Engineering Manager: Lead Hybrid Software Teams

HellaGoodAudio; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive compensation

Work-life balance initiatives

Autonomy

Creativity

Growth

Top-notch professionals

People-oriented environment

Job summary

Rush Street Interactive is seeking a Manager, Software Engineering to lead a high-performing team and own delivery quality and operational excellence. You will partner across engineering, product, and business functions to drive reliable outcomes while fostering an inclusive environment.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering with leadership experience, agile delivery, and strong stakeholder management. Travel is occasional; hybrid work model is supported.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, software delivery, or related technical roles, including leadership of engineers, technical initiatives, or cross‑functional delivery efforts.
• Demonstrated experience leading software engineering teams in an agile or iterative delivery environment.
• Experience managing software development lifecycles, stakeholder relationships, delivery planning, and operational excellence initiatives preferred.
• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, performance management, employee development, and team building.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a high-performing engineering team through coaching, feedback, performance management, and development.
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional delivery teams, ensuring effective planning, execution, and collaboration across engineering, product, and other business functions to achieve shared objectives.
• Drive accountability for quality, operational excellence, incident follow-up, and continuous improvement.
• Use metrics, status tracking, and stakeholder communication to provide visibility into team performance and delivery progress.
• Proactively manage delivery risks, dependencies, and operational challenges.
• Assess current and future workloads and team capacity, aligning resources, staffing, and hiring plans with business priorities.
• Promote engineering standards, scalable solutions, and systems thinking to improve problem solving and organizational effectiveness.

Skills

People leadership

Agile delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Delivery metrics

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Job description

Rush Street Interactive is seeking a Manager, Software Engineering to lead a high-performing team and own delivery quality and operational excellence. You will partner across engineering, product, and business functions to drive reliable outcomes while fostering an inclusive environment.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering with leadership experience, agile delivery, and strong stakeholder management. Travel is occasional; hybrid work model is supported.