Engineering Manager: Own Delivery, Cadences & Risk

SearchApi; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SearchApi is seeking an Engineering Manager to own delivery end to end so the founder can step out of the day-to-day loop. You run cadences, track every active project, surface risk early, and you're the first escalation point when something breaks. A Manager of One who creates Managers of One.

We’re a lean, bootstrapped team delivering real-time SERP data from 100+ sources to Fortune 500s and developers. You’ll lead through clear writing, hire and grow engineers, and design practical processes

Responsibilities

• Run the cadences. Planning, standups, and retros. Lightweight, useful, never theater.
• Track everything. Know the state of every active project and surface risk before it becomes a fire.
• Own delivery metrics. Cycle time, review latency, and reliability. Use them humanely, not as a stick.
• Command incidents. Be the first escalation when something breaks, coordinate the response, and run a blameless RCA that actually changes something.
• Grow the team. 1:1s, coaching, and a hiring pipeline that holds a high bar (job descriptions, scorecards, screens).
• You own outcomes. Not the most code. The most shipped, on time, at quality.

Job description

SearchApi is seeking an Engineering Manager to own delivery end to end so the founder can step out of the day-to-day loop. You run cadences, track every active project, surface risk early, and you're the first escalation point when something breaks. A Manager of One who creates Managers of One.

We’re a lean, bootstrapped team delivering real-time SERP data from 100+ sources to Fortune 500s and developers. You’ll lead through clear writing, hire and grow engineers, and design practical processes