Hands-On Engineering Manager for Open-Source & Cloud Apps

NetBox Labs, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NetBox Labs is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead one of our engineering squads responsible for NetBox, add-ons, SDKs, and our observability suite. You will balance coding with mentorship, drive sprint goals, and ensure secure, scalable software delivery in a fast-moving environment.

You will partner with product managers to translate customer problems into actionable plans, coach engineers for growth, and foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager or Team Lead, ideally still writing code or reviewing PRs.
• Track record of delivering projects on tight timelines with bias toward action.
• Strong technical background to review designs and code and gain credibility with senior engineers.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, DevOps, and CI/CD in a fast-moving environment.
• Proficiency with GitHub for code management, project tracking, and collaboration.
• Solid understanding of software security principles and practices.
• Experience with open-source software development and community engagement is a plus.
• Excellent, direct communication skills in a remote, async-first environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a squad of engineers day-to-day while remaining hands-on: review code, contribute to design discussions, and ship code when needed.
• Drive execution: break down ambiguous problems, set sprint goals, remove blockers, and meet deadlines.
• Own the software development lifecycle from planning to release for your team's projects.
• Run effective sprint planning, stand-ups, and retros with GitHub and internal tools.
• Promote modern, secure software development practices and maintain high quality without slowing the team.
• Collaborate with product managers to translate problems into shippable plans and reassess scope when timelines don’t add up.

Skills

Engineering management

Code review

Sprint planning

Mentoring

Communication

Open-source collaboration

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitHub

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Python

Go

Django

OpenTelemetry

Job description

NetBox Labs is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead one of our engineering squads responsible for NetBox, add-ons, SDKs, and our observability suite. You will balance coding with mentorship, drive sprint goals, and ensure secure, scalable software delivery in a fast-moving environment.

You will partner with product managers to translate customer problems into actionable plans, coach engineers for growth, and foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement