Engineering Manager- Software

Impact In This Role

At Fictiv, we enable product innovators to create. Our platform accelerates product creation, allowing our customers to push technological boundaries – from self-driving cars to low-cost water purification systems.We are looking for an Engineering Manager who can provide strong technical leadership while guiding and developing a high-performing engineering team.This role combines deep technical expertise with people leadership, focusing on building reliable, scalable solutions while mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous growth.

What You’ll Be Doing

Build a high-performing team where engineers can do their best work

-Coach, mentor, and develop engineering talent through regular feedback, performance management, and career growth planning, while helping scale the team as needed.

-Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify objectives, and translate needs into scalable technical solutions and platform capabilities.

-Establish and continually improve team processes to enable iterative delivery, innovation, and high reliability

-Drive near- and long-term improvements to engineering-wide activities such as development practices, hiring / onboarding, team cohesion, and incident response

-Resolve systemic obstacles to team health, system performance, and team delivery

-Embrace and extend a culture of transparency, safety, and growth.

Desired Traits

Management & Leadership Experience

• 12-15 years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in an engineering management role.
• Experience managing technical teams of 5-8 engineers with demonstrated ability to scale teams.
• Demonstrated experience in project planning and execution, including scope definition, prioritization, risk management, and delivery tracking across multiple work streams.
• Strong ability to manage cross-functional dependencies and drive alignment across engineering and product teams while leading delivery using Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), including sprint planning, milestone management, and stakeholder communication.
• Track record of building high-performing teams and developing engineering talent
• Proven ability to balance competing priorities while ensuring on-time delivery, quality, and long-term platform scalability.
• Work with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.

Technical Expertise

• Strong working experience in platform and API development using Node.js and GraphQL, frontend enablement using React and TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native services on AWS, with an understanding of scalability, security, and cost optimization.
• Ability to remain sufficiently hands-on to review technical designs, guide complex implementations, and unblock teams when required.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, API design, and modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD, observability, and operational readiness.
• Demonstrated technical judgment and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make informed trade-offs.

Communication And Collaboration Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.