Engineering Manager - Product Engineering

Key Responsibilities

• Own engineering delivery, planning, estimation, and execution for the product pod.
• Partner with the pod owner to review PRDs, identify gaps, edge cases, and technical risks before development begins.
• Lead technical discussions, challenge assumptions, and validate implementation approaches.
• Drive predictable delivery while balancing speed, quality, and technical debt.
• Enforce engineering best practices, including code reviews, testing, documentation, observability, security, and coding standards.
• Ensure production quality by driving root cause analysis and preventing recurring issues.
• Mentor engineers, improve engineering discipline, and foster a culture of ownership and accountability.
• Collaborate with QA, Design, DevOps, and other teams to remove blockers and ensure successful releases.
• Perform Technical research for the pod on behalf of the pod owner.

Primary Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading engineering teams or technical delivery.
• Strong experience building modern Enterprise SaaS products.
• Solid understanding of software architecture and system design.
• Knowledge of cloud-native applications (AWS preferred).
• Experience with modern development practices, CI/CD, and automated testing.
• Strong understanding of Agile product development.
• Ability to review code and technical designs.
• Excellent planning, estimation, and delivery management skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to balance business priorities with engineering quality.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience leading cross-functional product teams.
• Experience in high-growth product startups.
• Knowledge of secure software development practices.
• Experience with observability, production monitoring, and incident management.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and technical leads.
• Expertise with AI-assisted software development tools and workflows.

Soft Skills & Mindset

• Clear communication and the confidence to challenge and be challenged.
• Curious, proactive, and generous with knowledge.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative product environment.
• Strong desire to build real products that solve real problems.

Success in the Role

• Deliver features on time with high engineering quality.
• Improve PRD readiness by identifying gaps early.
• Challenge weak technical decisions and promote sound engineering practices.
• Reduce production defects and engineering rework.
• Improve estimation accuracy and delivery predictability.
• Build a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.