Senior Engineering Manager

Title: Engineering Manager

Location: US / CA / Remote (US; CA)

## **Engineering Manager**

At Just Appraised, we’re replacing outdated, manual local government workflows with modern software used by hundreds of government agencies across the United States. Our cutting-edge, AI-powered software, which leverages Natural Language Processing (NLP), replaces manual data entry to eliminate delays, backlogs, and errors. This work directly impacts how communities fund schools, infrastructure, and public services.

## **About the Role**

Lead the team building the software for modern government!

We’re hiring an **Engineering Manager** to lead teams responsible for the core products, systems, and infrastructure that power this software.

This role combines technical leadership, architecture, and people development.

This is a hands-on role with a strong emphasis on full-stack product engineering and end-to-end delivery. You will lead teams responsible for everything from user-facing features and modern frontend systems to scalable backend services and critical platform integrations.

You will be a force multiplier: setting clear technical and business direction, contributing to design and code, and fostering a strong, scalable, and reliable technical foundation while championing the professional growth of every engineer.

## **What You Will Work On**

Examples of problems our engineers tackle:

• Designing and implementing end-to-end features, from user interfaces to scalable backend services
• Improving the performance and responsiveness of our core application across the full stack
• Collaborating with our customers to translate their needs into technical solutions
• Building reliable data pipelines and integrations for our product features
• Designing systems that support AI-driven automation features
• Scaling the engineering organization while maintaining high talent density

**Tech Stack**

• **Backend:** Java, PostgreSQL
• **Frontend:** React, TypeScript
• **Infrastructure:** AWS, Docker, Terraform
• **Developer Tools:** GitHub, Linear, Cursor, CI/CD, automated testing

**Your Role**

**Team Leadership & Mentorship**

• Lead and manage a team of Software Engineers.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to develop strong design, coding, and problem-solving skills across the team.
• Manage team health, set goals, conduct performance reviews, and support individual career development and progression.

**Strategic Execution & Delivery**

• Partner closely with different functional teams to define and execute roadmaps that result in measurable business and customer outcomes.
• Hands-on coding for up to 20% of your weekly time, as team needs require.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, developer experience, and delivery pipelines.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with all leadership, Customer Success, and Operations to align technical initiatives with overall company strategy.

**Architectural Guidance & Standards**

• Guide critical architectural decisions focused on scalability, performance, and maintainability across our core backend and infrastructure systems.
• Champion and drive high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and overall engineering excellence.
• Contribute to technical designs and write or review code, particularly for complex or high-impact projects.

## **What We’re Looking For**

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, with strong proficiency in both backend (e.g., Java, Python) and frontend (e.g., React) technologies.
• 2+ years of engineering leadership experience, including successfully managing an engineering team or leading multi-quarter initiatives
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality, user-facing product features across the full stack.
• Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, and system reliability engineering (SRE) practices
• A demonstrated ability to successfully balance people leadership with significant technical contribution
• Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to clearly bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A strong sense of ownership, a bias for action, and a commitment to leading by example and mentoring others

## **Benefits**

• Competitive compensation and stock equity plan
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Company sponsored pre-tax retirement savings program (401k)
• A flexible work environment that supports working from home
• Flexible PTO
• Parental Leave
• Home office stipend