Trilon Group

Infrastructure consulting for transportation and water

Engineering Manager

Engineering LeadershipUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeRemote in USA$145k - $185k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

At least 8 years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years leading or managing engineering teams.
Experience delivering enterprise-scale SaaS products, cloud-native applications, or digital platforms.
A strong technical background in modern software development, APIs, distributed systems, and cloud technologies.
Experience leading cross-functional distributed engineering teams in an Agile product development environment.
A solid understanding of software architecture, CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing, security, and production operations.
Experience building shared enterprise platforms, reusable services, or internal developer platforms.
Experience scaling engineering teams and establishing engineering processes in growing organizations.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop high-performing engineering teams, fostering ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Own engineering execution across assigned digital products and platform capabilities, ensuring predictable delivery, quality, and alignment with product priorities.
Partner with the Platform Architect and Data Architect to translate architectural direction into practical engineering solutions and maintain technical consistency.
Stay close to implementation through design reviews, code reviews, technical problem-solving, and support for complex engineering challenges.
Establish and improve engineering practices, including code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, documentation, observability, and secure development.
Balance delivery of business-facing digital products with development of reusable platform services and shared capabilities.
Lead technical planning, estimation, resource allocation, dependency management, and delivery commitments in partnership with Product Management.
Ensure production readiness, system reliability, performance, incident response, and ongoing improvement of deployed applications.
Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, mentoring, and career development for engineers.
Work with Product, Design, Data, Architecture, IT, and business stakeholders to solve problems and deliver measurable business value.
Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity, reduce technical debt, simplify processes, and accelerate delivery.

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams building the Trilon Digital Platform and its digital products.

This role is responsible for driving engineering execution, delivering high-quality software, and developing a strong, collaborative engineering team. You will work closely with Product Management, Platform Architecture, Data, and IT to translate business priorities into reliable, scalable solutions.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical experience with people leadership and a practical, delivery-oriented mindset. We need someone who can lead teams, remove obstacles, make sound technical decisions, and create an environment where engineers can do their best work.

Engineering Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Product Delivery: Own engineering execution across assigned digital products and platform capabilities, ensuring predictable delivery, quality, and alignment with product priorities.
Technical Direction: Partner with the Platform Architect and Data Architect to translate architectural direction into practical engineering solutions and maintain technical consistency.
Hands-On Engineering: Stay close to implementation through design reviews, code reviews, technical problem-solving, and support for complex engineering challenges.
Engineering Excellence: Establish and improve engineering practices, including code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, documentation, observability, and secure development.
Platform & Product Development: Balance the delivery of business-facing digital products with the development of reusable platform services and shared capabilities.
Planning & Execution: Lead technical planning, estimation, resource allocation, dependency management, and delivery commitments in partnership with Product Management.
Reliability & Operations: Ensure production readiness, system reliability, performance, incident response, and ongoing improvement of deployed applications.
Team Development: Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, mentoring, and career development for engineers.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, Data, Architecture, IT, and business stakeholders to solve problems and deliver measurable business value.
Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity, reduce technical debt, simplify processes, and accelerate delivery.

8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading or managing engineering teams.
Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale SaaS products, cloud-native applications, or digital platforms.
Strong technical background in modern software development, APIs, distributed systems, and cloud technologies.
Experience leading cross-functional distributed engineering teams in an Agile product development environment.
Solid understanding of software architecture, CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing, security, and production operations.
Experience building shared enterprise platforms, reusable services, or internal developer platforms.
Experience scaling engineering teams and establishing engineering processes in growing organizations.
Experience building shared enterprise platforms, reusable services, or internal developer platforms.

About the Company

Trilon Group

Infrastructure consulting for transportation and water

Trilon Group provides infrastructure consulting in transportation, water, and municipal systems in the Mid-Atlantic region. It works by partnering with local governments, municipalities, and private clients to deliver planning, design support, and project management through fee-based engagements, expanding capabilities through alliances with firms like Rinker Design Associates and Wilson Engineers. The company differentiates itself with a platform-style growth approach backed by private equity and a People First culture focused on talent development. Its goal is to expand service offerings and market presence in the Mid-Atlantic by building scalable partnerships and using capital to support growth.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding: $200M
Headquarters: Denver, CO
Founded: 2021

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