Engineering Manager - Software

About the 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.

Key responsibilities

• 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.

Required profile

• 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.

Required skills

• Platform and API development using Node.js and GraphQL.
• Frontend enablement using React and TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Designing, deploying, and operating cloud‑native services on AWS with focus on scalability, security, and cost optimization.
• Hands‑on review of technical designs, guiding complex implementations, and unblocking teams.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, API design, and modern DevOps practices including CI/CD, observability, and operational readiness.
• Strong technical judgment and problem‑solving with informed trade‑offs.