Engineering Manager

ErthDev; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work from Egypt

Flexible hours

Paid leave and salary reviews

Learning & development support

Job summary

ErthDev is seeking a Part-time, fully remote engineering leadership role working from Egypt. You will lead and support engineers across projects, converting organizational goals into clear team priorities while maintaining quality and sustainable pace.

The position emphasizes coaching, conflict resolution, and collaboration with distributed teams. Responsibilities include career conversations, performance standards, and improving team processes.

Qualifications

• Experience managing software engineers and developing people through coaching.
• Understanding of software delivery in client or product settings.
• Ability to balance team wellbeing with delivery accountability.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including with distributed teams.
• Practical conflict-resolution skills and enough technical understanding to build trust with engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support engineers through regular one-to-ones, feedback, and career conversations.
• Collaborate with technical leads and project managers to monitor delivery health and resolve blockers.
• Turn organizational goals into team priorities and report on capacity, risks, and people needs.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance standards.

Skills

People management

Coaching

Software delivery

Communication

Conflict resolution

Job description

**Role overview**

Lead and support engineers working across software projects, helping teams deliver reliably while maintaining quality as the organization grows. The role combines people management and coaching with delivery planning, hiring support, and improvements to team processes.

**Responsibilities**

• Support engineers across projects through regular one-to-ones, feedback, and career conversations.
• Work with technical leads and project managers to monitor delivery health and resolve cross-team blockers.
• Turn organizational goals into clear team priorities, and report on capacity, risks, and people needs.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance standards.
• Improve engineering routines while protecting focus time and a sustainable pace.
• Coach engineers in communication and ownership, and help resolve conflicts constructively.

**Requirements**

• Experience managing software engineers and developing people through coaching.
• Understanding of software delivery in client or product settings.
• Ability to balance team wellbeing with delivery accountability.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including with distributed teams.
• Practical conflict-resolution skills and enough technical understanding to build trust with engineers.

**Nice to have**

• Experience in a software house, digital agency, or organization delivering work across multiple clients.

**Benefits and work setup**

• Part-time, fully remote work from Egypt, with flexible hours and some collaboration overlap; access to an office in Cairo when needed.
• Paid annual and sick leave, performance bonuses, and annual salary reviews.
• Learning support, including courses, certifications, and conferences; equipment and internet support; medical insurance; mentorship and career development; and exposure to projects in different industries.