Role Overview- We're looking for an Engineering Manager, New Products to lead the engineering team turning our next product bets into shipped, revenue-generating systems.
- This is a builder-leader role. You will own both people leadership and technical execution for products that don't exist yet, moving from hypothesis to pilot to commercial launch, often on a compressed timeline and with an incomplete spec.
- You will report directly to our VP of Engineering and partner closely with our Product Lead, New Products to turn a market bet into an architecture, then into a working system a customer will pay for. Our VP strongly values hands-on technical leadership. The best-fit EMs here are comfortable making fast, defensible architecture calls with limited information, and just as comfortable running a team.
- You will be expected to drive your own roadmap end-to-end from technical scoping and build-vs-buy calls through delivery and customer impact, ensuring what your team ships is fast enough to test a new market cheaply and solid enough to scale if the bet pays off.
What You'll DoYou will operate across systems, people, and execution at scale:
- Lead and grow an engineering team shipping new product lines from zero to commercial launch, raising the bar for ownership, quality, and execution speed
- Build strong engineering culture through clear expectations, 1:1s, feedback loops, and career development
- Partner with our Product Lead, New Products to translate an unvalidated market hypothesis into a technical architecture that can be built and tested quickly
- Make fast, pragmatic build-vs-buy and scope calls that let the team test a new product cheaply before over-investing in it
- Own technical execution from pilot through commercial launch, including the handoff to a durable, supportable system once a product line earns dedicated investment
- Improve system reliability, observability, and engineering efficiency as a new product moves from pilot to scale
- Play a key role in hiring and developing engineers who are energized by 0-to-1 ambiguity, and future leaders on the team
What We're Looking ForWe're looking for strong technical leaders who thrive in high-ownership, high-ambiguity environments.
- 5+ years in software engineering, including 1+ year in engineering leadership
- Direct experience shipping a 0-to-1 product or system in a startup or high-growth environment, ideally through to commercial launch
- Strong system design and architecture fundamentals, with the judgment to build for speed of learning first and durability second, then know when to reverse that order
- Ability to lead through ambiguity and turn an incomplete spec into structured execution
- Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- High standards for engineering quality, reliability, and performance despite compressed timelines
- Deep technical fluency: comfortable engaging with code review, architecture, and tradeoffs
- Bonus: founding engineer or early-stage startup experience where you built the first version of a product with minimal process scaffolding
- Bonus: exposure to complex regulated environments (construction, logistics, government systems, etc.)
Why This Role MattersThis is not a maintenance role - it is a systems-building role at the foundation of a category being created in real time.
PermitFlow sits at the intersection of:
- fragmented real-world regulatory infrastructure
- high-friction physical economy workflows
- emerging AI systems capable of automating end-to-end complexity
The products built here extend PermitFlow beyond permitting into the adjacent workflows construction teams already trust us with.
This role offers rare leverage: your technical calls will decide how fast we can test new markets, and your team's execution will decide which of those bets becomes a durable product line.
What We Offer- Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company
- 100% company-paid base medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees + healthcare FSA
- 401(k) savings plan
- Unlimited PTO and paid family leave
- Home office & equipment stipend
- Daily in-office lunch and dinner provided
- Commuter benefits (pre-tax transit and parking)
If you want to build complex systems connecting software to real-world infrastructure and help define a category from the ground up, we'd love to talk.
