Engineering Manager

Description

• Manage, mentor, and coach a team of ~8 engineers, supporting growth through feedback, reviews, and career development

• Partner with Product and Design to define roadmaps, set clear goals, and translate strategy into execution

• Lead sprint planning, retrospectives, and delivery processes that balance roadmap work, technical debt, and incident response

• Drive architectural decisions and ensure the team builds scalable, reliable systems

• Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture where engineers thrive and do their best work

• Own team OKRs/KPIs, communicate progress and risks to leadership, and ensure alignment with company priorities

• Support incident response and postmortems for the team’s systems

• Set technical and organizational direction for a critical customer-facing platform (Core Portal)

Requirements

• At least 4–5 years as a hands-on software engineer (minimum 4 years)

• 3+ years managing engineering teams

• Ability to mentor engineers and build strong, inclusive teams

• Experience leading teams through growth and delivery in fast-paced environments

• Comfortable balancing technical trade-offs with product and business priorities

• Experience with on-call rotations, incident management, and building reliable systems

• Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences

• Prior hands-on engineering experience and the technical depth to guide decision-making

• Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, React, GraphQL, Javascript, PostgreSQL, and AWS

• Familiarity with Go and AWS Nitro Enclaves (beneficial)

• Authorization to work lawfully in the United States (employer asks about work authorization and visa sponsorship)

Benefits

• Remote-first within the U.S.

• Biannual offsites in locations like Seattle, Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity

• Unlimited PTO + 14 company holidays

• 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave with a flexible return-to-work policy

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Dynamic environment with opportunities for professional growth

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