Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Lead and provide mentorship to a team of full stack engineers.

• Promote technical excellence, collaboration, and accountability within the team.

• Facilitate agile methodologies, including daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and roadmap execution.

• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to clarify requirements, set milestones, and achieve business objectives.

• Perform code reviews, guide architectural decisions, and resolve intricate technical challenges.

• Manage the delivery pipeline, focusing on code quality, testing, CI/CD automation, and operational readiness.

• Shape system architecture utilizing Node.js, Typescript, Python, and AWS services.

• Cultivate an engineering culture that values craftsmanship, transparency, and ongoing improvement.

• Work alongside AI/ML engineers to incorporate models and automation into internal products and workflows.

• Advocate for DevOps and reliability best practices to ensure uptime and performance of essential systems.

• Recruit, onboard, and develop a high-performing engineering team.

• Report directly to the Director of Engineering while working closely with Product Management, Infrastructure, and Data teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in leadership roles or managing technical projects.

• Strong expertise in full stack development, including Python, Typescript, Node.js, React, FastAPI, or similar frameworks.

• Proven experience in managing agile development processes, such as kanban, scrum, sprint planning, and retrospectives.

• Experience in designing and delivering scalable, production-ready systems within a cloud environment, preferably AWS.

• Ability to partner with product teams on complex business challenges.

• Excellent communication and organizational abilities, capable of translating technical efforts into clear business results.

• Demonstrated success in recruiting, mentoring, and developing engineering talent.

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability throughout the architecture, delivery, and support phases.

• Prior experience in a startup or fast-paced, high-growth environment.

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or Jenkins.

• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker, ECS, and Kubernetes.

• Exposure to AI/ML systems or experience integrating with LLM-driven workflows.

• Domain expertise in insurance, fintech, or other heavily regulated sectors, particularly in underwriting, rating, or policy systems.

• Experience in scaling teams and systems from initial stages to growth phases.

• Must have authorization to work in the United States or Canada without requiring sponsorship for work authorization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employees can participate in Ledgebrook’s equity incentive program.

• Meaningful equity ownership opportunities.

• 100% employer-covered health insurance.

• Fully remote work environment.

• Flexible working hours.

• Unlimited paid time off.

• Collaborate with a talented, motivated, and enjoyable team to revolutionize a $1T global industry.

• Experience ownership, autonomy, and a sense of purpose in your work.