- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · published
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Manager
- Source
- Workable
Description
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead Scientific Data Engineers (SDE) spread across multiple forward deployed engineering squads and drive both technical and organizational excellence. This role is ideal for a leader who can zoom out to see systemic inefficiencies across teams and processes, then roll up their sleeves to fix them — while also building a culture where engineers do their best work.
What You'll Do
Team & People Leadership
- Supervise and guide SDEs in each squad in planning, implementation, testing, and documentation. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across teams.
- Lead by example - comfortable with diving deeper into organizational and technical challenges and help the team navigate ambiguity and vagueness.
- Manage performance, career development, and org design as teams scale
- Hire, mentor, and retain strong engineering talent; build a pipeline of future technical leaders
Operational Excellence
- Proactively identify inefficiencies in engineering workflows, processes, and cross-team handoffs — don't wait to be told something is broken
- Design and implement systems (planning cadences, metrics, tooling) that increase velocity and reduce friction across teams
- Establish and track meaningful engineering metrics (cycle time, deployment frequency, incident rates, etc.) to guide decisions
- Drive continuous process improvement, balancing speed with sustainability
Technical & Engineering Excellence
- Set and uphold engineering standards for code quality, architecture, testing, and operational reliability across teams
- Partner with tech leads and architects on key technical decisions and trade-offs
- Champion best practices in system design, scalability, and maintainability
- Stay close enough to the technical details to ask sharp questions and unblock teams when needed
Strategy & Cross-Functional Partnership
- Translate company and product strategy into actionable engineering roadmaps across multiple teams
- Partner closely with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to align priorities and timelines
- Communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs clearly to executive leadership
- Own budget, headcount planning, and resource allocation for your organization
Benefits
<p>100% employer paid benefits for all eligible employees and immediate family members.</p><p>401K.</p><p>Unlimited paid time off (PTO).</p><p>Company paid Life Insurance, LTD/STD.</p><p>The salary range for this position is $150K-$230K USD. The salary range posted reflects our target baseline for this role. Final compensation is determined by a thorough evaluation of factors including the candidate’s specific experience, localized market data, and internal team equity.</p><p></p><p>This position isn't eligible for visa sponsorship</p>