Senior Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead the engineering team through regular one-on-ones, feedback sessions, performance evaluations, promotions, and challenging discussions.

• Take ownership of delivery by planning, defining scope, and ensuring the successful shipment of quality software in line with the roadmap.

• Influence product priorities, commitments, and team methodologies.

• Assist engineers in enhancing their skills in scoping, estimating, decision-making, and taking ownership of outcomes.

• Continue to write and deploy code to support critical technical decisions and tackle complex problems.

• Assess coding agents, showcase their effective usage, and guide the team in their application.

• Question architectural decisions, clarify trade-offs, and promote sustainable approaches.

• Recruit, set clear expectations, provide constructive feedback, foster growth, manage promotions, and handle exits when necessary.

• Eliminate friction, resolve recurring obstacles, and enhance AI tooling practices.

• Maintain close involvement with code and architecture without becoming a bottleneck for approvals.

• Lead engineering responses to escalations from customers, the services team, and open-source initiatives.

• Engage the appropriate stakeholders, make priority decisions, and tackle recurring issues.

• Transform managed-services experience into improved products rather than merely addressing one-off customer requests.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of a few years of experience in managing engineering teams.

• Proven experience in hiring and developing talent, directly addressing underperformance, and making tough personnel decisions.

• Previous background as a strong engineer with solid technical judgment.

• Capability to evaluate architecture and trade-offs beyond personal coding experiences.

• Continues to build software and derives enjoyment from it.

• Proficient and effective use of coding agents, with demonstrable examples.

• Experience with shipping products in a startup environment and making decisions amid uncertainty.

• Skill in providing specific feedback and directly addressing issues.

• Ability to balance long-term product development with customer deadlines and negotiate achievable commitments.

• Nice to have: experience with machine learning tooling, data platforms, or evaluation systems.

• Nice to have: experience managing a distributed team.

• Nice to have: expertise in frontend architecture.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.

• Flexible work hours and remote work options.

• Health and wellness benefits.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.