Engineering Manager

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Team and Technical Leadership:

• Lead, mentor, and support engineers while setting clear technical direction for the pod.
• Build a high-ownership, growth-oriented culture through effective feedback, coaching, and collaboration.
• Contribute to key architectural discussions, technical decisions, and hands-on problem-solving with senior engineers.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with product to challenge requirements, drive clarity, and ensure alignment on priorities.
• Partner with Support and Operations to understand customer issues and operational realities, feeding these insights into planning and improvements.
• Communicate progress, risks, and decisions transparently with stakeholders and leadership.

Execution, Delivery, and Ownership:

• Drive end-to-end execution by planning, prioritizing, and tracking engineering work.
• Maintain strong development velocity by removing blockers and enabling smooth workflows.
• Uphold high engineering standards and ensure the pod builds reliable, well-tested, and operationally sound systems.
• Own pod-level metrics (e. g., latency, success rates, efficiency) and use data-driven insights to continuously refine execution and delivery.

Requirements:

• 6-9 years of experience in software engineering.
• Proven track record of transitioning from individual contributor to people manager.
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments.
• Combines hands-on technical expertise with effective team leadership and mentorship.
• You excel at making decisions that serve business goals while nurturing the development of your people.
• We are language-agnostic and value strong engineering fundamentals over specific tech stacks.

Skills

engineering, people manager, software