Engineering Manager, Apps & APIs

Accountabilities:

This role focuses on leading a high-performing engineering team while ensuring strong technical delivery across APIs, applications, and platform-facing systems.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a distributed team of 4–7 software engineers, fostering strong collaboration, clarity, and accountability


• Define team structure, norms, and engineering culture that supports high performance and continuous improvement


• Own the execution roadmap, ensuring clear prioritization, effective delivery planning, and timely execution of engineering initiatives


• Partner closely with Product to align engineering efforts with business goals and product strategy


• Oversee development of customer-facing applications, including web apps, APIs, and AI-enabled interfaces


• Contribute to system architecture discussions and provide technical guidance without becoming a delivery bottleneck


• Drive the evolution of a production-grade public API strategy focused on reliability, scalability, and developer experience


• Support the development of emerging platform components, including agentic applications and AI-native systems


• Improve engineering processes, cross-functional collaboration, and delivery efficiency across distributed teams


• Ensure high-quality technical execution through code review oversight, architectural guidance, and engineering best practices

Requirements

The ideal candidate combines strong engineering leadership experience with a solid technical background in APIs, web systems, and modern SaaS environments.

• Experience managing and mentoring globally distributed software engineering teams


• Strong technical background in web application and API development


• Experience working with modern backend technologies such as Ruby on Rails and Python-based services


• Proven ability to translate ambiguous product requirements into clear technical deliverables


• Experience designing, building, and maintaining production-grade APIs with external consumers


• Strong understanding of API reliability, versioning, scalability, and developer experience principles


• Ability to stay technically engaged in architecture discussions and code reviews without blocking delivery


• Experience working in fast-paced SaaS environments with iterative delivery approaches


• Strong communication skills, particularly in async-first and remote team environments


• Demonstrated ability to lead engineering culture, set standards, and scale teams effectively


• Comfortable working in environments involving emerging technologies such as AI-driven systems and agentic workflows


• Strong collaboration skills with Product, Design, and senior leadership stakeholders

Benefits:

• Fully remote, async-first working environment with global flexibility


• Competitive salary with early-stage equity participation


• Opportunity to work with highly skilled, collaborative engineering teams


• Flexible working model with autonomy and outcome-focused culture


• Generous PTO policy, including mandatory minimum time off and local holidays


• Strong emphasis on documentation, independence, and low-meeting culture


• Opportunity to shape AI-native engineering practices and modern platform architecture


• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies including APIs, AI systems, and scalable web platforms


• Leadership role with direct influence over product direction and engineering strategy

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