Engineering Manager

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and grow our core engineering teams.

This is a hands-on leadership role sitting at the intersection of people management, delivery, and technical decision-making. You're a hands on manager comfortable going deep into technical discussions, challenging designs, and helping the team make the right trade-offs.

You’ll be responsible for building a high-performing team, ensuring predictable delivery, maintaining engineering quality, and partnering closely with Product, DevOps, and other engineering leaders to scale Runware’s platform.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & People Management

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers in a fast-scaling environment
• Create a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Support individual growth through regular 1:1s, feedback, and coaching
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, and performance management

Delivery & Execution

• Own team execution: planning, prioritization, and delivery of engineering work
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, with high quality and clear ownership
• Identify risks early and proactively remove blockers
• Balance speed, reliability, and technical debt in a pragmatic way

Technical & Architectural Oversight

• Act as a technical sounding board on system design, architecture, and trade-offs
• Ensure backend systems are scalable, reliable, and performant
• Promote best practices around code quality, testing, observability, and security
• Partner closely with other teams like DevOps and Product to align technical direction

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product, DevOps, ML and other teams to ensure strong alignment
• Translate business and product goals into clear engineering execution plans
• Communicate clearly and proactively in a fully remote environment

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in an engineering management or tech lead role
• Strong backend background (PHP, Python, Go, Rust or similar), with solid understanding of distributed systems
• Proven experience leading teams and delivering complex technical projects end-to-end
• Comfortable discussing system design, APIs, performance, and scalability
• Experience with modern engineering practices: CI/CD, testing, code reviews, monitoring
• Strong people leadership skills: empathy, clarity, and the ability to raise the bar without burning teams out
• Excellent communication skills and ability to operate autonomously in a remote setup

Nice to Have

• Experience working on high-scale platforms, infrastructure, or developer-facing APIs
• Exposure to AI/ML platforms, inference systems, or performance-critical workloads
• Previous experience in fast-growing startups or scale-ups