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Engineering Manager

8:00 AM

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Tags

Engineering ManagementAgileScrumKanbanLean Product DevelopmentSoftware ArchitectureSOLIDDesign PatternsPostgreSQLAPI Development

About the role

Role Overview

You will lead a Software Engineering team, own an area of the company’s product, and help grow engineering teams and culture. You’ll partner across the company to translate business objectives and product requirements into execution, with success measured by team cohesiveness and delivery quality.

Key Missions

  • Recruit, onboard, mentor, and grow a diverse team of engineers and contractors.
  • Foster trust, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning.
  • Drive application performance, scalability, and sustainability through technical initiatives.
  • Ensure high-quality software development practices across the full lifecycle.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to:
    • prioritize roadmap items
    • identify risks
    • negotiate trade-offs
    • align on outcomes.

Requirements

  • 2–3 years of experience leading engineering teams with strong people management, mentoring, and coaching.
  • Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and Lean product development.
  • Strong software architecture knowledge, including SOLID, design patterns, and scalable system design.
  • Ability to resolve conflicts and build a culture of collaboration and psychological safety.
  • Strong strategic planning, prioritization, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
  • Proven ability to recruit, retain, and develop diverse, inclusive, high-performing teams.
  • BS in Computer Science or related field.
  • Proficiency with frontend technologies, API development, and SQL databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
  • 5+ years designing, building, deploying, and debugging scalable cloud-based web applications.
  • Excellent communication, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

Nice-to-haves

  • Not specified.

About 8:00 AM

8:00 AM is hiring for a Software Engineering Manager role focused on owning a product area and strengthening engineering teams and culture. The position involves cross-functional collaboration to turn business objectives into implementable engineering work, with an emphasis on engineering best practices and high-quality scalable software.

Scraped 5/12/2026

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