Engineering Manager

We are seeking an exceptional Engineering Manager to join our growing Cloud Native Applications team. The right candidate is someone who has deep expertise in designing and building applications, creating AI-first software solutions, and is passionate about leading teams to work with our customers, partners, and colleagues to drive innovation forward.

Your mission will be to work alongside and lead Caylent’s Software Engineers, Architects, Sales, and Project Managers to deliver AWS solutions across our diverse and forward-thinking customer base. You’ll be hands-on with the latest technologies and support customers looking to bring cutting-edge ideas to market.

• Manage a team of 5-8 direct reports including software engineers and architects. 
• Perform people-leadership tasks including regular 1:1 meetings, performance reviews, performance management discussions, and career growth conversations to support the development and improvement of your direct reports.
• Lead software development project teams to deliver AI-first, production-ready client solutions.
• Lead and own technical requirements gathering, technical decision making, backlog generation and refinement, and all architectural decisions.
• Lead discovery sessions to gather customer requirements and formulate them into a workable backlog.
• Build architecture diagrams to document, communicate, and defend your solution design.
• Apply your expertise in AI-first software development as a hands-on, contributing member of the technical team.
• Create, automate, and refine multiple levels of AI-driven testing.
• Coach and mentor teammates, provide guidance and assistance to software engineers.
• Collaborate with project managers, peers, and leaders to navigate client, technical, and team challenges with strong conflict resolution and leadership.
• Support pre-sales efforts through scope development discussions, contract document review, and client presentations when needed.

Core Consulting Qualifications

Customer Experience

• Expertise in confidently addressing client questions and identifying gaps in requirements with proposed next steps.
• Focus on delivering clear, actionable solutions that meet client goals

Collaboration

• Facilitate alignment across stakeholders, technical priorities, and deliverables.
• Navigate differing perspectives with professionalism to ensure shared understanding and progress.

Communication

• Break down and communicate complex technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences in a clear, concise manner.
• Adapt communication style based on audience and context to improve clarity and decision-making.

• 6+ years of proven experience in software development and AWS cloud-native systems.
• 2+ years of previous experience managing a team of technical direct reports
• Experience managing professional services engagements and cross-functional projects
• Strong background in established engineering practices and scalable architectures.
• Experience with more than one backend language such as Python, Node.js, C#, or TypeScript; and familiarity with frontend frameworks such as React, Vue, MVC, or .NET. Broad expertise is a plus, but proficiency across every technology listed is not required.
• Learning and building with AI both for productivity and for enhancing client solutions.
• Deep experience and expertise building with AWS.
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Experience in API integrations across applications, vendors, and cloud environments.
• Understanding of modern application architectures including event-based systems, queues, microservices.
• Desire to integrate innovative technologies into development workflow.
• Proven ability to lead a workstream and support others while contributing individually.

• Degree in a computing-related field
• Experience with: UX/UI, LLMs, AgentCore, GenAI, automated testing, CI/CD, IaC