Engineering Manager

Ambrook; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial tech company is seeking an Engineering Manager in New York to lead their engineering team. You will be responsible for hiring, mentoring, and guiding team members while enhancing project management practices. Ideal candidates should have 2–5+ years in engineering management, a solid understanding of software architecture, and be AI-aware. This role offers the chance to significantly impact independent businesses' financial health while working with cutting-edge technologies.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of engineering management experience.
• 3–5 years as a high-performing individual contributor.
• Deep understanding of software architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire employee lifecycle for the engineering team.
• Teach best practices in engineering and communication.
• Improve EPD leadership and project management hygiene.

Skills

Engineering management experience

People management

Software architecture

Project leadership

Communication

Tools

Typescript

React

React Native

Next.js

GCP

Job description

Ambrook’s mission is to help family-run American businesses become more profitable and resilient.

Operators across American agriculture and industry face increasing pressure from record-breaking droughts, rising input costs, and unpredictable markets. The best long-term investments, like efficient irrigation and grazing rotations, support both the land and the bottom line. But even when the payoff is clear, these changes need upfront capital and financial clarity that's hard to come by.

Business owners work with fragmented records and outdated tools. They can't easily see what's working or prove viability to a lender, partner, or the next generation.

Ambrook is rebuilding the financial infrastructure that independent operators rely on.

We replace paperwork and legacy systems with modern tools for accounting, banking, invoicing and spending. Tools built for people who spend more time in the field than in the office. Our platform gives producers the financial clarity they need to make confident investments in their land, their operation, and their future.

Our customers are the backbone of the real economy. They are stewards of land, labor, and legacy. We're giving them the ability to invest in stronger, more durable businesses. When they do, they build generational resilience across America.

We started with farmers and ranchers across the country. Now we're expanding quickly to other American industries.

We're a Series A startup backed by top investors like Thrive Capital, Dylan Field, Homebrew, Designer Fund, and BoxGroup. We're looking for early team members who want to untangle the knotted intersection between American industry, climate, and the economy.

Ambrook is building a world-class team. As an Engineering Manager, you will build excellence in product, people, and process. You will bolster leadership at the organizational level while hiring, mentoring, and growing individual contributors.

You’ll have the opportunity to see the direct impact of your work on real independent businesses, not just large enterprises. You’ll help define how a best-in-class team operates using the latest AI tools, supported by a leadership team with decades of experience.

We’re looking for someone who we can count on to…

• Own: The entire employee lifecycle for a significant portion of the engineering team, including hiring senior ICs, mentoring, coaching, and performance management.

• Teach: Best practices in engineering architecture, project leadership, and organizational communication.

• Learn: The evolving landscape of software engineering over the next 12+ months and how to apply those shifts to our technical instincts and architectural integrity.

• Improve: Our EPD (Engineering, Product, Design) leadership layer, project management hygiene, and cross-functional execution.

Within 1 month you'll...

• Embed with the team to build and deliver a standalone feature, learning our tech stack and accounting domain firsthand.

• Familiarize yourself with Ambrook’s product, research notes, and customer discovery interviews to build empathy for the producer.

• Take over 1:1s and begin building trust-based relationships with your direct reports.

• Analyze our current project management processes and identify immediate "low-hanging fruit" for workflow improvements.

Within 3 months you'll...

• Take full ownership of hiring and headcount planning for your team, working closely with recruiting to attract top-tier talent.

• Collaborate with Product and Design leadership to influence the roadmap and ensure technical debt is balanced with feature delivery.

• Guide your team through the execution of a large, full-stack initiative, ensuring granular project breakdown and clear stakeholder communication.

• Define career development plans and growth trajectories for your team members.

Within 6 months you'll...

• Champion a culture of engineering excellence, connecting its value to the needs of our community and the broader business goals.

• Scale the team effectively, potentially managing other managers or high-level leads as the organization grows.

• Contribute to the long-term technical and organizational strategy of the engineering department.

• Write about your experience in building a modern, AI-augmented engineering culture on Ambrook’s blog.

About You

• Experience: 2–5+ years of engineering management experience, plus 3–5 years as a high-performing individual contributor.

• AI Native: You understand how software engineering has already changed and have reasoned conviction about how it will change tomorrow, next month, and next year.

• People First: You have a demonstrated track record of hiring, coaching, and solving problems through people first, then technology.

• Technical Instincts: You have a deep understanding of software architecture and can guide a team through complex technical trade-offs.

• Product Sense: You are excited to build software that makes independent businesses more sustainable and profitable.

• Bonus: Experience in agriculture or building financial/fintech products.

• Bonus: Experience with our stack (Typescript, React, React Native, Next.js, GCP).