MERN Stack

Robotics Technologies LLC; East New Market (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Robotics Technologies LLC in Maryland is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager with a strong MERN stack background to lead end-to-end software delivery and modernization. You will mentor high-performing teams, drive cloud-native architectures, CI/CD and DevSecOps, ensure security, performance, and observability, and align delivery with business goals.

You will lead production readiness and legacy-to-modern platform migration initiatives while collaborating with cross-functional engineering

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or in a similar software leadership role.
• Strong MERN stack background: MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js.
• Experience leading application modernization and complex cross-team software delivery.
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, and modern software architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end software delivery across planning, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and production readiness.
• Build, mentor, and manage engineering teams, including technical leads and senior engineers.
• Partner with solution architects to ensure alignment with standards and best practices.
• Drive application modernization using cloud-native technologies, microservices, CI/CD, and DevSecOps.
• Oversee delivery plans, priorities, risks, technical debt, and blockers.
• Ensure code quality, security, performance, scalability, and observability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Business, Platform, SRE, Security, and Architecture.
• Lead production readiness and legacy-to-modern platform migration initiatives.
• Communicate delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and health to stakeholders.

Skills

MERN stack

People management

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Microservices

Security

Observability

Node.js

React.js

Tools

MongoDB

Express.js

React.js

Node.js

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager with a strong MERN stack background and proven engineering leadership experience. The ideal candidate will lead end-to-end software delivery, drive application modernization, and build high-performing engineering teams while ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end software delivery across planning, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and production readiness.
• Build, mentor, and manage engineering teams, including technical leads and senior engineers.
• Partner with solution architects to ensure alignment with architecture standards and engineering best practices.
• Drive application modernization using cloud-native technologies, APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, CI/CD, and DevSecOps.
• Oversee delivery plans, priorities, dependencies, risks, technical debt, and engineering blockers.
• Ensure code quality, application security, performance, scalability, reliability, and observability.
• Collaborate with Business, Architecture, Platform, SRE, Security, and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Lead production readiness and legacy-to-modern platform migration initiatives.
• Communicate delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and engineering health to stakeholders.
• Promote engineering excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or in a similar software engineering leadership role.
• Strong technical background in the MERN stack: MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js.
• Experience leading application modernization and complex, cross-team software delivery.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, and modern software architecture.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and DevSecOps practices.
• Demonstrated people management, technical leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to service mesh technologies such as Istio.
• Experience with event streaming and messaging platforms such as Kafka.
• Familiarity with database change management tools such as Liquibase.
• Experience with deployment automation, production operations, SRE, and observability practices.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as Claude and SDD (Specification-Driven Development) practices.
• Experience driving cloud-native engineering transformation and legacy modernization.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.