[Hiring] Engineering Manager @Code for America

Role Description

Code for America is looking for a talented Engineering Manager who will lead a team of engineers building and operating the systems that make critical public services more effective, delivering meaningful impact for the people we serve. In this role you will supervise, coach, and develop the engineers on your team while contributing directly to the work yourself.

The pace of change in the policy and government landscape is accelerating at the same time that technology possibilities are shifting rapidly. Together, these shifts create new windows of opportunity to develop technical solutions that make critical public services more effective for the people who need them. Engineering Managers keep delivery moving through those moments, supporting staff and holding high delivery standards so that what we ship stays reliable and effective.

About the role:

• Code for America software engineers are involved in every stage of our products' lifecycle, from prototyping and design to developing features in response to user feedback, to operating technical systems at scale.
• The Engineering Manager leads a team of engineers doing that work, owning the quality of what they ship, the growth of the engineers on the team, and the durability of the systems they build and operate.
• Engineering spans multiple delivery areas, including Criminal Justice, Tax Benefits, and the Social Safety Net, and extends into new areas when the moment calls for it.
• This is a player-coach role. You contribute hands-on to one engagement while overseeing your engineers' technical work across the others.
• The Manager, Engineering is accountable for the team's technical outcomes, for its performance and growth, and for holding the bar on quality.
• This role will report to the Director or Senior Director of Product Engineering and is expected to travel no more than 10% of the time.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience as a software engineer, engineering manager, or equivalent, with experience managing engineering teams.
• Experience across multiple languages, frameworks, or tech stacks with a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly into unfamiliar ones.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including stellar writing skills.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary technical teams to build and operate technical solutions with testing, observability, and operational rigor.
• Experience developing and empowering collaborative, high-performing teams, and managing through ambiguity in a fast-changing environment.
• Familiarity with how to apply AI and emerging technologies effectively.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure-as-code tooling.
• Experience with Agile Software Development models like Scrum, XP, TDD, or BDD.
• Curiosity about emerging AI tools and a commitment to using them responsibly and effectively.
• A deep commitment to Code for America's mission of making government services work well for the people who need them most.

Requirements

• Lead, coach, and develop the engineers on your team through regular check-ins and clear, candid feedback.
• Provide oversight of technical delivery across 2–3 projects your team contributes to.
• Mentor staff on best practices and sound technical judgment.
• Actively create opportunities for engineers to own meaningful work.
• Proactively address conflict directly and promptly.
• Recruit and retain engineering talent with the skill, mission commitment, and appetite for innovation.
• Establish direction for technical work within a team.
• Partner with product, design, research, and program leads to align on priorities.
• Craft new features, write automated tests, and build monitoring that holds a high bar for quality.
• Own architecture and data-modeling decisions for significant parts of a production system.
• Contribute to design, implementation, and code review.
• Guide how your team adopts new and better ways of working.
• Support Engineering's culture of writing by producing quality documentation and learning materials.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Salary range: $128,945 to $157,850 annually.
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
• Leadership and teammates who share a strong work ethic and values.
• A collaborative, cross-functional, hardworking, and joyful environment.
• Laptop provided.
• A one-time $700 payment for remote environment setup.
• Cell phone and/or internet reimbursement of $50 per month.
• $500 annual stipend towards professional development.
• Training/guidance for staff required to utilize AI as part of their role.
• Employees receive a 100% employer match on the first 3% of contributions to retirement plans.
• At least one no cost health insurance option for full-time employees.
• Open personal time off (subject to manager approval) and a minimum of 14 paid holidays.
• 17 weeks of paid parental and family leave.
• 3 weeks of paid sabbatical after 5 years of service.