Software Engineering Manager

Job Title: Software Engineering Manager

Location: Remote (Philippines)

Work Hours: Night Shift (10:00 PM – 7:00 AM PHT, with overlap with U.S. teams)

Reports to: VP Engineering / Director of Engineering / CTO

Company: Career TEAM

About Career Team

At Career Team, we are building software that improves access to opportunity, workforce development, and support systems at scale. Through Career Edge, we help connect people with tools and services that can change lives.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team building and supporting Career Edge. This role is ideal for a strong technical leader who enjoys people management, shipping product, and improving team execution.

This is not a company-wide executive leadership role. Instead, it is focused on:

• Owning delivery for a defined product or platform area
• Managing engineers directly
• Improving engineering quality and velocity
• Partnering closely with Product, Design, QA, and U.S.-based stakeholders

What You’ll Do

Team Leadership & Delivery

• Lead cross-functional engineering teams
• Own sprint planning, execution, delivery quality, and risk management
• Partner with Product and Design to turn roadmap priorities into executable plans
• Remove blockers and improve team operating rhythm across a distributed environment
• Drive visibility, predictability, and accountability for committed work

Technical Guidance

• Provide technical leadership across modern web stacks including Next.js, Nest.js, Node.js, MongoDB, PHP/MySQL, and cloud infrastructure
• Review designs, architecture proposals, and critical code paths
• Support scalable, secure, and maintainable system design within your team’s domain
• Improve engineering practices around CI/CD, code review, observability, testing, and incident response
• Help teams adopt practical AI and automation tools where they improve productivity and quality

People Management

• Manage, coach, and develop software engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback, and growth plans
• Support performance management, hiring, onboarding, and retention
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, code quality, and continuous learning
• Mentor senior engineers and emerging technical leaders

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with U.S.-based stakeholders during overlap hours
• Partner with Product, QA, DevOps, and business teams to keep delivery aligned with company goals
• Communicate tradeoffs, risks, and delivery status clearly to technical and non-technical partners

What We’re Looking For

Experience

• 6–10+ years in software engineering
• 2–4+ years leading teams as an Engineering Manager, Team Lead, or equivalent
• Experience delivering production software in a SaaS, web platform, or product-led environment
• Experience working with distributed or remote teams

Technical Background

• Strong full-stack engineering background, ideally in JavaScript / TypeScript ecosystems
• Experience with Node.js, React / Next.js, Nest.js, APIs, MongoDB, MySQL, and cloud platforms such as AWS
• Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern software delivery workflows
• Strong understanding of maintainable architecture, delivery tradeoffs, and engineering quality

Leadership Traits

• Strong communicator and coach
• Comfortable bal