Engineering Manager
Engineering Manager leads software engineering teams building full-stack AI-powered government software, providing technical architecture, hands-on coding (up to 20%), mentorship, and cross-functional alignment. Requires 4+ years software engineering (full-stack) and 2+ years leadership experience.
About the job
What You Will Work On
- Designing and implementing end-to-end features, from user interfaces to scalable backend services
- Improving the performance and responsiveness of our core application across the full stack
- Collaborating with our customers to translate their needs into technical solutions
- Building reliable data pipelines and integrations for our product features
- Designing systems that support AI-driven automation features
- Scaling the engineering organization while maintaining high talent density
Tech Stack
Backend: Java, PostgreSQL
Frontend: React, TypeScript
Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Terraform
Developer Tools: GitHub, Linear, Claude Code, Cursor, CI/CD, automated testing
Your Role
Team Leadership & Mentorship
- Lead and manage a team of Software Engineers
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to develop strong design, coding, and problem-solving skills across the team
- Manage team health, set goals, conduct performance reviews, and support individual career development and progression
Strategic Execution & Delivery
- Partner closely with different functional teams to define and execute roadmaps that result in measurable business and customer outcomes
- Hands-on coding for up to 20% of your weekly time, as team needs require
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, developer experience, and delivery pipelines
- Collaborate cross-functionally with all leadership, Customer Success, and Operations to align technical initiatives with overall company strategy
Architectural Guidance & Standards
- Guide critical architectural decisions focused on scalability, performance, and maintainability across our core backend and infrastructure systems
- Champion and drive high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and overall engineering excellence
- Contribute to technical designs and write or review code, particularly for complex or high-impact projects
What We’re Looking For
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, with strong proficiency in both backend (e.g., Java, Python) and frontend (e.g., React) technologies
- 2+ years of engineering leadership experience, including successfully managing an engineering team or leading multi-quarter initiatives
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality, user-facing product features across the full stack
- Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, and system reliability engineering (SRE) practices
- A demonstrated ability to successfully balance people leadership with significant technical contribution
- Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to clearly bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders
- A strong sense of ownership, a bias for action, and a commitment to leading by example and mentoring others
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and stock equity plan
- Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Company sponsored pre-tax retirement savings program (401k)
- A flexible work environment that supports working from home
- Flexible PTO
- Parental Leave
- Home office stipend
Skills
Java, React, TypeScript, Postgres, AWS, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, GitHub, Python
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