Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Join a multidisciplinary product team that empowers transit agency clients to manage and operate on-vehicle hardware systems and devices.

• Develop and nurture a high-performing engineering team by providing context, guidance, and technical leadership.

• Oversee the delivery of products that encompass edge-device software, device-to-cloud communication layers, and backend services.

• Collaborate with Engineers and the Product Manager to identify customer needs, formulate solutions, establish milestones and goals, and launch products to market.

• Actively contribute to product development while serving as a technical mentor and collaborator.

• Achieve a balance between technical excellence and rapid delivery, adapting practices as products grow.

• Maintain and enhance the physical hardware lab if based in San Francisco, or assist in remote development, testing, and debugging efforts.

• Assess advancements in AI tooling and implement improvements that boost team efficiency and effectiveness.

• Solicit feedback and communicate progress, insights, and challenges to foster cross-functional alignment.

• Define and refine onboard architecture and implementation procedures through customer site visits and collaboration with partners.

• Supervise team members while cultivating a supportive, inclusive, growth-oriented, and outcome-driven culture.

• Create an environment where team members take pride in working at Swiftly, as evidenced by retention rates and employee satisfaction.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in engineering team leadership and people management.

• Proven history of developing engineers and assembling high-performing teams while remaining actively engaged in technical contributions.

• Experience leading teams to achieve results and delivering comprehensive products that span cloud-based SaaS environments and field-embedded hardware.

• Ability to clarify objectives, decompose tasks efficiently, and manage competing priorities across various product surfaces.

• Strong proficiency in Python, Java, Javascript/Typescript, MQTT, and SQL databases.

• Knowledge of serial interfaces (RS-232, J1708, CAN), network protocols (HTTP/REST, UDP, TCP), and messaging patterns (MQTT, pub/sub, store-and-forward).

• Proficient in Linux, including imaging, system administration, containerization, process management, networking, and security.

• Familiar with remote deployment and update strategies, including OTA updates, A/B partitioning, configuration management, and edge container orchestration.

• Experience in system validation, automated testing, observability, and monitoring.

• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and services (AWS preferred).

• Comfortable applying modern AI tools and techniques throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Possess a growth mindset, eagerness to learn, and strong motivation to achieve customer impact.

• Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States or Ontario and British Columbia, Canada; Swiftly is unable to offer visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Equity compensation (company ownership) for all employees.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.

• Retirement plan with Employer Match.

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

• Reimbursement for home office setup.

• Monthly reimbursement for cell/internet expenses.

• Monthly "Be Well" stipend.

• Flexible PTO with a suggested minimum.

• Flexible work environment.

• 16 paid holidays, including months without US national holidays.

• 12 fully paid weeks of leave for childbirth/adoption.

• Company or team offsites 1–2 times a year.