Engineering Manager

The role

This person will lead and develop a team of software engineers while shaping technical strategy, delivery execution, and operational excellence. They will partner with stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable, and customer-focused solutions.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers through coaching, performance management, and career development.
• Partner with Product, Design, QA, and other stakeholders to deliver software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership on architecture, system design, scalability, security, and engineering best practices.
• Drive planning, estimation, prioritization, and execution across the product development lifecycle.
• Leverage AI Software Development practices to implement department SDLC goals.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, development processes, and testing strategies.
• Support teams in identifying and resolving technical challenges.
• Monitor team health, delivery performance, and velocity.
• Lead hiring efforts, workforce planning, and onboarding.
• Serve as an escalation point for critical production issues and coordinate incident response.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• At least 3 years in an engineering management, team lead, or technical leadership role
• Proven experience leading engineering teams through the delivery of complex software products and initiatives
• Strong background in software architecture, system design, and modern development practices
• Experience managing engineers through hiring, performance reviews, coaching, career development, and employee engagement
• Ability to partner effectively with Product and business stakeholders
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing decisions across multiple stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Experience supporting production environments, incident management processes, and operational excellence practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience leading distributed or remote engineering teams
• Experience with cloud-based SaaS platforms and modern software development methodologies
• Experience with modern AI-driven Software Development best practices
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, monitoring, and observability practices
• Experience working in mission-critical or customer-facing software environments
• Exposure to mobile, web, and/or platform engineering teams
• Experience evaluating technology investments, architectural tradeoffs, and build-versus-buy decisions

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• FSA/HSA
• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO
• Fully remote workplace
• Technology stipend
• Opportunities for advancement

Before you apply

• All applicants must be authorized to work for any US employer in the United States
• Locality Media LLC is unable to sponsor or transition sponsorship ownership of employment visas at this time
• Hiring is contingent upon candidates successfully passing a criminal background check
• Locality Media participates in E-Verify

About the company

First Due provides fire and EMS agencies with transformative, end-to-end software solutions to prevent first responder injury or death.