Software Engineering Team Manager, Channels

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 appointment-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.

You'll Get To…

• 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 large-scale initiatives that impact millions of users.

Who We're Looking For

• 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 non-technical stakeholders through documents and presentations.
• Strong technical foundations to navigate the inherent tradeoffs in decision-making and ensure deliverables are well-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.

Benefits & Perks

• 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 Account
• Employee donation match to community organisations
• In the easily accessible city centre of Aveiro
• 8 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity, creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold, and hospitality business management via Tock. Our team of more than 1,700 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Chicago, Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

 

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