Software Engineering Manager (client Platform)

Whoop Whoop · Consumer · Boston, MA · Software

Engineering Manager for Client Platform at WHOOP, leading a team to build and scale systems for multilingual experiences across mobile, web, and backend. Responsibilities include overhauling Design Systems, owning infrastructure for localization and internationalization, and ensuring design consistency. The role operates at the intersection of platform engineering, product experience, and global expansion, focusing on execution, reliable systems, and developer workflows.

What you'd actually do

  1. lead a team responsible for building and scaling the systems that enable WHOOP to deliver a seamless, high-quality multilingual experience across mobile, web, and backend services
  2. overhauling our Design Systems across mobile and web properties
  3. owning the infrastructure, tooling, and workflows that power localization, internationalization (i18n), and right-to-left (RTL) support, as well as consistent design patterns across our entire brand experience, expanding WHOOP’s reach and brand presence
  4. operate at the intersection of platform engineering, product experience, and global expansion, partnering closely with Product, Design, Marketing, and external vendors to ensure projects are delivered accurately, efficiently, and at scale
  5. highly execution-focused, with an emphasis on building reliable systems, improving developer workflows, and enabling design consistency and rapid addition of new languages while navigating tradeoffs like vendor vs. in-house solutions

Skills

Required

  • Software Engineering Management
  • Platform Engineering
  • Product Experience
  • Global Expansion
  • Localization
  • Internationalization (i18n)
  • Right-to-left (RTL) support
  • Design Systems
  • Mobile Development
  • Web Development
  • Backend Services
  • System Scaling
  • Developer Workflows
  • Design Consistency

Nice to have

  • Relocation to Boston, MA

What the JD emphasized

  • building and scaling the systems
  • seamless, high-quality multilingual experience
  • localization, internationalization (i18n), and right-to-left (RTL) support
  • consistent design patterns
  • building reliable systems
  • improving developer workflows
  • design consistency
  • rapid addition of new languages