Engineering Manager: Core Applications Platform

Copia Automation•New York City, NY

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

Copia Automation is seeking an Engineering Manager to establish and lead a new Core Applications Platform team. This team will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the shared, full-stack application capabilities that all Copia products rely on. The Engineering Manager will report to the VP of Engineering, leading a team of full-stack software engineers. This role involves mentoring, technical guidance, and hands-on contributions. It is ideal for a manager experienced in building new teams from scratch and comfortable with ambiguity while driving predictable velocity.

Requirements

5+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience.
1-2 years of formal or informal people-leadership experience (tech lead, team lead, or direct management).
Strong technical foundation across the stack (frontend, backend, APIs, data).
Experience delivering a product or capability with engineers as end-users (internal platform, SDK, design system, framework, shared services layer, or developer-tools product).
Demonstrated ability to coach engineers on technical growth, scope, and career development.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, adaptable to different audiences.
Sound judgment around prioritization, scope, and trade-offs.
Empathy, humility, and high standards.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience starting a new team from scratch, defining its charter, hiring, and establishing its role within the organization.
Experience building shared application platforms, frameworks, design systems, or internal SDKs adopted by multiple internal product teams.
Experience with TypeScript / Node.js, React, Go, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS, Datadog.
Familiarity with multi-tenant architecture, identity/authn/authz patterns, feature flags, and other common primitives.
Experience establishing or improving engineering practices like incident response, on-call, ADRs, code review standards, or career ladders.
Background in B2B SaaS, developer tools, industrial automation, OT/IT, manufacturing software, or IoT.

Responsibilities

Build and lead a new squad of approximately four senior full-stack engineers, managing hiring, onboarding, and growth through 1:1s and performance feedback.
Foster a culture of high standards and psychological safety within the team.
Define the team's ownership boundaries and engagement models in partnership with Engineering leadership, Product, and Design.
Translate high-level goals into a clear roadmap and delivery milestones.
Treat internal product teams as customers, understanding their pain points, prioritizing, and shipping reusable capabilities.
Measure the adoption and impact of shared capabilities across the organization.
Oversee the architecture of shared full-stack platforms (frontend, backend, APIs, multi-tenant primitives) and ensure scalability.
Provide architectural input, code reviews, and hands-on contributions where they add the most leverage.
Be responsible for operational quality, including on-call practices, incident response, and engineering standards (CI/CD, ADRs, testing).