Engineering Manager

Jobtailor; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Raleigh, NC is seeking an experienced engineering leader to mentor managers, scale teams, and drive architectural strategy.

You will champion ownership, DevOps maturity, and cross-functional partnership with Product, Design, Data, Security, and Infrastructure to deliver high-quality software at scale.

This role requires strong communication, Agile experience, and a proven track record delivering complex systems through strategic leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience with leadership of managers or senior technical leads.
• Proven track record scaling engineering teams and delivering complex software systems.
• Strong foundation in software architecture, cloud technologies, and modern development practices.
• Ability to balance technical depth with strategic leadership.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience in a matrix organization with direct and dotted-line reporting.
• Background in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid).
• Familiarity with platform engineering, developer experience tooling, or productivity enablement.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, tech leads, and ICs across multiple teams.
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive career growth frameworks, performance management, and succession planning.
• Foster an inclusive, high-trust environment that supports well-being and sustained productivity.
• Provide strategic technical direction in partnership with architecture and product leadership.
• Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, and high-quality systems aligned with long-term business goals.
• Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, observability, automation, and DevOps maturity.
• Lead efforts to modernize technology, simplify architecture, and reduce technical debt; establish and monitor KPIs for engineering performance, quality, and reliability.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the engineering organization.
• Optimize team structures, resource allocations, and processes for scale.
• Oversee vendor or contract engineering relationships when relevant.
• Act as a senior partner to Product, Design, Data, Security, and Infrastructure teams.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cloud technologies

Software architecture

Strategic leadership

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, tech leads, and individual contributors across multiple teams.
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive career growth frameworks, performance management, and succession planning.
• Foster an inclusive, high-trust environment that supports well‑being and sustained productivity.
• Provide strategic technical direction in partnership with architecture and product leadership.
• Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, and high-quality systems aligned with long-term business goals.
• Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, observability, automation, and DevOps maturity.
• Lead efforts to modernize technology, simplify architecture, and reduce technical debt.Establish and monitor KPIs for engineering performance, quality, and reliability.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the engineering organization.
• Optimize team structures, resource allocations, and processes for scale.
• Oversee vendor or contract engineering relationships when relevant.
• Act as a senior partner to Product, Design, Data, Security, and Infrastructure teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years of engineering experience with 3–5 years leading managers or senior technical leads.
• Proven track record scaling engineering teams and delivering complex, high-impact software systems.
• Strong technical foundation in software architecture, cloud technologies, and modern development practices.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical depth with strategic leadership.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience in a matrix organization with both direct and dotted‑line structures.
• Background working in Agile environments—Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid models.
• Familiarity with platform engineering, developer experience tooling, or productivity enablement.