Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Tekfortune is a fast-growing consulting firm specialized in permanent, contract & project-based staffing services for world's leading organizations in a broad range of industries. In this quickly changing economic landscape, virtual recruiting and remote work are critical for the future of work. To support the active project demands and skills gaps, our staffing experts can help you find the best job for you.

Location: Hybrid out of Boston, MA / Merrimack, NH / Raleigh, NC / Westlake, TX / Smithfield, RI / Jersey City, NJ

Duration: Long term Contract

As a hands-on Engineering Manager, you will balance people leadership with technical leadership—guiding architecture, driving engineering excellence, and contributing directly to the development lifecycle. You will play a key role in advancing platform modernization, improving technical health, and ensuring the delivery of secure, reliable, and high-quality digital experiences. Success in this role requires strong collaboration across engineering teams, product management, architecture, operations, and enterprise platform partners.

Responsibilities will include:

• Partner with Product, Architecture, and Engineering leadership to define and execute the DAM engineering strategy in alignment with broader IWMS objectives.
• Lead the day-to-day execution of engineering initiatives, ensuring the delivery of secure, scalable, resilient, and production-ready solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance, driving consistency, reusability, and adherence to enterprise standards across platforms and applications.
• Remain actively engaged in software development through coding, design reviews, technical coaching, and hands-on problem solving.
• Champion engineering excellence by advancing automation, testing strategies, CI/CD practices, code quality, and modern software development methodologies.
• Drive modernization efforts that improve platform scalability, maintainability, performance, and developer productivity.
• Enhance operational excellence through improved observability, reliability, supportability, and incident management practices.
• Lead complex technical initiatives, managing dependencies, mitigating risks, and ensuring successful delivery across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Develop and mentor engineering talent by providing coaching, performance feedback, career development support, and technical leadership.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing engineering culture focused on continuous learning, accountability, and innovation.
• Continuously improve the health and sustainability of the platform, ensuring a strong foundation that supports future business growth and evolving client needs.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience will also be considered
• Demonstrated interest in developing the leadership, administrative, and organizational capabilities required for effective people management while continuing to lead as a hands-on engineering leader
• Experience leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and coordinating the delivery of complex solutions within agile teams
• Strong commitment to remaining hands-on, including contributing code, conducting code reviews, and promoting engineering best practices
• Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful services, JavaScript, Angular, and related modern application development technologies
• Strong software architecture and design experience, including accessibility, security, resiliency, scalability, and enterprise technology standards
• Proven ability to drive solution design, technical decision-making, estimation, dependency management, and execution of complex initiatives
• Experience improving engineering effectiveness through modernization efforts, automation, technical health initiatives, and the application of AI-enabled development tools
• Solid understanding of operational excellence practices, including observability, site reliability engineering (SRE), incident management, and production support models
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence engineering, product, and leadership teams
• Growth mindset with a passion for continuous learning, developing leadership capabilities, and elevating overall team performance