Part-Time Engineering Manager: Scale Systems & Lead Tech Design

Filetwigbay; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 114,000 - 173,000; Part time

Job summary

StartupForge in Scottsdale is seeking a part-time Engineering Manager with 6+ years of experience to scale systems handling AZ-wide traffic. The role offers a salary range of $114,000 to $173,000 per year and opportunities for meaningful growth.

Responsibilities include documenting decisions, driving design reviews, and automating pipelines while reducing cloud costs. A strong emphasis on hands-on leadership and cross-functional collaboration is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with Tailwind CSS and Next.js on projects.
• Ability to thrive in a deeply invested, part-time team.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
• Comfort owning problems and delivering under deadlines.
• Willingness to own changing performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the org.
• Translate outages into fixes to simplify future launches.
• Sketch networking sequence diagrams to clarify tech flow.
• Trim cloud costs by right-sizing Linux infrastructure in Scottsdale, AZ.
• Lead technical design reviews for engineering initiatives.
• Bridge PHP and Terraform for platform integration.
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines.
• Turn vague tickets into crisp Git acceptance criteria.

Skills

Self-directed

Deadline-driven

Relationship Building

Time management

Tools

Tailwind CSS

Next.js

Job description

StartupForge in Scottsdale is seeking a part-time Engineering Manager with 6+ years of experience to scale systems handling AZ-wide traffic. The role offers a salary range of $114,000 to $173,000 per year and opportunities for meaningful growth.

Responsibilities include documenting decisions, driving design reviews, and automating pipelines while reducing cloud costs. A strong emphasis on hands-on leadership and cross-functional collaboration is required.