Senior Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead a high-achieving team of engineers, encompassing employees, internal contractors, and external contractors, to deliver features and enhancements to core services and systems.

• Emphasize people management, team development, and strategic execution instead of hands-on coding.

• Propel project execution in alignment with semi-annual and annual objectives while effectively managing ambiguity and organizational changes.

• Cultivate a culture of ownership, excellence, psychological safety, growth, and high performance.

• Establish team priorities, goals, and key performance metrics; ensure accountability while fostering a healthy team dynamic.

• Collaborate across engineering teams and engage with product, design, and customer stakeholders.

• Build and nurture diverse, high-performing teams through hiring, coaching, and providing growth opportunities.

• Balance business operations, foundational work, and new initiatives to ensure sustainable execution.

• Identify and mitigate technical risks, system bottlenecks, and process inefficiencies.

• Collect diverse viewpoints and balance customer value with overarching business objectives.

• Advocate for architectural quality, operational excellence, and alignment with technical strategy.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of relevant experience.

• Must be a US Citizen.

• Capable of obtaining and maintaining Public Trust 6C.

• Proven history of leading high-performing engineering teams to achieve significant business and customer impact.

• Experience managing mixed workforce models, including full-time employees, internal contractors, and external contractors.

• Strong focus on people management, with a background in coaching, development, and team enablement rather than solely individual contribution.

• Experience overseeing the complete software development lifecycle, prioritizing results, quality, and team health.

• Demonstrated ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity while keeping the team focused and motivated.

• History of building, hiring, and developing diverse engineering teams across various skill levels.

• Experience in establishing technical direction and making architectural trade-offs.

• Strong skills in people management, including coaching, performance management, and conflict resolution.

• Ability to provide quality technical feedback on designs and architectural decisions without direct hands-on involvement.

• Understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and contemporary engineering practices.

• Experience in creating efficient processes and operational rhythms.

• Proficient in balancing technical excellence with practical delivery of business value.

• Comfortable reviewing system health, engineering quality, and alignment with technical strategy.

• Proven inclination to take ownership of issues and drive them toward resolution.

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, customizing messages for different audiences and stakeholders.

• Experience in building strong cross-functional relationships and facilitating constructive conflict.

• History of advocating for the team while optimizing for broader organizational results.

• Willingness to engage in crucial conversations and the ability to disagree while committing.

• Capability to foster inclusive environments where diverse perspectives are appreciated and team members feel psychologically safe.

• Growth mindset with a commitment to ongoing learning and self-improvement.

• Proven ability to embrace change, introduce new initiatives, and guide teams through organizational transitions.

• Demonstrated adoption of AI and automation tools to enhance team productivity and engineering outcomes.

• History of promoting experimentation, learning from failures, and driving innovation.

• Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and maintaining focus on the larger purpose.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical plan options, including those with Health Savings Accounts.

• Dental plan options.

• Vision plan.

• 401(k) plan with pre-tax and post-tax contributions along with company matching.

• Flexible work weeks where feasible.

• Vacation, sick, and personal time off.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid parental leave.

• Paid military leave.

• Paid bereavement leave.

• Paid jury duty leave.

• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees, prorated based on hire date.

• 10 paid holidays per year, prorated based on hire date.

• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave within a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Life insurance.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

• Personal accident insurance.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Business travel and accident insurance.