Assistant Engineering Manager (Hands-On Technical Leader)
This role is ideal for an engineer who has recently stepped into management (1-3 years) and wants to continue developing as a hands-on technical leader, balancing architecture influence, team mentorship, and delivery leadership.
What You'll Do- Provide hands-on technical leadership building scalable cloud applications across Azure and AWS
- Lead by example through architecture guidance, design reviews, and mentoring engineers on complex technical challenges
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical coaching
- Help lead and grow a high-performing engineering team (onshore and offshore)
- Collaborate with Product, QA, Architecture, Security, and DevOps to deliver integrated solutions
- Promote engineering excellence through SOLID principles, clean code, modern architecture patterns, and observability
- Assist with planning and execution across multiple product initiatives
Tech StackBackend: .NET, C#, REST APIs Frontend: TypeScript, React, Vue Cloud: Azure
required, AWS
a plus Data: SQL Server
required, PostgreSQL
a plus Architecture: API-first, event-driven systems Delivery: Agile
What We're Looking For- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives
- Strong background in cloud-native architecture and modern application development
- Passion for technical leadership and building high-performing engineering teams
- Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
- Interest in emerging technologies such as Generative AI is a plus, as we continue exploring AI-enabled capabilities in our platform
Why Foundation?We offer a culture that invests in our people and work-life balance, including:
- On-site fitness center, personal training, and fitness classes
- Massages, manicures/pedicures, house cleaning, laundry service
- Catered lunches, monthly happy hours, and car washes
- Game room, kitchen, snacks, and coffee
- Strong benefits including 401(k) match, tuition reimbursement, and full health coverage