration at all levels of the organization.
• Team leadership and agile execution
• Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing globally distributed product engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and innovation.
• Drive agile execution, ensuring timely delivery of product features with high quality and technical excellence.
• Optimize for speed and predictability, balancing fast-paced feature development with maintaining high quality and technical integrity.
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Develop strong partnerships with key stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and other departments to align engineering efforts with business goals.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering to influence and leverage shared infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration and delivery.
• Operational excellence
• Provide clear and consistent communication on product feature timelines, progress, and risks to stakeholders and leadership.
• Ensure overlapping work hours and proactive coordination with dependency teams to minimize bottlenecks and improve efficiency.
• Implement and refine processes to enhance predictability, transparency, and accountability across product engineering initiatives.
• Engineering culture and influence
• Champion a strong engineering culture that prioritizes collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Advocate for best practices in product engineering, ensuring a balance of technical debt and feature delivery.
• Act as a thought leader within the organization, influencing technical and strategic decisions that impact both product and platform engineering.

Expected comp is $190,000-$215,000 plus bonus and benefits