Senior Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead a team of backend, frontend, and QA engineers in developing the shipper-facing TMS product.

• Collaborate with Product and technical leaders to establish technical direction, oversee delivery, and foster engineer development.

• Familiarize yourself with the codebase and team dynamics, subsequently taking charge of the roadmap, delivery, and personnel development.

• Work alongside Product to transform requirements into well-defined, sequenced tasks and establish delivery milestones.

• Monitor team health throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), resolve bottlenecks, and refine processes as necessary.

• Ensure alignment between the team and other Engineering squads.

• Communicate the roadmap, as well as trade-offs and risks, to Product, Design, and stakeholders.

• Establish a technical vision aligned with company objectives and strategize for scalability.

• Manage the technical roadmap, focusing on strategic technical debt and driving prioritization.

• Direct architecture and code-quality decisions using Java/Spring Boot, Hibernate, and RabbitMQ.

• Review architecture documentation, participate in production-incident root cause analyses, and conduct periodic technical-debt assessments.

• Set engineering quality standards, including pull request review checklists, minimum test coverage, rollback strategies, monitoring dashboards, and alerts.

• Conduct regular one-on-ones, coaching sessions, and performance evaluations; support career advancement and delegate responsibilities.

• Oversee headcount planning, recruitment, and onboarding processes.

• Monitor and enhance engineer productivity and quality.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient in English with strong speaking and writing abilities.

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience managing a team of 5–15 individuals across full-stack, backend, or mobile technologies.

• Proven expertise in Lean/Agile management methodologies.

• Successfully delivered multiple large-scale projects within the team context over the past 3 years.

• Over 5 years of experience in software development as an individual contributor.

• Strong technical foundation as a Senior Engineer for at least 3 years, particularly in web backend development using Java/Spring or a similar high-level backend stack.

• Capability to manage team members with diverse skill sets.

• Ability to clearly communicate expectations and provide regular individual feedback.

• Competence in conducting effective one-on-ones, group discussions, planning sessions, and retrospectives.

• Skill in identifying high-value projects and maintaining team focus.

• Proficient in prioritization, creating alignment, and offering clarity.

• Ability to develop processes and eliminate execution obstacles.

• High tolerance for ambiguity and adaptability to change.

• Capacity to make decisions in uncertain situations.

• Empathetic and straightforward communication skills.

• Experience in team growth, interviewing both junior and senior engineers, collaborating with recruiting, and onboarding new team members.

• Strong data-driven prioritization capabilities.

• Ability to balance code quality with development speed effectively.

• Plus: experience managing startup engineering teams during periods of rapid growth and organizational transformation.

• Plus: experience implementing engineering and management practices and processes.

• Plus: experience overseeing partially or fully remote teams.

• Plus: significant expertise in designing and managing critical systems.

• Plus: experience reviewing high-risk pull requests involving schema migrations, message contracts, and query performance.

• Plus: hands-on experience with Metabase and Datadog.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote First Culture - We operate as a fully distributed team.

• Gym/Wellness Stipend - We offer a monthly stipend for gym memberships ($50/month).

• Generous Time Off - Flexible PTO policy allowing you to take the time you need, alongside 6 weeks of paid paternity leave.

• Quality Equipment - We will equip you for success with the necessary technology and assist in setting up your home office if required.

• Positive Culture - We promote transparency and foster an environment where you work with like-minded, highly motivated individuals eager to tackle complex challenges.