Engineering Manager, Front-end (Amplify MarketingTeam)
Klaviyo · Boston, United States · 14h ago
At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying. Want to learn more about life at Klaviyo? Visit klaviyo.com/careers to see how we empower creators to own their own destiny.
Team Overview:The Amplify Engineering team builds internal tools, platforms, and AI-powered automation that help Klaviyos work more efficiently and at scale as the company grows. We partner across the organization, including Sales, Marketing, Engineering & Product, and Customer Service & Success to solve real operational problems with practical, well-designed software.
Our work spans internal applications, 3rd-party integrations, interactive dashboards, CMS integrations, and robust AI systems and agents that automate repetitive tasks, surface the right information at the right time, and help teams make better decisions. We operate in tight feedback loops with our internal customers, shipping quickly, learning fast, and seeing the impact of our work immediately in how deals move faster, tickets resolve sooner, and launches go more smoothly.
This role is for builders and leaders who enjoy turning real-world pain points into reliable, scalable solutions. The work is highly visible and deeply impactful, shaping how thousands of Klaviyos get their work done every day through fast iteration, high ownership, and clear outcomes.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
The Amplify team builds the internal platforms, automation, and AI-driven systems that power how Klaviyos work every day. As an Engineering Manager, you will:
- Lead multiple engineering teams and set the technical vision for internal tools and platforms that drive efficiency, automation, and productivity.
- Own a portfolio of internal systems supporting Sales, Marketing, Customer Service & Success, and R&D, including AI-powered workflows, internal web applications, data and event pipelines, 3rd party integrations, and support tooling.
- Balance technical leadership and people leadership, setting direction, modeling best practices, and enabling teams to deliver efficiently.
- Partner closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and senior internal stakeholders to translate organizational challenges into scalable, high-quality software solutions.
- Learn and evolve Klaviyo’s end-to-end internal workflows, scaling platforms and processes to support the company’s next phase of growth.
- Foster a culture of innovation, systems thinking, technical excellence, and an AI-first mindset.
- Make a direct, visible impact on how thousands of Klaviyos get their work done every day.
- Transform workflows by putting AI at the center, building smarter systems and ways of working from the ground up.
Who You Are:
- You are passionate about building software effectively and for the long term, balancing technical quality, velocity, and business impact.
- BA or BS Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience.
- You have 6-8+ years of hands-on software development experience building and operating highly available, full-stack SaaS products at scale, and a strong understanding of modern web architectures and scalable, multi-tenant design patterns.
- You have 5+ years of experience as an engineering manager, leading high-performing teams that deliver complex, cross-team initiatives over multiple quarters using an agile, iterative approach.
- You are an AI-native technical leader. You have hands-on experience using modern AI tools and workflows (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) in your own work and enabling teams to do the same. You are excited to use and experiment with various AI tools to increase team productivity and innovation.
- You are comfortable setting technical direction and standards, partnering with peers and senior leadership to evolve architecture, development practices, and shared engineering processes.
- You have a strong track record of end-to-end ownership, from design through delivery and deployment, including estimating work, managing risks, and ensuring teams reliably meet their commitments.
- You have experience building tools and workflows to support Marketing teams, especially generating marketing collateral (copy, images, translations) using AI automated workflows.
- You have hands-on experience with front-end development using TypeScript & React, including diagnosing and improving application performance.
- You have experience using and integrating with CMSs like Sanity and Contentful.
- You have hands-on experience doing Internationalization (I18N) and Localization (L10N) at scale, especially using AI and tools such as Smartling.
- You are an effective cross-functional leader and communicator, serving as a clear interface between engineering, product, and business stakeholders to align priorities and drive execution.
- You are a people-first leader and coach, experienced in hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and developing engineers through constructive feedback and growth opportunities, while fostering a healthy, collaborative team culture.
- You enjoy leading teams that build internal platforms, tools, or systems that improve end-user productivity, automation, and operational efficiency.
- You like to question convention, continuously improve how work gets done, and thrive in small, autonomous teams that ship early and often in close partnership with product and business stakeholders.
Nice to Have:
- Experience building internal tools and automations for developers and/or non-technical stakeholders as well as operational systems that improve reliability and productivity.
- Experience with experimentation, A/B-testing, personalization platforms such as Optimizely, AB Tasty, Adobe Target, etc.
Klaviyo’s platform is primarily built with Python and React and runs on AWS. New hires join us from a wide range of technical backgrounds and are supported in learning our stack. Core technologies for the Amplify team include:
- Python / Django / FastAPI
- Typescript / React / Astro
- Sanity CMS
- Optimizely
- Figma
- Smartling
- Hubspot
- Tableau
- Cloudflare Pages/Workers
- MySQL / Redis / Memcached
- AWS
Location & Work Model:
This role is based in Boston, Massachusetts and follows a hybrid working model. Klaviyo supports work authorization and relocation for this position.
At Klaviyo, we enjoy tackling meaningful engineering challenges and value people who take ownership, learn continuously, and collaborate openly. We are committed to building inclusive teams and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Klaviyo is growing fast and we have openings for all skill levels across all of our teams. Learn more about our engineering culture at https://klaviyo.tech
Massachusetts Applicants:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets. The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.
In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.
Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance.
Get to Know Klaviyo
We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.
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