Engineering Manager

About the role

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and scale a high-performing engineering team building the core infrastructure behind PermitFlow. This is a builder-leader role. You will own both people leadership and technical execution in a fast-moving environment where systems are complex, ambiguous, and deeply connected to real-world outcomes. You will report directly to our VP of Engineering. Our VP strongly values hands-on technical leadership—the best-fit EMs here are deeply technical, strong communicators, and comfortable staying close to architecture, system design, and the codebase to make high-quality technical decisions. You will be expected to drive your own roadmap end-to-end from technical direction and execution planning through delivery and customer impact—ensuring what your team builds consistently performs in production and delivers real value to users.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team, raising the bar for ownership, quality, and execution speed
• Build strong engineering culture through clear expectations, 1:1s, feedback loops, and career development
• Define technical direction across architecture, scalability, reliability, and long-term system evolution
• Own roadmap planning and execution from definition through delivery and customer impact
• Partner closely with product, design, and leadership to translate ambiguous real-world problems into scalable systems
• Drive delivery of critical infrastructure used across thousands of jurisdictions
• Improve system reliability, observability, performance, and engineering efficiency
• Play a key role in hiring and developing engineers and future leaders

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years in software engineering, including 1+ year in engineering leadership
• Experience building and scaling engineering teams in startup or high-growth environments
• Strong system design and architecture fundamentals (scalable web or distributed systems)
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and turn unclear problems into structured execution
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• High standards for engineering quality, reliability, and performance
• Deep technical fluency—comfortable engaging with code review, architecture, and tradeoffs
• Bonus: experience in workflow-heavy, enterprise SaaS, or infrastructure products
• Bonus: exposure to complex regulated environments (construction, logistics, government systems, etc.)

Why This Role Matters

This is not a maintenance role—it is a systems-building role at the foundation of a category being created in real time. PermitFlow sits at the intersection of fragmented real-world regulatory infrastructure, high-friction physical-economy workflows, and emerging AI systems capable of automating end-to-end complexity. The systems built here directly impact how quickly housing and infrastructure projects move from idea to execution. This role offers rare leverage: your decisions will shape both the engineering organization and the core product surface area at an early but rapidly scaling company.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company
• 100% company-paid base medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees + healthcare FSA
• 401(k) savings plan
• Unlimited PTO and paid family leave
• Home office & equipment stipend
• Daily in-office lunch and dinner provided
• Commuter benefits (pre-tax transit and parking)