Calibration, Coaching, Code Reviews, Engineering Management, Establish Priorities, Integrated Circuits (ICs), On Call, Product Design, Quality Management, Startup, Team Lead/Manager, Testing, Writing Skills
About the role
Our client is a Series A startup with a high-performing engineering team of around 25 people. They are hiring an Engineering Manager (Backend) to lead a team of 6 to 8 backend engineers shipping the core platform. Full-time, on-site in Boston.
What you will do
- Coach and grow a team of senior backend engineers
- Own delivery: scoping, planning, prioritization, and execution
- Stay technically engaged: code review, architecture, hiring loops
- Partner with product and design on roadmap and trade-offs
- Improve engineering quality: testing, observability, on-call
What we are looking for
- 2+ years managing backend engineers, plus a strong IC background before that
- Comfortable being the hiring lead: sourcing, interviews, calibration
- Comfortable in a typed backend stack (Go, Java, TypeScript, or Rust)
- Strong written communication and async clarity
- Bonus: experience scaling teams through hypergrowth
This role is presented by a recruiting partner. Company name shared after an initial conversation.