Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, taking ownership of output, technical decisions, career growth, and priorities.

• Steer technical decisions and facilitate thorough architectural decision-making.

• Collaborate with engineering leaders, product management, design, and customer success to execute the roadmap.

• Clarify requirements, eliminate ambiguity, and make scoping decisions for ongoing projects.

• Oversee team execution from planning and prioritization to delivery.

• Ensure that commitments are fulfilled and that obstacles are swiftly addressed.

• Manage support escalations and work with customer success to triage, prioritize, and resolve production issues.

• Guarantee timely and high-quality feature delivery through effective scope management and innovative problem-solving.

• Take ownership of testing outcomes and quality checkpoints.

• Collaborate with DevOps to enhance and sustain build pipelines and CI/CD processes.

• Promote code quality, testing, and engineering best practices.

• Measure and enhance team KPIs.

• Monitor cycle time, work-in-progress, and velocity to identify bottlenecks and drive continuous improvement.

• Engage in hiring, onboarding, and team development.

• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance evaluations, and career development discussions.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3–5+ years of experience in leading engineering teams within SaaS software organizations.

• Proven management experience with engineers across various levels of seniority.

• Demonstrated ability to develop talent and retain high-performing individuals.

• Proficient knowledge of at least one of the following: Elixir, React, React Native, or AWS.

• Hands-on experience in leading Agile or Kanban/Lean sprint teams.

• Track record of measurable improvements in velocity, quality, or delivery timelines.

• Experience in scoping, planning, and delivering software consistently.

• Background in building and refining supportive engineering processes.

• Ability to establish clear goals and expectations, monitor progress, and make necessary adjustments.

• Experience managing projects from inception to completion in ambiguous or fast-paced environments.

• Strong communication skills with experience in adapting technical context for non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience in advocating for engineering needs across different functions.

• Familiarity with instrumentation, observability, and tooling practices.

• Comfort in operating within a startup or high-growth setting.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Must disclose whether employment sponsorship is currently or potentially needed.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity package.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• 401(k).

• Employee assistance program (EAP).

• Flexible PTO with no set limits.

• Remote work from home from any U.S. location outside California.

• Hybrid work from offices located in New Orleans or Portland.

• Yearly education stipend.

• Collaborative and passionate work environment.