Engineering Manager: Hands-on Leader for AI Fintech

Adaptive Real Estate Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Adaptive Real Estate Group is seeking an Engineering Manager in New York to lead a 5-7 person engineering team, drive product delivery, and shape architecture at an early stage. The role combines people management with hands-on technical work across the stack and collaboration with leadership to align on high-impact initiatives.

You will report to the VP Engineering and help scale systems, keep a pragmatic balance between speed and quality, and mentor engineers while maintaining a strong

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of software engineering experience with 1-3+ years of formal people management experience leading engineers
• Strong technical depth with a willingness to be hands-on when needed
• Experience operating in a startup or high-growth environment with evolving priorities
• Proven track record of shipping products quickly and making sound trade-offs between speed and quality
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with a high-ownership, low-ego mindset

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of 5-7 engineers, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management
• Own end-to-end delivery of product initiatives, working closely with the team to ship quickly and iterate based on feedback
• Act as a force multiplier by unblocking the team, simplifying problems, and maintaining strong execution momentum
• Stay hands-on in the codebase, contributing across the stack where it matters most and setting a high technical bar
• Drive pragmatic architectural decisions that balance speed and long-term scalability

Skills

Software engineering

People management

Startup experience

Communication

Job description

Adaptive Real Estate Group is seeking an Engineering Manager in New York to lead a 5-7 person engineering team, drive product delivery, and shape architecture at an early stage. The role combines people management with hands-on technical work across the stack and collaboration with leadership to align on high-impact initiatives.

You will report to the VP Engineering and help scale systems, keep a pragmatic balance between speed and quality, and mentor engineers while maintaining a strong