Engineering Manager (Austin, TX)

Homeward

4d • Remote

About The Position

We’re seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our acquisition team engineers as we grow our Product & Tech team. The ideal candidate will have a history of leading their team(s) to deliver quality features and products in a timely manner, and they’ll bring their experience and skills to the table when it comes to scaling up our team and its processes. This role is a player-coach position, with a 40% player (coding) and 60% coach (management) split. Due to current team needs, applicants must be based in the greater Austin area.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience as a front-line manager in a high-growth organization
• 7+ years of experience as an individual contributor
• Demonstrable front-end or full-stack experience
• A track record of adopting AI-assisted development on your team and turning it into real throughput – not just tool licenses
• Enough fluency with AI-powered features (LLM API integrations, RAG, AI-driven automation) to scope, estimate, and make architecture calls credibly with your team
• Experience working on systems with both monoliths and microservices – bonus points if you can help determine when it's right to use one or the other
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to keep distributed, cross-functional teams aligned
• Incredibly strong ownership of delivering the right solutions at a high quality
• General curiosity and comfort navigating a fast-changing AI landscape

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in the Python web dev ecosystem (e.g., Flask, Django, Celery, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 3-4 software engineers in the consistent, timely delivery of quality features and products
• Own not just timely delivery, but validating that what the team ships actually works for our customers and operators
• Foster a build, test, learn culture – shipping practical MVPs and iterating on feedback rather than waiting for perfect requirements, and helping the team stay effective amid ambiguity
• Cultivate fluid collaboration across the stack and minimize serialized hand-offs, so work moves without "throw it over the wall" delays
• Practice and champion strong engineering methods and practices
• Set the team's norms for AI-assisted development – how engineers use AI coding assistants (Claude, Copilot) to speed up prototyping, code review, debugging, and documentation - and clear the path to adoption
• Help your team build good judgment about where AI tools genuinely help and where they don't, keeping the quality bar high
• Adapt the team's process as AI-assisted development changes how quickly work moves, and use metrics to make those calls
• Coach team members as they take on greater skills and responsibilities
• Work with product managers to understand requirements, prioritize backlogs, and set timelines
• Own business metrics alongside product managers and cross-functional business partners

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage – with company contributions towards premiums.
• Meaningful time off – including 20 days of paid vacation, 5 sick days, 12 company holidays, and 2 floating holidays.
• Generous paid parental leave of up to 13 weeks.
• 401(k) with employer contribution match.
• Remote-first work environment (our headquarters are in Austin, TX).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed