Hands-On Engineering Manager: Drive Ownership & Growth

Namely; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Unlimited PTO

Generous equipment budget

Education budget

Job summary

Ashby is seeking an engineering manager to build a different kind of engineering team and culture. You’ll lead a hands-on team, own technical direction, and coach engineers from ICs to managers.

You’ll focus on ownership, minimal process, and delivering high-impact features while maintaining strong developer experience and transparent compensation. Remote-friendly startup environment with growth.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated engineering leadership with hands-on coding and mentoring.
• Ability to build and coach high-performing teams in a startup-like environment.
• Excellent communication and feedback skills for growth-focused culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a diverse engineering team with ownership over projects.
• Foster minimal-process, high-autonomy work culture while ensuring delivery.

Skills

Hands-on coding

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Product thinking

Tools

TypeScript

React

GraphQL

Node.js

Postgres

Redis

Job description

Ashby is seeking an engineering manager to build a different kind of engineering team and culture. You’ll lead a hands-on team, own technical direction, and coach engineers from ICs to managers.

You’ll focus on ownership, minimal process, and delivering high-impact features while maintaining strong developer experience and transparent compensation. Remote-friendly startup environment with growth.