Software Engineering Manager

Title: Software Engineering Manager

Location: Boston, MA

Reporting Structure: This role reports to the Head of Product & Engineering

Company Description

CivilGrid is a venture-backed SaaS construction tech company building the "Google Maps for the Underground." Come help us disrupt a $4.7T US industry segment that desperately needs innovation. This opportunity has tremendous upside as it scales.

CivilGrid aggregates public and proprietary utility, geotechnical, environmental, and jurisdictional data. The consolidated information is sold via our collaborative SaaS mapping platform to engineers and developers who need it to make early-stage decisions on real estate and infrastructure projects. Real time data access reduces labor and project delays, accelerates decision making and reduces project risk. Collaborative features ensure faster information flow and decisioning inside and outside the organization and better project insight retention over time.

Role summary:

As a small team, we all wear many hats and enjoy tackling new challenges. We're seeking an experienced engineering leader who thrives in a hands-on environment who’ll shape the direction of the engineering organization and how we operate as we scale. We don't expect you to have a background in everything we use, but we do expect strong technical skills, exceptional communication, and a track record of leading high-performing engineering teams through ambiguity and scale. We're looking for builders who still know how to code even if it's not part of the day-to-day.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading and developing a fast-paced engineering team, providing clear direction, feedback, mentorship, and coaching

• Owning planning and execution across projects while helping engineers stay unblocked, focused, and aligned

• Defining and evolving our hiring process, standards, and team structure as we grow

• Building the processes, expectations, and culture that will support CivilGrid's next phase of growth

Is this you?

• You’re technical and have minimum 3 years experience in engineering leadership

• Proven track record of growing and managing high-performing engineering teams

• Comfortable in a greenfield environment and excited to shape, design, and stand up new systems

• Strong communication skills - verbal and written

• Have a few war stories to share on running high scale production systems

• Bonus: BS/MS in Computer Science or similar

• Bonus: Prior startup or founder experience

The Tech

• React, React Native, Tailwind

• Bun.sh servers deployed on AWS ECS, Postgres on RDS

• ESRI and Mapbox for mapping

• Proprietary mapping data service built for speed and customizability

• GitHub, Slack, Notion, Figma

Perks:

• Interesting and challenging work

• Lots of room for growth

• Competitive salary and equity

• Health insurance

• Flexible and remote-friendly work environment

• FSA (health and dependent care)

• Unlimited PTO