Full-Time
Engineering Manager
Posted on 7/8/2025
BuildOps
501-1,000 employees
Cloud-based field service and project management
Compensation Overview
$170k - $210k/yr
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Hybrid
Hybrid schedule: remote Mondays and Fridays; in-office Tue–Thu.
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- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- 8+ years in backend server-side development
- 2+ years minimum experience with people management; hiring, onboarding, and performance improvement plans
- Expert in TypeScript/JavaScript (Node.js environment)
- Skilled in database modeling, data migration, and complex query optimization
- Experience with background processing systems (Queues, Pub/Sub, Streaming), idempotent logic, and eventually consistent processing
- Strong experience with AWS (MySQL RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SNS, SQS, ECS)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and scalability principles
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and testing skills (TDD and integration tests)
- Comfortable working independently or collaboratively
- Ability to work a hybrid schedule - Monday/Friday WFH, Tuesday - Thursday, in office
- Partner with Product to design and deliver high-quality solutions
- Lead and mentor engineers on sprint planning, estimations, and scope delivery
- Collaborate with other managers to prioritize resources to align with business timing needs
- Architect and build scalable, reliable systems for our Field Service ERP platform
- Design, develop, and maintain backend applications and data workflows
- Work with databases to model, store, retrieve data, and implement migration strategies
- Implement pub/sub workflows to decouple services and integrate with external systems
- Ensure backend processes are reliable and maintain high data integrity
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews and cross-squad collaboration
- Deep understanding of AWS services: EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, SNS, and SQS
- Familiarity with the commercial contractor industry and related domains like construction, procurement, or accounting software
- Experience with service-oriented SaaS platforms
- Comfortable working with open-source languages such as Java or Python
- Familiar with Terraform
BuildOps offers a cloud-based field service management platform for commercial contractors. Its all-in-one software bundles field service, project management, CRM, reporting, mobile surveying, estimating, and proposal creation to help teams quote faster, track jobs, and manage projects in one place. The platform is designed specifically for commercial contractors, aiming to replace multiple tools with a single unified system. The company seeks to become the market leader by helping clients improve quoting efficiency and revenue, supported by strategic leadership and industry events.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$225.8M
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California
Founded
2018
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Data center buildouts and hospital modernizations expand MEP contractor demand.
- Will Lehrmann's CPO hire accelerates autonomous operations from Procore expertise.
- Raleigh hub creates 291 jobs, capturing East Coast contractors Boston to Miami.
What critics are saying
- Procore poaches MEP customers via ERP integrations and GC ecosystem lock-in.
- ServiceTitan erodes service revenue through commercial HVAC expansions.
- Raleigh hiring dilutes culture, spiking turnover as staff doubles to 500.
What makes BuildOps unique
- BuildOps unifies service and project management exclusively for commercial MEP contractors.
- OpsAI detects margin slips in real-time, unlike delayed general contractor tools.
- AI-native platform built from scratch avoids retrofitting residential software.
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↑ 1%BuildOps names Procore veteran Will Lehrmann as Chief Product Officer. March 25, 2026 8:06 AM Gift Article Former Head of Product for Specialty Contractors at the industry's largest construction tech platform joins BuildOps to lead product strategy for commercial trades LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / March 25, 2026 / BuildOps, the AI-native platform for commercial contractors, today announced the appointment of Will Lehrmann as Chief Product Officer. Lehrmann spent nearly 12 years at Procore Technologies, where he served as Vice President of Product Management and Head of Product for Specialty Contractors - the exact market segment BuildOps was built to serve. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Product at MaintainX. The hire comes at a turning point for the trades. Commercial contractors have more work than they can staff - data center buildouts, hospital modernizations, aging infrastructure - but the software most of them rely on was designed to digitize paperwork, not to think. The next generation of technology for this industry won't just record what happened; it will anticipate what should happen next. BuildOps is building that product, and Lehrmann is the person they chose to lead it. "Will built the product playbook for specialty contractors at the company that defined the category," said Alok Chanani, Co-Founder and CEO of BuildOps. "He knows this customer better than almost anyone in the industry. We're not hiring a product leader who needs to learn the trades - we're hiring one who's spent his entire career in them." Unable to load content. Please check your configuration and try again. In his new role, Lehrmann will own BuildOps' full product vision and roadmap, extending the company's AI-native platform into full autonomous operations for the trades. At Procore, he built best-in-class tools for specialty contractors - but only for project management. BuildOps is the first platform to unify project management and service operations for commercial trades, and Lehrmann will lead the push to make that unified platform autonomous: technology that predicts, recommends, and executes work on a contractor's behalf. BuildOps calls it a system of action. "I've spent my career building products for the people who keep our world running," said Will Lehrmann, Chief Product Officer of BuildOps. "BuildOps has something I haven't seen before: a platform built from the ground up specifically for commercial contractors, with the focus and the data to make AI actually work for them. That's the next frontier for this industry, and it's why I'm here." The appointment follows a year in which BuildOps was named to Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers list for the fourth consecutive year. The company has also assembled an enterprise-caliber leadership bench, adding CRO Greg Gillis - who scaled Coupa Software from $300 million to over $1 billion in revenue - and CMO Colin Piper, formerly head of global marketing for Autodesk's construction technology division. "The trades deserve AI that's built for them - not generic tools retrofitted from someone else's industry," Chanani added. "Will's job is to make sure every capability we ship understands how a contractor actually runs a business, from the dispatch board to the job site to the invoice." BuildOps has raised over $225 million in funding, including a $127 million Series C led by Meritech Capital Partners that valued the company at $1 billion. The platform serves more than 1,000 commercial specialty contractors - including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, and refrigeration businesses - across North America. About BuildOps BuildOps is the AI-native platform for commercial contractors. Built for the complexity of large-scale commercial work, it unifies service, projects, and financials into one system powered by OpsAI - intelligence designed for real work in the trades - to help teams operate with clarity when the work is on the line. Today, more than 1,500 leading companies across North America trust BuildOps, backed by Founders Fund, N47, Meritech Capital, and other top investors. Learn more at https://buildops.com/ Media Contact
The team joins BuildOps to accelerate the company’s next wave of data-driven products for the commercial trades.
BuildOps, an all-in-one platform for commercial contractors to manage operations and workflows, has acquired Spover. The transaction was completed with legal representation from Silicon Legal Strategy. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. BuildOps helps commercial contractors manage their business performance and operational workflows through its integrated platform. The Silicon Legal team advising BuildOps included Gaurav Mathur, Nicole Tate-Naghi, Madelyn Tarr, Navneet Mattu, Jenna Mann and Lisa Schlinkert.
Bobby Sands. Company: BuildOps Bobby Sands's social: Bobby Sands, hired at BuildOps. Publish Date: February 13th, 2026 Bobby Sands Appointed Vice President of Customer Success & Support at BuildOps BuildOps, the operations platform built for commercial contractors, has named Bobby Sands as Vice President of Customer Success & Support. In this role, Sands will lead the company's post-sale organization, including success, support, and customer experience strategy, as BuildOps continues to grow nationwide. Sands brings more than 20 years of experience leading customer organizations across enterprise SaaS, ERP, and regulated technology markets. Most recently, he held senior leadership roles at Avalara and Thomson Reuters, helping build post-sale operations during rapid growth. At Avalara, he helped grow the company from approximately $200M to over $1.5B in revenue. His expertise in customer success, account management, support, professional services, and customer experience transformation aligns with BuildOps' expansion and AI-first customer experience strategy for commercial contractors. Education. * George Fox University (Newberg, OR) Master's Degree More People to know in BuildOps. More People to know in Los Angeles. * Featured Amy Engel Amy Engel Suffolk Suffolk, one of the most innovative and successful builders in the country, has hired Amy Engel as Director, West Coast Education. Engel has more than 40 years of experience in construction project management, where she has worked extensively within multiple West Coast universit... View Profile * Raphael Pereira Raphael Pereira Corgan Raphael Pereira has joined global architecture and design firm Corgan as Studio Design Director in the firm's Los Angeles Aviation studio. He brings more than 20 years of experience shaping buildings and urban environments and is known for integrating forward-thinking design wit... View Profile * Paid Listings Submit People on the Move Share hiring announcements, employee promotions and milestones with the business community. Get Started Jayesh Patel Jayesh Patel Norton Rose Fulbright Jayesh Patel has been promoted to Los Angeles Partner-in-Charge at Norton Rose Fulbright. With deep roots in the California legal community, Jay will provide leadership and help further grow the firm's footprint in one of the world's most dynamic business hubs. Jay represents a... View Profile * Andrew Lichtenstein Andrew Lichtenstein Littler Andrew Lichtenstein has joined the Century City office of Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law firm representing management, as shareholder. He advises and defends employers in complex workplace disputes and enforcement matters. His experience spans trials, arbi... View Profile * Engineers Week David Landau David Landau ME Engineers ME Engineers is proud to announce the promotion of David Landau, PE, to Principal. He has over 16 years of experience in plumbing system design for healthcare, higher education, sports, and commercial projects and serves as an office leader for ME Engineers' Los Angeles office... View Profile
BuildOps, a cloud-based platform that helps commercial contractors streamline their operations, announced plans to create 291 high-paying jobs and invest more than $3.3 million in a new regional hub in Raleigh.