Role SummaryThe Engineer Manager is a hands-on engineering leader responsible for delivery execution and Agile work management for a subset of the Product Development team, while actively contributing production code. This role blends deep technical contribution with ownership of day-to-day execution and team leadership, ensuring work is well-scoped, visible, and delivered effectively while maintaining a high technical bar and strong team momentum.
Key ResponsibilitiesDelivery Execution & Agile Work Management
- Own day-to-day delivery execution for a small technical delivery team.
- Lead execution-focused Agile ceremonies including grooming, planning, standups, sprint execution, and retrospectives. Own backlog readiness, ticket quality, workflow, dependencies, and visibility.
- Ensure work is properly scoped, sequenced, and ready before entering development.
- Actively manage flow of work from ready through completion.
- Identify and remove delivery blockers, risks, and execution gaps.
- Serve as the first point of escalation for delivery issues related to roadmap execution.
- Provide clear and concise delivery status and execution progress updates to leadership.
Hands-On Technical Leadership
- Contribute directly to the codebase by implementing roadmap features end-to-end using React and Java.
- Lead by example through code reviews, pairing, and hands-on technical mentorship.
- Step into complex or ambiguous technical areas to unblock delivery.
- Ensure delivered work is production-ready, testable, maintainable, and aligned with engineering standards.
- Balance feature delivery with long-term technical health and quality.
People Leadership (Tightly Scoped)
- Manage a small number of direct reports while remaining a hands-on technical leader.
- Conduct regular 1:1s focused on execution, growth, and support.
- Provide day-to-day technical leadership and mentorship.
- Support onboarding and development of engineers on the team.
- Maintain focus on hands-on contribution while supporting team effectiveness.
- Ability to complete the key responsibilities with or without accommodation.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, a related field, or 5+ years of experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
- 3+ years of experience building and operating payment platforms, including payment gateways and processor integrations.
- 5+ years of senior-level full-stack engineering experience delivering production software.
- 3+ years of Java backend development experience.
- 2+ years of React frontend development experience.
- 3+ years leading delivery execution and Agile work management. Proven ability to identify risks, remove blockers, and drive work to completion.
- 5+ years of demonstrated leadership of engineering teams, with the ability to grow and steady the team; supporting engineers through complex, high stakes work by providing clarity, structure, and calm guidance on large, challenging initiatives.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience with cloud-native systems and modern CI/CD practices.
- Experience improving team workflows, Agile practices, or delivery systems.
- Experience mentoring or leading engineers while remaining hands-on.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to provide clear, actionable execution updates.
Important Screening ClarifierThis is a hands-on engineering leadership role. It is not a project manager or Scrum Master-only position. Candidates must be senior engineers who actively contribute to a Java and React codebase while leading delivery execution.
