Software Engineering Manager

Boom; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with stock options

Full healthcare coverage

15 days paid time off

Company-issued laptop/MacBook

Company-sponsored training and development

Job summary

Boom is seeking an Engineering Manager in Austin, Texas, to lead a product engineering team. This role involves managing a team of engineers, overseeing feature delivery, and contributing to product development. Candidates should have 7+ years of engineering experience and 2+ years in management, alongside skills in Ruby, React/Next.js, and TypeScript.

Benefits include competitive salary, full healthcare coverage, paid time off, and company-sponsored training.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of engineering experience and 2+ years in engineering management.
• Strong technical skills with a history of shipping production features.
• Experience with backend-leaning full-stack development.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4-8 engineers on a product engineering team.
• Own delivery end-to-end and manage performance.
• Run design reviews and code reviews.

Skills

Engineering experience

Ruby (Grape)

React/Next.js

TypeScript

AWS

Terraform

Communication skills

Job description

About the job

Boom is on a mission to level the playing field for the 110+ million renters in the US by making housing more flexible, affordable, and rewarding. Boom is building a suite of rental financial services for renters and property managers, including tenant screening, rent payment reporting, rent reporting‑as‑a‑service, and integrations with major property‑management systems. Boom serves renters through the Boom App and property managers via the Boom Platform. Boom is led by founder Rob Whiting.

Opportunity

We're expanding our engineering team to meet the growing demands of our B2B partners and B2C users. With a robust product roadmap and new opportunities on the horizon, we're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead one of our product engineering teams, scale delivery, and grow the engineers on the team. The specific team you’ll lead will depend on your background and where we need it most. This role offers the chance to work closely with co‑founders, product leadership, and senior engineers, contributing directly to the growth of the company as we move from Seed to Series A and beyond. The position is based in Austin, TX.

What you'll do

• Lead a team of 4‑8 engineers on a product engineering team.
• Stay deep in the code and ship features alongside your team.
• Own delivery end to end—planning, prioritization, scope tradeoffs, on‑time shipping, performance management—in partnership with your PM.
• Run design reviews, code review standards, on‑call, standup, and incident response.
• Grow engineers through regular 1:1s, real feedback, career conversations, and stretch work; performance manage when needed.
• Lead hiring for your team and help raise the bar across the organization.

What you'll need

• 7+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years managing engineers directly with a record of development.
• Strong technical foundation; you’ve shipped production features, run design reviews, debugged production incidents, and made architecture tradeoffs.
• Backend‑leaning full‑stack experience with Ruby (Grape) and React/Next.js, TypeScript on the frontend; comfortable with third‑party APIs, observability, on‑call, incident management, AWS, and Terraform.
• Experience leading AI coding agents in production and encouraging the team to adopt similar practices.
• Strong communication skills and a self‑starter mindset; able to represent engineering to non‑technical stakeholders and navigate ambiguity in a fast‑paced, early‑stage environment.
• Empathy for our end users, including low‑ to moderate‑income renters, and a desire to build impactful products.

Benefits of working at Boom

• Competitive salary with stock options.
• Full healthcare coverage (health, dental, vision) including 50% coverage for dependents.
• 15 days of paid time off per year, 3 sick days, and all U.S. federal holidays.
• Company‑issued laptop/MacBook.
• Company‑sponsored training and development.
• Regular off‑sites, retreats, and other company‑sponsored events and travel opportunities.