Engineering Manager

Role details

ABOUT THE ROLE Lead the health, delivery, and growth of an engineering pod building software for the mortgage and financial technology sector. This is a hands-on management role, with time reserved for coding and close collaboration with Product and technical leaders. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Manage and support a pod of approximately 6 to 8 engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback, performance management, hiring, and career development. - Own planning, retrospectives, delivery health, and early communication of execution risks. - Contribute code regularly, targeting approximately 10 to 20 percent of your time and 1 to 2 pull requests per week. - Partner with Product Managers and technical leads on priorities, architecture decisions, and cross-functional alignment. - Improve engineer onboarding, documentation, and clarity of ownership. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 8 years of software engineering or engineering management experience, with a progressive path from individual contributor work into management. - Demonstrated middle-management experience leading a team of at least 5 engineers, including hiring and performance management. - Recent experience shipping production software and coding in an engineering management role, including hands-on TypeScript experience and substantial backend engineering experience. - Familiarity with TypeScript, React, Node.js, Express, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, and modern infrastructure and observability tools. - Experience using AI tools in engineering workflows and familiarity with AI product development practices such as evaluations, experiment design, and dataset curation. - Startup or small-company experience and a background in financial technology or lending software are helpful. - Must have work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary: $225,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION Remote within the United States.