Engineering Manager

Aurelian•Seattle, WA

11d•$170,000 - $250,000

About The Position

Aurelian is hiring a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a small product pod and own a key product surface area. This player-coach role is intended for an engineer who has already demonstrated leadership and wants to grow into management while continuing to contribute code. The manager will set technical direction, review code, mentor engineers, participate in hiring, and work directly with customers. As Aurelian grows, the role is expected to expand into a fuller Engineering Manager position with more direct reports, less coding, and greater strategic responsibility.

Requirements

At least 5 years of software engineering experience.
Demonstrated leadership, formally or informally, such as mentoring engineers, coordinating a project, or driving an initiative without a clear owner.
Interest in growing into engineering management, including developing engineers and leading a team.
Strong engineering skills, including the ability to quickly understand a codebase, ship software, read code, reason about architecture, and care about engineering craft.
High ownership and pragmatic urgency, with the ability to identify what should be built and drive it through completion.
Clear communication skills, including explaining technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders and writing useful design documents.
Customer empathy and enthusiasm for understanding how people use software and engaging in customer conversations.

Responsibilities

Lead a pod of 3–4 engineers and own its technical direction and code review.
Write and ship code regularly, review code, and debug production issues while staying closely connected to the codebase.
As the team grows, take on one-on-ones, growth plans, and performance-related work.
Pair with, mentor, and coach engineers to help them develop greater scope and impact.
Participate in hiring engineers for the team.
Work directly with 9-1-1 dispatchers and PSAP administrators, visit dispatch centers, observe product use, and apply customer context to product decisions.
Grow into a broader Engineering Manager role as the company scales, with more reports and strategic scope.