Engineering Manager | Frontend

8am is an innovative tech company focused on building SaaS products for professionals. The Engineering Manager will lead the development of frontend architecture and oversee a team of engineers to enhance user experiences across web and mobile platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Owning the development, evolution, and implementation of 8am’s design system component library to enable consistent, high-quality user experiences and accelerate product delivery across teams
• Leading the development of a best-in-class mobile application tailored to the needs of professionals on the go
• Defining and evolving the front-end architecture and technical strategy to enable scalable, long-term business growth
• Lead and coach a team of passionate engineers through regular, direct feedback, career development planning, and hands-on technical mentorship
• Support and help deliver the front-end technical vision across web and mobile platforms, ensuring architectural decisions scale with product and team growth
• Ensure strong front-end architecture by reviewing designs and influencing implementation approaches
• Guide UI modernization efforts by balancing prioritization of feature development and platform investments
• Translate business goals into clear technical direction to help engineers understand why their work matters
• Create a psychologically safe team culture where engineers feel empowered to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and experiment without fear of blame
• Model curiosity and passion by investing in learning, questioning default choices, and encouraging the team to do the same
• Partner closely with cross-functional partners to shape roadmaps, align on trade-offs, and ensure engineering effort maps clearly to business outcomes. Champion usability, accessibility, and performance as product qualities
• Lead team ceremonies, including sprint planning, grooming, and retrospectives, ensuring effective communication and coordination
• Influence the broader engineering organization by sharing best practices and unblocking cross-team initiatives

Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Enjoy building delightful, performant user experiences
• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and debugging large-scale, cloud-based solutions
• 2+ years managing, mentoring and leading engineering teams
• Professional experience building production-grade React applications, including developing reusable components, managing complex state using external stores and context, and optimizing front-end performance
• Experience with Lean product development and Agile frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)
• Effectively leverage LLMs to improve engineering workflows (e.g., code generation, refactoring, testing, documentation), with a clear understanding of their limitations and risks
• Understand AI agent architectures and related tooling (e.g., tool use, orchestration, MCP servers), and apply sound judgment when evaluating or adopting them
• Strong understanding of SOLID design principles and software design patterns
• Excellent teamwork, documentation, and communication skills
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience with React, Bootstrap, Tailwind, and modern frontend technologies
• Experience with Ruby on Rails (or equivalent), NodeJS and NextJS
• Experience building iOS and Android mobile applications using Expo/React Native
• Experience building scalable Software as a Service (SaaS) applications