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Engineering Manager
Givers
- New York, New York, United States
- New York, New York, United States
About
*Location:* New York, NY (hybrid, 4 days/week in office)
*Reports to:* CEO
*Compensation:* Starting at $200K + meaningful equity
*About Us*
At Givers, we believe in a future where family members can sustainably care for one another. We enroll, support, and pay family caregivers through state Medicaid programs.
We're a tech-enabled service with a product that fades into the background and enables human care. We use technology to empower caregivers to be caregivers and coaches to be coaches.
We are proudly building an *in-office culture in NYC* and are looking for people energized by working together in person.
*Job Description*
We are hiring an Engineering Manager to build and lead our engineering function as we scale from an early-stage system into a robust, multi-state platform.
You will own how things get built at Givers — from system architecture to execution, from developer workflows to production reliability. You will partner closely with Product to translate direction into clear, high-quality execution, while establishing the systems and standards that allow the team to scale.
This is not a pure management role and not a pure IC role. You will be responsible for the performance of the engineering team while maintaining enough technical depth to guide architecture, unblock complex problems, and ensure high standards.
*Responsibilities*
* Establish a reliable execution engine across the team, including sprint planning, scoping, ownership, and delivery
* Partner closely with Product to translate ambiguous requirements into clear technical plans and tradeoffs
* Own system architecture and technical direction, ensuring systems are modular, scalable, and maintainable
* Push back on unclear or over-scoped work and help sequence priorities effectively
* Improve engineering velocity by reducing ambiguity and ensuring engineers always have clear, actionable work
* Build and improve engineering systems and workflows (CI/CD, testing, deployment, developer experience)
* Own production reliability, including debugging, incident response, and blameless postmortems
* Evolve how the team leverages AI tools to accelerate development and increase shared engineering context while maintaining code quality and system understanding
* Maintain hands-on familiarity with the codebase and step in selectively on high-complexity problems to unblock the team
* Build, manage, and develop a high-performing engineering team with clear ownership and high standards
* Own hiring and onboarding of engineers as the team grows
* Own security, compliance, and data protection across systems, including SOC 2 and HIPAA requirements
*What Success Looks Like*
* Engineering work is predictable, well-scoped, and consistently delivered on time
* The system evolves toward modular, flexible architecture without unnecessary complexity
* Product and Engineering operate as tight partners with clear ownership and strong alignment
* Engineering velocity improves without increasing team size
* Production systems are stable, issues are resolved quickly, and failures lead to lasting improvements
* Security and compliance are proactively maintained, not reactively addressed
*Requirements*
* 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with experience leading or managing engineering teams in a startup or high-growth environment
* Strong technical background with hands-on experience building and shipping production systems (ideally across web and/or mobile stacks)
* Proven ability to own system architecture and make sound technical decisions that balance speed, scalability, and maintainability
* Experience translating ambiguous product requirements into clear technical plans, tradeoffs, and execution
* Track record of improving engineering team performance, including delivery, code quality, and developer experience
* Experience building or improving engineering systems and workflows (CI/CD, testing, deployment, monitoring)
* Experience owning or contributing to production reliability, including debugging, incident response, and postmortems
* Familiarity with modern development environments and comfort working across a full-stack system (Rails, React, React Native, GCP, Postgres, or similar)
* Experience hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers in a fast-paced environment
* Strong ownership mindset with a focus on outcomes, not just process
* Clear, direct communicator who can work effectively across engineering, product, and leadership
* Comfort operating in ambiguity and building structure where it doesn’t yet exist
*Givers Values*
* *Impact Over Flash:* We chase outcomes, not shiny objects. We focus on what truly moves the needle for caregivers and families, not what looks impressive from the outside. Substance beats spectacle, every time.
* *Family-Grade Pride:* We take pride in our work as if our own loved ones were the ones counting on it. We operate with care, integrity, and accountability.
* *Play the Long Game:* We build and operate for the future. We invest in strong fundamentals, solve problems to their core, make decisions that compound, and think in decades, not quarters. Sustainability beats shortcuts.
* *Entrepreneurship, Every Day:* We are owners. We embrace ambiguity by working from first principles and focus on speed to learnings through small bets, tight loops, quick iteration, and consistent calibration.
* *Win Together:* We always look for win-wins. We put mission above ego, collaborate intensely, and find common ground. We celebrate each other and never let the joy of this journey get lost behind the pursuit of a destination.
*Equal Opportunity Statement*
_Givers is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply._
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $200,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* 401(k)
* 401(k) matching
* Dental insurance
* Health insurance
* Paid time off
* Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Languages
- English
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