Engineering Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 136,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certifications

Conferences

Learning time

Job summary

Financial Planning Plus in Philadelphia, PA seeks an Engineering Manager where unit testing is the floor, not the ceiling. This role blends tech leadership with hands-on delivery, offering a base salary of $136,000–$197,000 and room to shape high-throughput workloads.

You will tune database queries, coordinate releases with stakeholders, break large initiatives into REST API increments, and mentor teams. The company supports growth through paid certifications, conferences, and dedicated learning

Qualifications

• 8+ years building trust in tech environments.
• 7+ years hands-on experience in a technology role.
• Managerial judgment on when to elevate or absorb.

Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput workloads.
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Philadelphia and remote teams.
• Break large tech initiatives into REST API increments deliverable in Philadelphia.
• Sketch organization sequence diagrams to clarify tech flows.
• Trace a number through Cypress services to verify sums.
• Untangle REST API dependency knots delaying releases.
• Replace brittle planning hacks with scalable Linux solutions.

Skills

Unit Testing

Collaborative leadership

REST APIs

Database tuning

Tools

Cypress

Linux

Schema design

Job description

Picture an Engineering Manager role where Unit Testing expertise is the floor, not the ceiling, and Financial Planning Plus in Philadelphia, PA is building exactly that. Rare is the manager opening that pairs $136,000 - $197,000 with the freedom to shape technology work the way this Philadelphia one does.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput Financial Planning Plus workloads
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Philadelphia, PA and remote teams
• Break large technology initiatives into REST API increments Philadelphia can actually deliver
• Sketch Organization sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Trace a technology number back through Cypress services until it finally adds up
• Untangle the REST API dependency knots that have slowed Philadelphia releases for months
• Replace the brittle Strategic Planning hack with a Linux solution that survives Philadelphia scale

What You'll Bring

• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume
• 8+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way
• Around 7+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role
• Manager-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb

Financial Planning Plus has spent 8 years turning technology headaches into routine wins for clients across Philadelphia, PA. We build psychological safety the boring way: by actually following through on what we say.

Beyond the $136,000 - $197,000 base, Financial Planning Plus invests in your growth through paid certifications, conferences, and dedicated learning time.

As of today's date, this Engineering Manager req has not been filled.