Senior Engineering Manager

HireNetworks Inc.; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 153.000 - 187.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid work schedule (3 days onsite in

Equity potential

Bonus potential

Excellent benefits

Zusammenfassung

HireNetworks Inc. in Raleigh, North Carolina, seeks a strategic Senior Engineering Manager to lead vision and execution for our client.

You will drive high-performing teams, enable technical excellence, and deliver scalable products and platforms. You will partner with Product, Architecture, and cross-functional stakeholders to define strategy, mature practices, and ensure predictable, high-quality delivery.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years in engineering with 3–5 years leading managers or senior tech leads.
• Proven track record scaling teams and delivering complex software systems.
• Strong foundation in software architecture, cloud technologies, and modern development practices.
• Experience in Agile environments—Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid models.
• Experience in a matrix organization with direct and dotted-line structures.
• Familiarity with platform engineering or developer productivity tooling.

Aufgaben

• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, tech leads, and individual contributors across multiple teams.
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive career growth frameworks, performance management, and succession planning.
• Foster an inclusive, high-trust environment that supports well-being and sustained productivity.
• Provide strategic technical direction in partnership with architecture and product leadership.
• Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, and high-quality systems aligned with long-term business goals.
• Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, observability, automation, and DevOps maturity.
• Lead efforts to modernize technology, simplify architecture, and reduce technical debt.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for engineering performance, quality, and reliability.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the engineering organization.
• Optimize team structures, resource allocations, and processes for scale.
• Oversee vendor or contract engineering relationships when relevant.

Kenntnisse

Engineering leadership

Software architecture

Cloud technologies

Agile / Scrum / Kanban

Stakeholder management

Communication

Matrix organization

DevOps maturity

Mentoring

Technical strategy

Jobbeschreibung

We are seeking a strategic Senior Engineering Manager to lead both vision and execution for our client. Responsible for driving high-performing engineering teams, enabling technical excellence, and delivering high-impact products and platforms. This role partners closely with Product, Architecture, and cross-functional stakeholders to define technical strategy, mature engineering practices, and ensure predictable, high-quality delivery. The development stack is Java / Spring Boot / React. The ideal candidate is both a strong people manager and a seasoned technologist who can elevate engineering capabilities across the organization.

This is a full-time, direct-hire position in Raleigh, NC with a starting salary of $170,000; compensation scales with advanced technical skills. The position also offers excellent benefits, equity potential, and bonus potential. This role is designed as a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite per week in downtown Raleigh) so candidates must be local to the Raleigh, NC metro area. No relocation assistance, visa sponsorship, or subcontracting arrangements are available.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior Engineering Manager:

• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, tech leads, and individual contributors across multiple teams.
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive career growth frameworks, performance management, and succession planning.
• Foster an inclusive, high-trust environment that supports well-being and sustained productivity.
• Provide strategic technical direction in partnership with architecture and product leadership.
• Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, and high-quality systems aligned with long-term business goals.
• Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, observability, automation, and DevOps maturity.
• Lead efforts to modernize technology, simplify architecture, and reduce technical debt.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for engineering performance, quality, and reliability.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the engineering organization.
• Optimize team structures, resource allocations, and processes for scale.
• Oversee vendor or contract engineering relationships when relevant.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as a senior partner to Product, Design, Data, Security, and Infrastructure teams.
• Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and risks clearly to executive leadership.
• Ensure engineering alignment with organizational goals and compliance requirements.

• Additional duties and responsibilities may be reasonably assigned from time to time as operational needs evolve.
• Periodically work outside standard business hours, such as during infrastructure upgrades and/or releases.

Required Qualifications of the Senior Engineering Manager:

• 8+ years of engineering experience with 3-5 years leading managers or senior technical leads.
• Proven track record scaling engineering teams and delivering complex, high-impact software systems.
• Strong technical foundation in software architecture, cloud technologies, and modern development practices.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical depth with strategic leadership.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience in a matrix organization with both direct and dotted-line structures.
• Background working in Agile environments—Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid models.
• Familiarity with platform engineering, developer experience tooling, or productivity enablement.