Technical Engineering Manager

Technical Engineering Manager (Temp to Hire)

Location: Fully remote (EST; CST is the furthest acceptable)

Role Overview

Lead a cross-functional engineering team for the Accommodations Management ecosystem, combining hands-on engineering with people leadership. You will stay close to the code while driving delivery, engineering quality, and team growth, partnering with Product, Architecture, Security, and other enterprise teams.

Responsibilities

Lead and grow the engineering team (30%)

• Manage and mentor 5–8 engineers
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Provide coaching, feedback, and career development support
• Drive team health, engagement, and performance management

Hands-on technical leadership and delivery (50%)

• Contribute to system design and hands-on development using TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and AWS
• Lead end-to-end delivery (design → deployment → production support)
• Ensure systems are scalable, secure, resilient, and observable
• Establish and enforce modern engineering practices:
  • CI/CD
  • Automated testing
  • Code quality standards
• Partner with Architecture/Security/Compliance teams to align technical direction
• Support adoption of emerging technologies (including potential AI/ML-enabled capabilities)

Cross-team alignment and stakeholder engagement (20%)

• Partner with Product Owners to translate business needs into technical plans
• Manage dependencies across teams and systems in the broader platform ecosystem
• Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and business stakeholders
• Contribute to roadmap planning and prioritization

Requirements

• 6–8+ years software engineering experience
• 2+ years managing engineering teams
• Strong hands-on development with TypeScript/JavaScript and modern frontend frameworks (React preferred)
• Experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS
• Proven ability to contribute to system design/architecture while coding
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and event-driven architectures
• Experience with engineering practices: CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security
• Ability to lead complex, cross-functional delivery
• Proactive leadership style focused on continuous improvement and team engagement
• Strong communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with workflow-driven or compliance-sensitive systems (e.g., case management, decisioning)
• Exposure to AI/ML or data-driven product capabilities
• Experience in platform-based architectures and shared services ecosystems
• Familiarity with security and regulatory considerations for sensitive user data