Manager, Engineering - Catalog

About the Role

The Manager, Engineering - Catalog is central to iHerb’s AI transformation. This role involves leading a lean, high-seniority team of engineers while remaining actively involved as a player-coach. You will own delivery commitments, develop engineers, and model the AI-native development practices that will set the standard across the engineering organization.

As one of the first leaders to validate and shape iHerb’s AI-driven SDLC golden path, you will lead the Catalog engineering team responsible for iHerb’s product catalog platform. You will drive feature delivery across a full-stack codebase, coordinate with product and design, and set the technical bar for a team of mid-to-senior full-stack engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own sprint planning, delivery commitments, and retrospectives for the Catalog team.
• Carry an active Individual Contributor (IC) load, writing, reviewing, and shipping full-stack production code weekly using AI-assisted tooling.
• Partner with the Principal Engineer, Catalog on architectural direction and the platform roadmap.
• Hire and onboard engineers, enforcing a high AI-native bar in interviews.
• Drive collaboration with product managers and design without waiting for top-down coordination.
• Contribute improvements back to the shared AI-driven SDLC golden path and skills library.

Requirements

• AI-driven SDLC: Hands-on experience shipping production code with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor). Must be able to articulate how AI changed your workflow and what guardrails were implemented.
• Full-Stack Orientation: Comfortable contributing across various layers of the stack; not specialized in only one layer.
• Delivery Ownership: Proven track record of owning commitments end-to-end, from scoping through shipping and retrospectives.
• Engineering Excellence: Strong principles regarding code quality, testing strategy, CI/CD, and shipping production-grade software at speed.
• People Leadership: Experience hiring, onboarding, and growing engineers; ability to provide direct, constructive feedback.
• Communication: Clear written and verbal communication skills; comfortable driving alignment across product, design, and peer engineering teams.
• Production experience with one or more backend languages used at iHerb: C#/.NET (strongly preferred), Go, Python, or Java.
• Experience with React or an equivalent modern frontend framework.
• Relational database experience with MS SQL Server or Postgres.
• Ability to contribute across the full stack, from backend to frontend.
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent organization skills and ability to multi-task.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in e-commerce, retail tech, or high-traffic consumer platforms.
• Experience working in globally distributed teams.
• Contributions to internal developer tooling, platform frameworks, or organization-scale SDLC process improvements.

Equipment Knowledge

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with Google Business Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms) preferred.

Experience Requirements

• Generally requires a minimum of 7-10 years of software engineering experience, with at least two years in a team lead or engineering manager role.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.

Judgment/Reasoning Ability

• Ability to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve problems quickly using sound judgment, poise, and diplomacy.
• Ability to use judgment and reasoning skills and determine when to escalate issues in a timely manner.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described are representative of those required to perform essential job functions. Regularly required to talk and hear. Frequently required to sit, walk, climb stairs, use hands/fingers, bend, stoop, and reach. May occasionally lift or move office products and supplies up to 25 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Work Environment

• Moderate noise level.
• Hectic, fast-paced with multi-level distractions.
• Professional, yet casual work environment.
• Office / Warehouse environment.
• Ability to work extended hours as required.

Compensation & Benefits

• Anticipated Pay Scale: $187,000—$235,000 USD
• Benefits: Eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance programs, 401(k) plan, Time Off, Paid Sick Leave, and paid holidays. Eligibility criteria apply.
• Additional: Potential for Restricted Stock Units and annual bonuses based on eligibility and performance criteria.
• For more information on iHerb benefits, visit us at iHerbBenefits.com.

About iHerb

iHerb is on a mission to make health and wellness accessible to all, offering Earth’s best-curated selection of health and wellness products at the best possible value, delivered with the most convenient experience. As the world’s largest eCommerce platform dedicated to vitamins, minerals, and supplements, iHerb has been simplifying the purchase of high-quality products for over 25 years, shipping over 50,000 products from 1,800+ brands to customers in 180+ countries. Their vision is to become the #1 destination for health and wellness globally. iHerb's 5 Shared Values unite their global team: Focus on the Customer, Empower Our People, Be Entrepreneurial & Pivot Quickly, Embrace Diversity & Inclusion, and Strive for Simplicity.

Equal Opportunity Employer

iHerb is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. iHerb provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment.