Engineering Manager

Jewelers Mutual • Raleigh, NC

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About The Position

Manages a team of engineers while owning the planning, execution, and delivery of specific technical project areas. This role blends day-to-day people leadership — hiring, coaching, and performance management — with hands-on technical ownership, translating architecture and roadmap direction from the Director, Technology into actionable team plans. Success requires balancing delivery timelines, technical quality, and team capacity while partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field required, or equivalent experience.
• 5-8 years of technology/engineering experience, including at least 2 years in a people-management or team-lead capacity.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and grow a team of engineers, with strong coaching, hiring, and performance management skills.
• Hands-on technical proficiency in software engineering, systems, or infrastructure practices relevant to the assigned area.
• Experience applying agile/DevOps methodologies to plan, track, and deliver technical projects.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Insurance industry experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms, microservices, or modern software architecture.
• Prior experience managing distributed or cross-functional technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of engineers, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career growth planning.
• Own the planning, execution, and delivery of assigned technical project areas, translating architecture and roadmap direction from the Director, Technology into actionable team plans.
• Set priorities and assign work across the team, balancing delivery timelines, technical quality, and team capacity.
• Partner with product, business, and cross-functional technology stakeholders to scope requirements and remove delivery blockers.
• Apply agile and DevOps practices to plan sprints, run stand-ups and retrospectives, and track progress against KPIs.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and design/code review to ensure solutions meet architecture, security, and quality standards.
• Identify risks and technical debt within assigned project areas and proactively escalate and resolve issues.
• Report on progress, budget, and resource needs for assigned technical areas to the Director, Technology.
• Directly manages a team of engineers, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and career development.
• Sets priorities and assigns work across the team, balancing delivery commitments with team capacity and growth.

Benefits

• 50% charitable gift matching
• Paid volunteer time
• Performance bonuses
• Generous paid time off
• Top-tier retirement program with 401(k) matching and additional company contributions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager