Engineering Manager

Foundation Software

$110K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 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 high-performing teams
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
  • Interest in emerging technologies like Generative AI is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Provide hands-on technical leadership in building scalable cloud applications
  • Lead with architecture guidance and complex technical mentoring
  • Mentor engineers through code reviews and design discussions
  • Help grow a high-performing engineering team onshore and offshore
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions
  • Promote engineering excellence with SOLID principles and observability
  • Assist with planning and execution across product initiatives

Benefits

  • On-site fitness center, personal training, and fitness classes
  • Massages, manicures/pedicures, house cleaning, and 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
Full Job Description
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 Stack

Backend: .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

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