Engineering Manager, Marketing & Privacy

At Minted, our engineering team is hands-on, collaborative, and values-driven. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to grow and mentor a team of engineers while making a significant impact on the final product from day one. You’ll play a key leadership role in delivering innovative solutions that empower our marketing efforts and uphold our commitment to customer privacy and data security.The Marketing & Privacy team focuses on building systems and features that help Minted drive growth through personalized marketing, while safeguarding customer data and ensuring compliance with privacy regulations. This role requires both technical expertise and strong leadership skills to manage a high-performing team and align stakeholders across the organization.

You will:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and inclusion.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Data Science, and Legal to define technical strategies that balance growth opportunities with privacy and compliance requirements.
• Set and drive technical direction, ensuring the development of scalable, maintainable, and secure systems.
• Oversee the design and implementation of privacy-focused systems, marketing automation tools, and analytics pipelines to enable data-driven decision-making while protecting user information.
• Ensure adherence to privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, working with Legal and Product teams to identify and mitigate risks.
• Prioritize and manage projects, ensuring timely delivery of impactful features and technical initiatives.
• Advocate for and implement best practices in engineering such as code reviews, automated testing, performance enhancements, service-oriented architecture, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Own team hiring, performance reviews, and career development to build and retain top engineering talent.

You have:

• A technical foundation with a BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience and 5+ years in software engineering.
• 2+ years of experience leading teams as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, or similar role.
• Expertise in full stack development and system design, with a strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and cloud architectures.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or similar, and a solid grasp of SQL and database modeling.
• Familiarity with marketing systems (e.g., email marketing platforms, tag management,  customer segmentation tools, analytics pipelines) and privacy technologies (e.g., data encryption, anonymization techniques).
• Experience working with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, including implementing technical solutions to ensure compliance.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders around a shared vision.
• A passion for mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of growth, accountability, and psychological safety.

You are:

• A technical leader who can balance short-term deliverables with long-term technical goals.
• Customer-focused, with a strong intuition for user privacy and data security concerns.
• A strategic thinker who can evaluate trade-offs between marketing goals, privacy requirements, and engineering complexity.
• Empathetic and inclusive, valuing diversity and cultivating an environment of respect and collaboration.
• Results-oriented, with a track record of delivering impactful features while maintaining high-quality standards.

Compensation:
The compensation range for the role applies to employment offers from Minted. Our employment offers fall between the minimum and midpoint of the range to allow for continued salary growth during your employment at Minted. The upper half of the range accommodates this growth and supports our intention to create an environment that encourages lasting relationships between Minted and our employees.
Geo Base Full Salary Range 0 - Includes SF Bay Area $195,445- $256,521Geo Base Full Salary Range 1 - All non-SF CA, DC, NY - $179,809- $236,000Geo Base Full Salary Range 2 - Includes CO, IL, MA, MD, NJ, OR, RI, TX, VT, VA, WA - $166,128-$218,043Geo Base Full Salary Range 3 - Includes AL, AK, AZ, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NH, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, WI, WV, WY- $152,447 -$200,087
Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, associated job responsibilities, and/or other business or organizational needs.
This role is eligible for an annual performance bonus and stock options.
Benefits: Benefits will be effective the first of each month following your initial hire date.  - Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits- Employer Funded Health Savings Account- 10 Paid Holidays- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave- Paid Parental Leave- Employer Paid Wellbeing Apps (e.g. Headspace and Calm)- Monthly Gym/Wellness Reimbursement- 401(k) retirement savings plan- Employer Funded Commuter Benefits- Employee Discount- Friends and Family Discount
About Minted:
Artists shape culture. They spark conversation, create connection, and bring beauty into the world. Minted is where they come together to reach further. Our marketplace empowers a thriving community of independent artists to sell and scale their work. We nurture self-expression, cultivate community, and bring the best in visual art to a global audience.
We’re building a new way to discover the world’s best creative talent. We’re here for the emerging talent ready to take off, the local favorites ready to grow, and the established artists ready to dream bigger.
At Minted, our people don’t just believe in the power of art–we live it. We have our finger on the pulse of what’s new and now. We’re obsessed with great design, art, and interiors. We’re in galleries, at fairs, and constantly finding inspiration online. We seek undiscovered talent that deserves to stand up and stand out. We connect with artists that have something to say, and we collaborate to amplify their work.  The Minted community’s art, stationery, and textiles products have reached over 75 million homes worldwide.
Our marketplace brings the best in independent design to consumers everywhere. We recognize the challenges independent artists face, and we leverage our resources to level the playing field and create a platform that gives artists the freedom to develop their craft and grow their business.
We are headquartered in San Francisco, CA and currently employ 350+ full-time employees, plus additional temporary workers during the holiday season. We have raised over $300M from top-tier investors including Benchmark Capital, T. Rowe Price, Permira, Ridge Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Norwest Venture Partners.  Angel investors include Marissa Mayer, Jeremy Stoppelman, Julia & Kevin Hartz, Yishan Wong, and more.
Minted is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and will consider all qualified applicants for employment in accordance with all state, local, and federal laws. Minted participates in the E-verify program.
How Our Process Works:
Minted uses technology and innovative practices to bring unique, best-selling design to market at scale. Using its crowdsourcing technology, consumers are empowered to vote for the designs they love and want to see sold, ensuring that Minted always sells continuously fresh and trend-forward product. The winning designs are manufactured by Minted, enabling artists from around the world to share and sell their work while letting Minted do the rest. Since launch in 2007, the company has expanded to serve consumers in new categories including wall art, textiles, digital content and home decor, as well as serve major retailers and consumer products brands with data-backed design through licensing and wholesale partnerships.