Meet Urban Sports Club

We are among the leading platforms for sports and wellness in Europe, dedicated to inspiring people to live active, healthy lives. With just one membership we offer access to thousands of fitness and wellness experiences across the continent.

But what truly sets us apart? We believe our people are at the heart of everything we do. If you’re curious about how we work, what we value and how you might grow with us, explore our Culture Hub & Career Opportunities.

*Big news: Wellhub and Urban Sports Club unite!*
Urban Sports Club is now a proud part of Wellhub, creating a global wellbeing ecosystem. Together, we connect 39,000 corporate clients and 97,000 wellness partners across 18 countries, offering millions of people even more ways to stay active and take care of their health.

The opportunity 

We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our Platform hive as part of our Foundation Engineering team to work closely with all the other hives of the Product Development department, Tech and Business teams. At Urban Sports Club our aim is to create a world where everyone enjoys doing sports and we are ambitious in our plans to grow and cater to a wider user audience.

Foundation Engineering is at the heart of this vision, delivering customer value by taking on the opportunities in tech to address, design and deliver on the future of tech in the business and personalise the experience of multi million customers in the near future. You will be responsible for helping us execute our Tech vision, that includes taking on opportunities such as designing our next generation systems such as search, authentication, and such enterprise wide themes as well as scaling our system to accommodate massive user growth.

This position can be based in Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia (in office-attendance is expected in the Valencia office ca. 3 days per month).

What you will do

• Ensure the productivity and resilience of our infrastructure, including monitoring and observability of our services
• Work on standardizing processes and building automation for data pipeline onboarding, deployment, scheduling, failure recovery, and other aspects of operating our platform
• Work closely with the SRE team to ensure developer productivity and CI/CD adoption within the Data Platform team
• Craft and operate the services, infrastructure, and tools that make up our platform to enable the execution of batch and streaming pipelines running on Kubernetes and GCP
• Work hands-on on topics as part of a closely knit team
• Solution architect and deliver company-wide technical topics with a forward-looking vision that aligns technology and business with our multi-year roadmap

What you will need to succeed

• You have gained 5+ years of experience in backend development
• You have experience in development, administration, operation, and troubleshooting of sophisticated, large-scale systems running on Kubernetes
• You are experienced with Go and you are a strong practitioner of system design, architecture, and development best practices
• You break down challenges into modular, scalable solutions and can bridge the gap between technology and business
• You have a strong analytical mindset and a genuine curiosity to experiment and test changes. You challenge yourself and others, never settling for assumptions
• A fun attitude: you engage, inspire, and motivate the people you work with. We like to have fun while working on this important strategic domain for the whole group

What’s in it for you 

• Work on cutting-edge tech and influence the future of our stack: explore our Tech Radar
• We're open to relocation and providing support with our visa agency
• Free Urban Sports Club L Pro Membership + Friends and Family Discount: Stay active with free membership, plus discounts for friends and family.
• Flexible Work Model: Enjoy a hybrid work setup, balancing on-site and remote work options to fit your lifestyle.
• Extended Remote Work Options: Work up to 120 days remotely within the EU, the UK, and Switzerland, including 30 days outside the EU. You’ll also have the option to desk-swap at our other European offices.
• WorkOUT Life Balance: Take advantage of 30 days of paid vacation annually, plus two additional days for volunteering, flexible working hours, and complimentary access to our mental health provider Open Up.
• Personal Development: Receive an annual budget of €1,000 for professional growth, with regular internal training sessions and weekly German and English language classes.
• Engaging Team Culture: Participate in regular team and company events along with wellness initiatives that help you stay productive, healthy, and engaged in a hybrid work environment.

Urban Sports Club is committed to providing a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for everyone who applies for a position or already works with us, regardless of their sports preferences, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, or religion (or lack thereof).

Required:

• 3+ in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML — and ideally additional experience with native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM).
• Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed code (.NET) and native code.
• Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Strong experience with accessibility APIs on Windows (e.g. Microsoft UI Automation or similar), and a dedication to building accessible and inclusive software.
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming (where relevant).
• Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions.
• Strong communication skills; ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive consensus.
• A user-centric mindset: focus on building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users.

Preferred / Bonus:

• Experience with writing automated tests for UI — unit tests, integration tests, UI automation tests; familiarity with relevant testing frameworks.
• Experience with performance optimization for desktop apps (memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, responsiveness under load).
• Experience with localization/globalization, right-to-left UI support, internationalization, accessibility for multiple regions.
• Familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications.
• Previous experience in shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of feature areas or modules and drive them long-term, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management.

What we offer

• A high-impact role: you will define architecture, shape the future of our Windows product, and directly influence what millions of users see and experience.
• A collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture — you are not just a coder, but a builder and a decision-maker.
• Opportunities to lead — mentor others, steer technical direction, and grow into broader technical leadership (e.g. Tech Lead, Architect).
• Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility: you define how to solve problems, own features end-to-end, and contribute to long-term product vision.
• A purpose-driven mission: building software that’s reliable, accessible, and user-centered — making a real difference for people.                  

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Role Purpose:

The Sr. Manager of Sales Tooling & AI is a strategic and technical leader responsible for architecting, optimizing, and scaling Groupon’s sales technology ecosystem, with primary ownership of Salesforce and Salesloft. This role sits at the intersection of Sales, Sales Operations, Engineering, and Analytics, ensuring our sellers are equipped with intuitive, automated, and AI-enabled tools that drive productivity and performance.

This leader will modernize and simplify a historically layered sales tech stack by establishing a clear point of view on systems architecture, automation strategy, and AI-forward solutioning. The mandate is not simply to administer tools, but to transform them into a competitive advantage by reducing friction, improving data integrity, and enabling intelligent workflows that drive measurable commercial outcomes.

The Sr. Manager will lead a high-performing team of Salesforce Administrators and Business Program Managers responsible for CRM governance, sales engagement optimization, automation, integrations, and continuous innovation across the sales technology landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

Sales Technology Strategy & Architecture

• Define and own the strategic roadmap for Salesforce, Salesloft, and the broader sales tech ecosystem.
• Establish scalable architecture standards, governance models, and integration frameworks.
• Partner with Sales Leadership and Sales Ops to translate business priorities into system capabilities and workflow design.
• Rationalize legacy tools and technical debt to simplify the seller experience.

Salesforce Ownership & Optimization

• Serve as the executive owner of Salesforce strategy, configuration, data model integrity, and user experience in conjunction with the Engineering department.
• Lead enhancements across pipeline management, forecasting, account hierarchy, territory alignment, and reporting.
• Drive automation of manual workflows and process improvements.
• Ensure data governance standards and scalable object architecture that supports evolving business models.

Salesloft & Sales Engagement Excellence

• Own the strategy, implementation, and optimization of Salesloft.
• Design structured cadence frameworks aligned to funnel strategy and segmentation.
• Improve seller adoption through workflow integration with Salesforce and enablement best practices.
• Leverage Salesloft analytics to continuously refine outreach effectiveness and pipeline generation.

Automation & AI Forward Solutioning

• Identify and implement automation opportunities that eliminate low-value administrative work for sellers.
• Partner with Data & Analytics to embed AI-driven insights into daily sales workflows (e.g., next-best-action, prioritization, lead scoring).
• Evaluate and pilot emerging AI tools that improve seller productivity, forecasting accuracy, and engagement quality.
• Ensure AI initiatives are practical, measurable, and integrated into core operating processes.

Reporting, Insights & Performance Enablement

• Collaborate with Analytics to define the core sales data model and system-driven metrics.
• Enable real-time visibility into pipeline health, activity effectiveness, and productivity drivers.
• Ensure tools reinforce desired sales behaviors and align with incentive design and performance frameworks.

Change Management & Adoption

• Lead change management for new tools, automations, and system enhancements.
• Drive high adoption through structured communication, training, and feedback loops.
• Establish clear SLAs, intake processes, and prioritization frameworks for system requests.

Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Build and develop a high-performing Sales Tooling team, including Salesforce administrators, system analysts, and automation specialists.
• Act as a trusted partner to Sales Leadership, Marketing, Engineering, Finance, and Data teams.
• Balance speed and innovation with governance, compliance, and long-term scalability.

Qualifications:

• 8–12+ years of experience in Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, Sales Technology, Engineering, or related roles in mid-to-large enterprise environments.
• 5+ years of deep, hands-on Salesforce experience, including architecture, automation (Flows), integrations, and data governance. Salesforce Admin and/or Advanced Admin certification strongly preferred.
• Strong expertise in Salesloft (or comparable sales engagement platform) with demonstrated success driving adoption and measurable productivity gains.
• Proven experience designing and implementing automation strategies that improve sales efficiency.
• Exposure to AI-enabled sales tools, predictive modeling, or workflow intelligence solutions.
• Experience leading and developing technical or systems-focused teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills in matrixed, cross-functional environments.
• Highly analytical, systems-oriented thinker with the ability to connect tooling decisions to commercial outcomes.

We Are Looking For:

• Systems Architect: Thinks in terms of scalable design, clean data models, and long-term sustainability.
• Product Mindset Operator: Treats Salesforce and Salesloft as evolving products, not static tools.
• Automation Champion: Obsessed with eliminating manual effort and increasing seller focus on revenue-generating activity.
• AI Pragmatist: Excited about AI innovation but disciplined in applying it where it drives measurable impact.
• Adoption Driver: Understands that a tool only matters if sellers use it effectively and consistently.

How We Measure Your Success:

First 2-3 Months

• Clear, documented sales tooling roadmap aligned to commercial priorities.
• Improved Salesforce data hygiene and workflow efficiency.
• Increased Salesloft adoption and measurable improvements in activity-to-pipeline conversion.
• Reduction in manual seller administrative time through automation initiatives.

3–6 Months

• Embedded AI-driven workflows that improve prioritization, forecasting accuracy, and outreach effectiveness.
• Streamlined tech stack with reduced redundancy and improved integration stability.
• Measurable gains in seller productivity and pipeline velocity attributable to tooling enhancements.

Longer Term

• A sales technology ecosystem that is intuitive, scalable, and AI-enabled.
• Sellers spending more time selling and less time navigating systems.
• Sales Tooling recognized as a strategic lever for revenue growth and operational excellence.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• High-impact role with visibility to senior leadership – Help shape the systems that power Groupon’s global sales organization.
• Opportunity to influence the future of a global public company – Play a key role in modernizing the technology and workflows that drive our commercial growth.
• Entrepreneurial environment where your contributions matter – Move quickly, simplify complexity, and see your work translate into real business impact.
• A culture that values curiosity, ownership, and results – We empower people who take initiative, challenge the status quo, and deliver outcomes.

The Details:

• Location: Downtown Chicago (hybrid, 3 days a week in-office)
  • Alternate location: Open to candidates living in València, Spain
• Salary Range for Chicago: $120,000 – $150,000, plus eligibility to participate in a performance-based bonus program.
  • Estimated Total OTE: $150,000 – $187,500+
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, EAP, 401(k) match, ESPP, life and disability insurance, FSAs, flexible PTO, and more.