Engineering Manager: Lead Teams & Deliver Impact

Jewelers Mutual Insurance Group; Raleigh, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% charitable gift matching

Great Place to Work Certified

Top-tier retirement program with 401(k

Company contributions

Job summary

Jewelers Mutual Insurance Group in Raleigh, NC seeks a seasoned engineering leader to manage a team of engineers and own the planning, execution, and delivery of specific technical project areas.

This role blends day-to-day people leadership—hiring, coaching, and performance management—with hands-on technical ownership, translating architecture and roadmap direction from the Director, Technology into actionable team plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5–8 years technology/engineering experience with at least 2 years in people management.
• Proven ability to hire, coach, and develop engineers.
• Hands-on software engineering or infrastructure experience.
• Experience applying Agile/DevOps to plan, track, and deliver projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication for non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of engineers, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career growth planning.
• Own the planning, execution, and delivery of assigned technical project areas, translating architecture and roadmap direction from the Director, Technology into actionable team plans.
• Set priorities and assign work across the team, balancing delivery timelines, technical quality, and team capacity.
• Partner with product, business, and cross-functional technology stakeholders to scope requirements and remove delivery blockers.
• Apply agile and DevOps practices to plan sprints, run stand-ups and retrospectives, and track progress against KPIs.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and design/code review to ensure solutions meet architecture, security, and quality standards.
• Identify risks and technical debt within assigned project areas and proactively escalate and resolve issues.
• Report on progress, budget, and resource needs for assigned technical areas to the Director, Technology.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Coaching

Communication

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Technical guidance

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering

Job description

Jewelers Mutual Insurance Group in Raleigh, NC seeks a seasoned engineering leader to manage a team of engineers and own the planning, execution, and delivery of specific technical project areas.

This role blends day-to-day people leadership—hiring, coaching, and performance management—with hands-on technical ownership, translating architecture and roadmap direction from the Director, Technology into actionable team plans.