Engineering Manager

Bully Pulpit International is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists. We come from politics, brands, and government and we communicate without barriers and measure what matters. We have more than 350 team members in six countries and thirteen offices — Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, D.C., London, Los Angeles, New York, Oslo, San Francisco, and Zürich. We apply our unique expertise across strategic communications, public affairs, research, and digital marketing to create sophisticated and customized strategies that make change possible for both American and European clients.

The Impact You Will Make

As the Engineering Manager, you’ll lead our Labs engineering team, building the software that powers BPI campaigns across advertising, strategic communications, and research. Our tools and products make it possible for companies and organizations to understand the audiences that are most important to them, identify the most effective message to persuade them, reach them wherever they are (from their TVs to their newsfeed to the billboard by their house), and measure what’s actually shaping peoples’ views. You’ll steer the team that designs and scales these systems, from data pipelines to full-stack web apps, used every day by analysts, strategists, and creatives across the organization. This role is part builder, part mentor, part systems thinker. You’ll shape how our products evolve and how our engineering team grows into a stronger, more unified, and higher-velocity organization.

• Salary range: $165,000 - $185,000
• Location: Expectation to work from an office (NY, Chi, DC or SF) at least 3x a week

What the Day-to-Day Looks Like

• Lead the engineering team as a player-coach: contribute code, set technical direction, and ensure the team’s systems and people keep improving.
• Build and maintain production web applications that handle complex data and power internal and client-facing tools.
• Design thoughtful, maintainable architectures for our growing platform of microservices and shared components.
• Balance new feature development with managing technical debt and keeping systems secure, observable, and performant.
• Collaborate closely with product and data science peers to turn ideas into shippable, reliable software.
• Develop the rituals, processes, and documentation that help a maturing team scale smoothly by mentoring engineers, improving review practices, and strengthening delivery discipline.
• Work with leadership to develop our engineering roadmap.
• Set the internal strategy for developer tools and frameworks, including how to deploy AI to best accelerate our work.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of experience in software development, including leading or managing cross-functional teams.
• Deep experience with application development, building full-stack web apps in modern frameworks (Python/Django, React, or similar).
• Experience with complex data pipelines, data warehouse infrastructure, and data transformation tools like dbt.
• Comfort working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and deploying containerized apps.
• A security-by-design mindset for architecture, development, and delivery practices.
• Strong project management and communication skills, and an ability to work with a diverse set of stakeholders, including less technical users and senior management.
• Experience with agile software development processes, balancing engineering velocity with system resiliency and maintaining code quality.
• Experience supporting analytics, data science, and machine learning teams.
• Excitement to collaborate with others and to serve as an internal thought leader on new technologies.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t perfectly meet every listed qualification. Not all strong candidates will fulfill every qualification, and we encourage you not to disqualify yourself prematurely if you are excited about this work. We believe that a strong team requires a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets.

BPI offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program with employer match up to 4%, generous time off for vacation, $50 monthly phone reimbursement, unlimited sick time, and 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents. BPI’s benefits prioritize employee wellness and progressive support to our diverse workforce.

We’re looking for all kinds of people.  

BPI Group is an integrated public affairs agency that delivers outcomes for the top organizations and leaders around the world. With expertise in strategic communications, digital marketing, creative, research, and measurement, we offer a cohesive approach across corporate, policy, and public affairs strategy in today’s interconnected world. By combining incisive strategy and deep tactical expertise, we make change possible. Our transatlantic presence includes offices across thirteen markets in the US and Europe.

We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on individual commitment to excellence. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 

BPI is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging – so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application. We consider applications holistically and you may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings!

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