Engineering Manager
The Role
We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a small but high-impact team of engineers. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll own delivery, help shape technical direction, and partner closely with product and customers.
You'll balance people leadership, execution, and technical guidance-helping the team move fast while building for scale.
What You'll Do
- Lead and grow a team of 5-8 engineers, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management
- Drive execution and delivery of key product and platform initiatives
- Partner with product, design, and leadership to define roadmap and priorities
- Provide technical direction and architectural input (without needing to be in the code daily)
- Establish and improve engineering best practices (code quality, testing, CI/CD, reliability)
- Help the team navigate ambiguity and scale challenges in a fast-paced startup environment
- Stay close to customers and business needs to ensure the team is building the right solutions
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with 1-3 years in an engineering management or tech lead role
- Experience building and scaling backend systems, APIs, or distributed systems
- Strong track record of delivering production systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Proven ability to lead teams, mentor engineers, and drive execution
- Comfortable working in startup environments with changing priorities and high ownership
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
Nice to Have
- Experience at a high-growth startup (0 → 1 or 1 → scale)
- Background in platform, infrastructure, or data systems
- Exposure to customer-facing engineering or solutions environments
- Experience hiring and scaling teams from the ground up
Why Join
- High ownership and direct impact on company direction
- Opportunity to help build and shape the engineering culture early
- Competitive comp + meaningful equity
- Work alongside a sharp, execution-focused team
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