CHAPTER 65Team Topology

At the beginning of the quarter, the company had 16 product teams comprised of 60 engineers, 12 product managers,1 10 product designers, 2 user researchers, and 3 data analysts.

Illustration of strategic context for several business units or divisions, which allows product teams to be empowered to create objectives and make decisions in the company.

There are 2 directors of product management (one for employer and one for seeker) and 1 director of user experience design (all three reporting to the CPO), along with 3 directors of engineering (one each for employer, seeker, and platform—all reporting to the CTO).

Team Topology Overview

They have two types of experience teams—those focused on employers and those focused on job seekers—designed to align with the two main types of customers. They also have about a third of their resources devoted to an internal platform that the experience teams are all built upon.

Illustration of two types of experience teams - those focused on employers and those focused on job seekers - who also have about a third of their resources devoted to an internal platform that the experience teams are all built upon.

Employer Teams

  • Employer Home
  • Recruiter Tools
  • Premium Services
  • Employer Communications
  • Enterprise Tools (new team)

Job Seekers Teams

  • Seeker Home/Personalization
  • Job Search
  • Job Recommendations
  • Job Applications
  • Seeker Communications
  • Mobile Apps

Platform Teams

  • Shared Services
  • Payments and Billing
  • Data and Reporting
  • Infrastructure
  • Tools

Employer Organization

The Employer organization is there to serve the needs of the hiring managers and HR departments. They currently offer a freemium service where the first job ...

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