Manager – Software Engineering

About the Role:

As the Manager, Software Engineering, you'll lead a team of software engineers — owning delivery, quality, and the growth of the people on your team. This is a true player-coach role: you'll balance hands-on technical oversight with real people leadership, staying close enough to the code to guide it while building an environment where your team does their best work. You'll partner closely with Product and Design to ship high-impact work, and your team's output will directly shape reliable, high-quality product capabilities for Crexi.

What You'll Do:

• Lead, develop, and grow a team of software engineers, owning performance and development through the Engagement Review framework, including Success Plans where needed.
• Own the team’s delivery, quality, and operational health, partnering with product and design on roadmap and priorities.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance, ensuring sound architecture, code quality, and engineering standards.
• Drive team planning, execution cadence, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
• Leads by example with AI-assisted development tooling to improve quality and velocity.
• Recruit, hire, and onboard engineers, and foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture.
• Remove blockers and manage cross-team dependencies to keep delivery on track.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience with 2+ years managing engineers preferred.

Who You Are:

• Proven track record managing and developing software engineering teams.
• Strong enough technically to guide architecture decisions and jump into code reviews when it matters.
• Experience owning delivery, quality, and the operational health of a team.
• A driver of modern, AI-assisted engineering practices — you lead adoption, not just permit it.
• A clear, confident communicator who can distill complex information for stakeholders at any level of the organization.
• A sharp analytical thinker who can spot patterns in complex information and turn them into clear, actionable insight.
• Highly organized, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and deadlines without dropping the ball.
• A self-starter who owns outcomes independently and drives initiative without waiting to be asked.
• Responsive and proactive — you spot issues before they become problems and act fast.
• A creative problem-solver who can weigh tradeoffs and land on the right solution.
• A strong collaborator who builds real working relationships across teams.
• Trusted with sensitive and confidential information, handled with professionalism and discretion.

Why Crexi?

• Real impact, fast. Join a rapidly scaling startup where your work moves the needle from day one.
• Real ownership. Equity in Crexi's growth story.
• Built for growth. A flexible team structure designed for real career discretion.
• Time that is yours. Discretionary PTO - take what you need, when you need it.
• Health & Future covered. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), FSA/HSA options, and Life & AD&D insurance.
• Set up right. Home-office reimbursement for remote employees.
• A winning team. A collaborative culture with team activities that bring people together.

The anticipated base salary range for candidates who will work in our Playa Vista, California location is $204,000 to $276,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on several factors, which may include, but are not limited to, the type and length of experience applicable to the role and within the industry, education, geographic location, etc. Commercial Real Estate Exchange, Inc (“Crexi”) is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.