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Just Appraised is modernizing local government processes related to real estate and property taxes. Our cutting-edge, AI-powered software, which leverages Natural Language Processing (NLP), replaces manual data entry to eliminate delays, backlogs, and errors. With hundreds of government entities across the United States relying on us, your work will directly help drive essential revenues and provide critical services to society. Lead the team building the infrastructure behind modern government. We’re hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead teams responsible for the core platform, backend systems, and infrastructure that power this software. This role combines technical leadership, architecture, and people development. You’ll help scale both the platform and the engineering organization. This is a hands-on role with a strong emphasis on backend and infrastructure engineering. You will lead multiple teams responsible for the core of our platform—from data infrastructure and scalable backend systems to product integrations and developer experience. You will be a force multiplier: setting clear technical and business direction, contributing to design and code, and fostering a strong, scalable, and reliable technical foundation while championing the professional growth of every engineer.
Job Responsibility:
Lead and manage multiple engineering teams, including Software Engineers and Team Leads
Provide clear technical direction and mentorship to develop strong design, coding, and problem-solving skills across the team
Manage team health, set goals, conduct performance reviews, and support individual career development and progression
Partner closely with different functional teams to define and execute roadmaps that result in measurable business and customer outcomes
Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, developer experience, and delivery pipelines
Collaborate cross-functionally with all leadership, Customer Success, and Operations to align technical initiatives with overall company strategy
Guide critical architectural decisions focused on scalability, performance, and maintainability across our core backend and infrastructure systems
Champion and drive high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and overall engineering excellence
Contribute to technical designs and write or review code, particularly for complex or high-impact projects
Requirements:
6+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, with strong proficiency in Java programming
4+ years of engineering leadership experience, including successfully leading engineering teams or large, multi-quarter initiatives while maintaining technical depth
Proven expertise in designing, building, and scaling robust backend services
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, and system reliability engineering (SRE) practices
A demonstrated ability to successfully balance people leadership with significant technical contribution
Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to clearly bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders
A strong sense of ownership, a bias for action, and a commitment to leading by example and mentoring others
What we offer:
Competitive compensation and stock equity plan
Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
Company sponsored pre-tax retirement savings program (401k)
A flexible work environment that supports working from home