# Senior Engineering Manager, Identity & Trust

**Company:** [SimplePractice](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/simplepractice)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $200k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Ruby on Rails, SQL, Databases, Git, CI/CD, Release Management, Front-End Frameworks, Identity Management, Authentication, Security Standards, Ml/Ai, Software Development Lifecycle, Agile, Technical Writing
**Posted:** 2026-08-25

> Leads and develops a software engineering squad, setting technical direction, guiding architecture across the full stack, and partnering with product and design on roadmap decisions. Requires substantial software engineering and people-management experience, web application architecture expertise, and hands-on technical leadership.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead a squad of engineers, fostering collaboration and supporting professional growth.
- Set technical direction and create clear, sequenced execution plans.
- Own architectural decisions across the full stack, including data models, APIs, and front-end systems.
- Partner with product and design to shape the roadmap and maintain a high bar for implementation quality.
- Mentor engineers across diverse backgrounds and experience levels.
- Set performance expectations and provide direct, timely, actionable feedback.
- Promote engineering best practices across the squad and engineering organization.
- Anticipate technical and resourcing challenges.
- Enable collaboration across remote and hybrid teams and cross-functional stakeholders.

## Requirements
- 5+ years delivering high-quality software products as a software engineer.
- 5+ years managing software engineers, including ownership of hiring, performance, and technical direction.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Strong technical background building web applications with common frameworks; Ruby on Rails experience is preferred.
- Experience architecting web applications with a strong understanding of SQL and databases.
- Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and release management.
- Working knowledge of front-end technologies and frameworks.
- Experience with identity management, authentication methods, and security standards.
- Hands-on participation in design reviews and code development.
- Strong product judgment and experience helping teams determine what to build.
- Clear communication across product, Customer Success, Sales, GTM, and executive stakeholders.
- Track record of managing, mentoring, scaling, and inspiring diverse engineering teams in complex zero-to-one environments.
- Strong verbal communication and technical writing skills.
- Ability to translate business objectives into technical solutions and plans.
- Working knowledge of software development lifecycles, agile principles, and modern engineering practices.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience delivering ML/AI projects.
- A working AI-built prototype, tool, app, or workflow demonstrating how you build and learn.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary: **$200,000–$240,000 USD annually**.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Flexible Time Off, wellbeing days, paid holidays, and summer Fridays.
- Mental health resources.
- Paid parental leave and Backup Care.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
- Annual bonus or commission eligibility may apply depending on the role.

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