Engineering Manager, UX
Replit
Listing collected from Replit's career site. NextChapter is independent of Replit.
Foster City, CA · $200k–$320k a year · Posted February 22, 2026
Just laid off? Start here: a plan for the first weeks
More in California job market · All Engineering Manager jobs (1,212) · Technology & Software · Design jobs
More roles at Replit
- Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure · Foster City, CA
- AI Agent Security Architect · Foster City, CA
- Head of Marketing Strategy & Operations · Foster City, CA
- Software Engineer, Enterprise · Foster City, CA
- Security Engineer - Vuln Management (Infra) · Foster City, CA
- Staff Software Engineer, Agent Platform · Foster City, CA
Similar jobs
- Engineering Manager, Infrastructure (Remote) · CrowdStrike Holdings · CA
- Engineering Manager, Cloud Backend - AI Detection and Response (AIDR) (Hybrid) · CrowdStrike Holdings · Sunnyvale, CA
- Director Applications Engineering PCIE · Synopsys · Sunnyvale, CA
- Project Engineering Manager, Customer Quality Champion-19007 · Synopsys · Sunnyvale, CA
- Chief Engineer - Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills · Hilton Worldwide Holdings · Beverly Hills, CA
- Assistant Director of Engineering - Hilton Los Angeles Airport · Hilton Worldwide Holdings · Los Angeles, CA
Where Foster City, CA ranks
Where Foster City, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for pay after cost of living$209k · of 100
- #1Best cities for pay after cost of living in the West Coast$209k · of 39
- #1Best cities for pay after cost of living in California$209k · of 32
- #1Best cities for director and executive jobs in the West Coast38% · of 71
- #1Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living$232k · of 28
- #1Best cities for technology pay after cost of living$209k · of 80
Rankings about design jobs
- Best cities for design jobs #1 New York (717 openings)
- Most requested AI skills in design jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (14.5%)
- Employers with the most design jobs #1 Amazon (176 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $260,000 a year. Across 432 open engineering manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $162,500 to $274,000 and the median is $224,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 16% above the median.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among architectural and engineering managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for architectural and engineering managers: 3% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Skills this job asks for
Say which you have and which you want to build. We use it to match you to jobs like this one.
About the job
Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We're seeking an Engineering Manager, UX to help build the future of AI user interfaces. In this role, you'll build and manage a team that bridges design and engineering to create intuitive, performant user interfaces that make software creation accessible on any device. You'll guide your team in building production-ready frameworks and patterns that enable high-quality in-product experiences. You’ll also help your team build core user interfaces for interacting with AI.
YOU WILL:
- Build, mentor, and grow a team of frontend engineers, reenforcing Replit’s culture of UI excellence and craft.
- Define the technical vision and strategy for building/extending user interface frameworks in order to help Replit ship high quality user experiences fast.
- Engage design and product engineering teams to understand, triage, and prioritize requirements.
- Set an ambitious vision for the future of AI user interfaces, and help the team sequence the steps to make it a reality.
- Help the Design team tastefully refine designs by taking into account technical constraints, timelines and resources.
- Use your deep understanding of technology, the product, and UI, to increase the quality, performance and usage of Replit’s most important surfaces.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- 4+ years of engineering management experience with a track record of building and scaling high-performing teams. Proven experience delivering ambitious projects that require coordinating across multiple teams / departments.
- Deep technical experience in many of the following: React, CSS, CSS frameworks, mobile web, Figma.
- Excellent communication skills to balance technical leadership with people management, including mentoring, performance management, and career development.
- Obsession with the user experience.
- Great recruiting experience in building talent dense teams.
- Adaptability to be ready and able to lead through changing needed requirements.
BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:
- Active Replit user.
- Experience building products that use AI.
- Background or experience in Design.
This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office. The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:
💰 Competitive Salary & Equity
💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)
⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability
🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office & US Only)
📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend
🧑💻 Autonomous Work Environment
🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only)
🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings
☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only)
Want to learn more about what we are up to?
- Self-driving Company https://replit.com/blog/self-driving-company
- Replit Agent at Scale https://replit.com/blog/evaluating-and-improving-agent-at-scale
- AI Adoption https://replit.com/blog/ai-adoption
- Build Open-Source Apps https://replit.com/build/open-source-app-builder
Interviewing + Culture at Replit
- Operating Principles https://blog.replit.com/operating-principles
- Reasons not to work at Replit https://blog.replit.com/reasons-not-to-join-replit
To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.