Engineering Manager

Relativity•Indianapolis, IN

1d•$155,000 - $233,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Engineering Manager is responsible for building and leading a high-performing engineering team, ensuring delivery of reliable, scalable, and secure solutions that meet business objectives. This role combines software engineering and technical leadership, operational readiness, and people management, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability. The manager partners with cross-functional teams to drive execution on strategic initiatives while mentoring engineers for career growth.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
7+ years of experience in systems engineering or infrastructure roles, with 3+ years in leadership.
Proven ability to manage teams and deliver complex technical projects.
Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), CI/CD, and observability.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/ARM) and Policy as Code (OPA, Azure Policy).
Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in high-availability SaaS environments.
Familiarity with performance engineering, cost optimization, and FinOps practices.
Certifications in cloud technologies or leadership development.

Responsibilities

Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent; create an inclusive and high-performance culture.
Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning.
Promote knowledge sharing and continuous learning across the team.
Lead the team in adopting and continuously improving agile development practices, fostering iterative delivery, rapid feedback, and cross-functional collaboration.
Ensure timely delivery of projects with high quality and adherence to SLAs/SLOs.
Drive adoption of automation-first practices (CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Policy as Code).
Oversee incident response and root cause analysis; champion blameless postmortems and systemic improvements.
Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to define technical standards and reliability patterns.
Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements through automated controls.
Partner with Product Management to align engineering priorities with business goals.
Communicate effectively with stakeholders on progress, risks, and trade-offs.
Track and report on key team metrics (velocity, quality, reliability, cost efficiency).
Identify opportunities for process optimization and operational readiness improvements.