Manager, Engineering ( Virtual

General Summary

Join Training Peaks as a Manager, Engineering on our Core Product team to build the future of endurance training.

As Manager, Engineering, you will lead our team in developing and maintaining three key platforms:
Training Peaks Virtual, Training Peaks Hub, and Run With Hal. This is a critical leadership position that blends technical expertise with a passion for people management and strategic execution.

You will be responsible for overseeing the entire software development lifecycle, from project planning and requirements gathering to deployment and delivery. Your role is to build a successful, high-performing team by fostering a collaborative environment, driving engineering excellence, and aligning your team’s efforts with company-wide goals.

You are a continuous learner with a hunger for knowledge. You approach challenges as opportunities to improve. You value team members’ input from all levels and you actively seek ways to support your colleagues.

This role is part of the Core Product Engineering Team and reports to the Director, Engineering.

• Lead and Mentor:
  Supervise and lead a team of software engineers, providing continuous feedback, mentorship, and career development support. You'll also be actively involved in hiring and onboarding new talent.
• Manage Product Execution:
  Take ownership of the roadmap, integrations, and feature execution for the three platforms. You will manage all aspects of product delivery, including project planning, sprint grooming, and using agile/lean principles to ensure quality and timely releases.
• Drive Strategic Initiatives:
  Facilitate both engineering and go-to-market initiatives across various teams. You will work closely with peer managers, stakeholders, and executive leadership to align team goals with the company's vision and strategy.
• Champion Engineering Excellence:
  Drive a culture of quality and best practices within the team by applying Agile/Lean principles and methodologies. This includes building and implementing key processes like CI/CD for both backend and frontend systems, establishing robust development and staging environments, and migrating our infrastructure from Microsoft Azure to AWS.
• Problem-Solve and Innovate:
  Balance short‑term needs with long‑term strategic goals. You will be responsible for managing project risks, evaluating new business initiatives, and pragmatically facilitating technical decisions with your team.

Collaborate and Communicate:
Act as a key liaison between the engineering team and other departments, including Product and Marketing. You will manage relationships with all stakeholders, providing clear and continuous communication on project status, risks, and changes.

• 2+ years of experience in managing or mentoring software engineers.
• 4+ years of experience delivering high‑quality software solutions.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical decisions for complex software systems.
• Recent, hands‑on experience with modern cloud architecture and full‑stack software delivery.
• Expertise in running an agile team and coaching agile/lean principles.
• Familiarity with customer software development in Unity, with the ability to oversee engineering requirements across Windows, Mac, and Mobile platforms.
• A proven track record of driving software best practices and improving large‑scale codebases.
• Exceptional leadership abilities, with a "lead by doing" approach, and a strong history of influencing and inspiring team members.
• Experience working with a diverse set of stakeholders to gather requirements and manage expectations.

Degrees are not required and we value all forms of continued education including traditional four‑year degrees, post‑graduate degrees, associates degrees, bootcamps, online training, professional certifications, self‑teaching and more.

• Extensive experience as a hands‑on software developer in a variety of environments, ideally in game development using the Unity platform.
• Familiarity with a variety of programming languages, tools, and on multiple customer facing products.
• Expertise in one programming paradigm and language such as OO / C#,…