Engineering Manager

EdSights is a company focused on building technology to support student success in higher education. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a product-focused team and contribute hands-on to technical work while mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Build, lead, and develop a remote engineering team of ~5 engineers
• Act as a hands-on technical leader—participating in code reviews, architecture decisions, and occasional implementation work
• Drive clarity, accountability, and execution across your team
• Foster a high-trust, ownership-driven culture with strong collaboration and effective async communication
• Partner closely with product to plan, prioritize, and deliver meaningful outcomes
• Improve engineering processes, quality, and productivity as the company scales
• Hire top engineering talent both in and out of the US
• Identify and solve problems proactively, bringing solutions—not only issues—to the table

Requirements:

• Recent experience as an Engineering Manager, preferably in a startup environment
• Hands-on technical skills with the ability to 'walk the walk' as a player–coach
• Proven success contributing to or leading teams in a fast-scaling SaaS environment
• Strong communication skills with experience leading remote teams across time zones
• Results-driven mindset with a focus on impact, velocity, and quality
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers
• Experience with GoLang, Python, or Node.js
• Experience leveraging AI tooling, and familiarity with building or integrating AI-driven agents, workflows, or automation into products or engineering processes
• Bias toward action and comfort making decisions in a dynamic environment
• Experience hiring and managing globally distributed teams
• Direct experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)