IA Collaborative

Engineering Manager

IA Collaborative

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $170,000 - $190,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptTypeScript

About the role

  • As an Engineering Manager at IA Collaborative, you’ll help shape and scale the technology platform that drives transformative digital experiences for clients.
  • Turn complex challenges into platform-level solutions, collaborating with vendor partners to build systems and tools that improve efficiency and deliver client success.
  • Architect solutions, build pipelines, manage vendor relationships, and establish best practices.
  • Apply the latest technologies to evolve our architecture, enhance products, and invent new ways to deliver client solutions that are fast, flexible, and grounded in user experience.
  • Define and drive the technical vision and engineering strategy aligned with business objectives.
  • Establish and enforce engineering standards, governance processes, and quality metrics.
  • Manage development platform capabilities and initiate research spikes/platform level improvement efforts.
  • Support platform architectural decisions and technical design reviews across product lines.
  • Prioritize technical debt reduction and platform modernization initiatives.
  • Manage and coordinate vendor engineering partners, ensuring technical cohesion and delivery excellence.
  • Collaborate with vendor engineering teams in managing resource prioritization across projects and product support needs.
  • Coordinate and assign incoming support tasks and tickets.
  • Ensure the reliability and scalability of software delivery pipelines and disaster recovery systems.
  • Manage product delivery infrastructure via CI/CD pipelines.
  • Own team velocity, delivery metrics, and engineering productivity KPIs.
  • Define engineering standards and practices for vendor integration and collaboration.
  • Lead technical reviews and architecture discussions with vendor engineering leads.
  • Establish and maintain technical documentation standards across all projects.
  • Support the architecting of complex system components when deep expertise is needed.
  • Develop monitoring architecture and implement monitoring agents, dashboards, escalations and alerts.
  • Lead and empower engineering teams to drive 0-1 product development and AI experimentation.
  • Collaborating across project teams and internal initiatives to define technical requirements and delivery timelines.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
  • 5+ years of software development experience with a strong technical foundation
  • 3+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience
  • Experience leading distributed or blended teams across multiple locations/partners
  • Strong understanding of modern software architecture, cloud platforms, and DevOps practices
  • Experience with Agile methodologies and engineering best practices
  • Track record of delivering complex technical projects on time and within budget
  • Excellence in technical communication and stakeholder management
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP beneficial)
  • Knowledge of security and compliance practices (e.g., NIST, SOC2, GDPR)
  • Ability to work from our Chicago office 3 days per week and travel to client sites as needed
  • Experience with modern development languages and frameworks (Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, etc)
  • All applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; IA Collaborative will not sponsor applicants for employment visas.