Engineering Manager, Platform

About PushPress

PushPress is building the Intelligent Industry Ledger for boutique fitness.

We’re transforming how boutique gyms operate — and how the entire $100B fitness industry connects, transacts, and grows. Trusted by 5,000+ gyms and 500,000+ members, PushPress processes over $500M annually and is backed by Altos Ventures and Mucker Capital.

We're evolving from a traditional business system of record into an AI-powered Industry Ledger — an intelligent infrastructure layer that brings order to a highly fragmented boutique fitness industry. By unifying disconnected operators, workflows, and data into a single platform, we’re enabling faster decisions, new business models, cross-gym collaboration, and network effects that increase the value of every studio in our client base.

The fitness industry is highly fragmented, with over 100 sub-verticals — from CrossFit and yoga to climbing and cycling — each with unique needs. Roughly 85% of locations are small, independently owned gyms that fall into a gap: too small for enterprise platforms, too diverse for niche solutions. It’s a classic Goldilocks problem — and we’re perfectly positioned in the middle. 

PushPress was born from the boutique fitness world, and our deep empathy for these owners, combined with years of hard-earned trust, gives us an unfair advantage. We believe these operators are critical to the future of global health — and we’re building the tools, infrastructure, and network to help them thrive.

We’re a global team of builders, operators, and fitness fanatics on a mission to level the playing field for fitness entrepreneurs. If you're ready to help reshape an industry — let’s talk.

About the Role

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Platform Engineering squads, overseeing our SRE and API teams. Reporting to the SVP of Engineering, you will own the scalability, reliability, and developer experience of our platform which processes millions of API calls and transactions daily.

You will drive the technical strategy and execution for our platform infrastructure and public APIs. Your team ensures our platform can seamlessly support our rapid product development and business growth at scale. You will establish SRE best practices to achieve high reliability and uptime. You will lead the expansion of our Public API to enable new integrations and an ecosystem of partner apps. This is a high-impact role critical to the success of our core platform.

What You'll Do

• Directly manage and grow the SRE and Public API teams within Platform Engineering
• Own the SLAs, uptime, and operational health of our production backend and APIs
• Drive SRE initiatives to improve observability, incident response, and application health
• Define the roadmap for our Public API and lead development of new API capabilities
• Evolve our backend architecture to improve performance, scalability and fault tolerance
• Work closely with other engineering leaders on cross-cutting projects and initiatives
• Recruit and develop top backend and site reliability engineering talent
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders in Product and Revenue to achieve business objectives

What You'll Need

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience, including 3+ years leading SRE/API teams
• Strong background in API design, microservice architectures, and distributed systems
• Deep expertise in SRE practices, observability, application health, and incident management
• Experience operating production backend systems at scale in high-growth environments
• Proven ability to hire, motivate and grow high-caliber platform engineering teams
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills
• Track record of driving engineering projects with significant business impact
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate between technical and business needs

PushPress is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and dynamic workplace. We’re all about leveling up, and that means we don’t tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment. We’re committed to provide equal opportunities, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, genetic info, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

At PushPress, we’re dedicated to helping both our technology and our team reach peak performance. Whether it’s with your proactive approach, eye for detail, or drive to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you. At PushPress, we’re all about pushing boundaries and achieving new personal bests—come join us and be part of our fitness-tech journey!