StrongMind · 4 weeks ago
Engineer Manager (People & Delivery Leader)
Chandler, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior LevelStrongMind Inc. is looking for an Engineering Manager who will lead people, delivery, and team health across multiple product development teams. This role focuses on building high-performing teams and ensuring predictable delivery of high-quality software while partnering closely with Product and engineering leadership.
E-LearningEdTechSoftware
No H1B
Responsibilities
Coach engineers on ownership, collaboration, communication, and growth
Conduct regular 1:1s focused on development, clarity, and wellbeing
Create a psychologically safe, high-trust culture where engineers thrive
Grow team capability through coaching, structured feedback, and strong engineering practices
Own end-to-end delivery for your teams: planning, execution, and ensuring work ships reliably
Build predictable team rhythms (planning, standups, reviews, retros)
Ensure the right work is prioritized, scoped realistically, and sequenced effectively
Surface risks early, propose mitigation options, and maintain alignment with Product and VP Engineering
Continuously reduce cycle time and eliminate systemic blockers
Translate product objectives and business goals into clear engineering plans
Maintain strong alignment on priorities, trade-offs, and scope
Ensure engineers understand the why, not just the what
Help Product maintain a healthy backlog and realistic expectations
Lean on Principals for deep technical decisions and long-term architectural direction
Ensure teams follow shared architectural patterns, coding practices, and team agreements
Provide delivery and context signals to help Principals make sound technical decisions
Reinforce Principal-led architectural patterns inside each team’s workflows
Own developer experience within your teams: tooling, process, friction points, and quality of life
Identify and remove systemic blockers — slow CI, unclear processes, brittle testing, etc
Collaborate with Principal Engineers to ensure technical standards and patterns remain clear, adopted, and healthy
Champion continuous learning so teams adopt new engineering patterns and practices as they emerge
Participate in code reviews to reinforce good engineering practices (language agnostic)
Jump in hands-on for small, high-leverage IC contributions when needed to unblock delivery
Validate technical trade-offs at a high level, while deferring deep architectural design to Principals
Ensure definition of done includes release documentation completed by the Release Manager
Partner with Release & Ops to make sure deployments are safe, supportable, and high quality
Support follow-through on incidents with systemic improvements instead of reactive patches
Provide clear, proactive updates to VP Engineering and Product
Advocate for your teams and ensure engineers have the context they need
Communicate risks and technical health issues early and directly
Represent engineering in cross-functional discussions with confidence and clarity
Qualification
Required
Strong background in technology, software delivery, or engineering-adjacent fields
Experience leading or coordinating engineering work (team lead, TPM, EM, Sr Engineer, etc.)
Ability to understand system designs, ask the right technical questions, and partner effectively with Principal Engineers
Strong delivery and project leadership experience
Preferred
Prior experience as a software engineer (any language)
Familiarity with Ruby on Rails or modern web application architecture
Experience working with AWS or similar cloud platforms
Benefits
Wellness, Your Way
Unplug for the Holidays
Culture That Celebrates You
Open, Honest & Human
Vibes & Good Times
Solid Benefits, Real Support
Your Voice Matters
Company
StrongMind
StrongMind's education technology platform includes student information system, LMS, PSP and more.
Founded in 2001
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Damian Creamer
Founder and CEO
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