Engineering Manager: Python Backend & Leader (Equity)

CargoSprint LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real ownership of a critical system

Senior team that values quality

Work-life balance

Competitive pay and equity

Job summary

CargoSprint is seeking an Engineering Manager to own and grow the engineering team behind DrayDog, building technology-first solutions for the logistics industry. You will code, set architecture direction, and manage the full people cycle as the team scales.

You will lead backend design, enforce engineering quality, and mentor engineers while maintaining a high-ownership, high-autonomy environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with impact, including 2+ years in formal people management.
• Strong cross-functional communicator; comfortable with ambiguity and high ownership.
• Experience in startup or high-growth SaaS environments.
• Expert-level Python and backend API design (FastAPI or similar).
• Strong database design and query optimization skills.
• Solid grasp of DevOps: containers, deployment, monitoring, reliability.
• Track record of driving engineering quality and mentoring engineers.
• Experience using AI tools to improve delivery - code, testing, docs, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Own the full people-management cycle: 1:1s, performance reviews, career growth, and hiring as we grow the team.
• Be the main point of contact between your team and Product, other EMs, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Build a culture of innovation, ownership, craftsmanship, and direct feedback.
• Stay hands-on: write code, review PRs, and weigh in on architecture on a regular basis.
• Lead backend design using Python, FastAPI, Temporal, and PostgreSQL.
• Champion unit testing, code quality, and DevOps practices (CI/CD, monitoring, reliability).
• Leverage AI tooling to improve all aspects of delivery.
• Own the technical roadmap and delivery for your team, from concept to production.
• Set SLIs/SLOs; lead postmortems and drive fixes.
• Drive observability - logging, metrics, and alerting - to catch issues before they impact customers.

Skills

8+ years software engineering

2+ years people management

Cross-functional communication

Startup / high-growth SaaS

Tools

Python

FastAPI

Temporal

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

DevOps

AI tooling

Job description

CargoSprint is seeking an Engineering Manager to own and grow the engineering team behind DrayDog, building technology-first solutions for the logistics industry. You will code, set architecture direction, and manage the full people cycle as the team scales.

You will lead backend design, enforce engineering quality, and mentor engineers while maintaining a high-ownership, high-autonomy environment.