# Engineering Manager

**Company:** [Worth AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/worth-ai)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.Js, React, Postgres, Kafka, Redis, Redshift, Kubernetes, Argo CD, AWS, Datadog
**Posted:** 2026-06-09

> Lead and coach a team of 4-8 engineers to deliver roadmap outcomes while fostering growth, accountability, and technical health. Requires 7+ years engineering experience and 2+ years people management.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of 4–8 engineers across one product area or domain
- Own team delivery outcomes, including roadmap execution, reliability, and quality
- Partner closely with Product and Design to translate business priorities into clear technical plans
- Drive cycle planning, estimation, and delivery accountability
- Remove blockers and resolve cross-team dependencies
- Ensure the team balances speed with long-term maintainability
- Maintain visibility into system health, performance, and risk areas
- Provide regular 1:1 coaching and actionable feedback to each team member
- Conduct performance reviews, career development planning, and growth conversations
- Hire, interview, and onboard new engineers as the team scales
- Create an environment of psychological safety while maintaining high standards
- Coach engineers on ownership, system design, and execution discipline
- Address performance issues early and constructively
- Escalate risks and communicate tradeoffs clearly to leadership
- Contribute to organizational process improvements and engineering culture initiatives

## Technology Stack
- Languages & Runtimes: Node.js, TypeScript
- Frameworks: Nest.js, React.js
- Data & Messaging: PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, Redshift
- Infrastructure & Orchestration: Kubernetes, ArgoCD, AWS
- Monitoring: DataDog

## Requirements
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 2+ years of experience directly managing engineers
- Requires hands on keyboard at 50-80% of the time
- Experience leading teams of at least 4 engineers
- Strong track record of delivering complex software projects on schedule
- Solid system design fundamentals and architectural judgment
- Experience partnering with Product and cross-functional stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers across multiple levels
- Ability to balance delivery pressure with long-term technical health
- Experience navigating ambiguity and setting clear direction
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- High emotional intelligence and ability to manage conflict constructively

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience scaling engineering teams in high-growth environments
- Experience managing distributed or remote-first teams
- Strong background in distributed systems or event-driven architecture
- Experience contributing to organizational-level engineering process improvements
- Prior experience managing through periods of technical transformation or re-architecture

## Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- 9 paid Holidays
- Family Leave
- Remote/Hybrid work (for Orlando Associates)
- Free Food & Snacks (Orlando)
- Wellness Resources

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