Engineering Manager

SOCKET

Engineering Manager leading a remote engineering team at Socket, helping navigate ambiguity and technical challenges while delivering quality solutions.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership and accountability while balancing technical investments with business needs. Possesses excellent communication skills to align team priorities and engage in architectural discussions effectively.

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Engineering Team LeadershipArchitectural Decision-MakingTypeScript/JavaScript ProficiencyRemote Team ManagementProduct Sense

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Hard Skills

Technical JudgmentArchitectural DiscussionsProcess ImprovementAutomationEngineering Fundamentals

Soft Skills

CommunicationProblem-SolvingTeam AlignmentDecision-MakingContinuous Improvement

Industry Keywords

Fast-Moving EnvironmentHigh-Performing TeamOwnership CultureAccountabilityCustomer Engagement

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and grow a high-performing team of engineers by building a culture of trust, ownership, and autonomy where people can do their best work, make decisions, and continue to develop.
Partner closely with engineering and go-to-market stakeholders to ensure the team is solving the right problems - not just building the right solutions.
Stay engaged with technical decisions, helping the team reason through architecture, trade-offs, and complexity, without needing to make every decision yourself.
Improve the process of how we work, identifying bottlenecks, refining processes, and automating away toil.
Bring clarity to ambiguous problems by helping the team align on priorities, make thoughtful decisions, and maintain strong execution.
Balance long-term technical investments with near-term business needs, ensuring the team delivers sustainable, high-quality outcomes.
Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement where engineers are empowered to lead and make decisions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience leading engineering teams in a fast-moving environment where priorities and solutions are not always clearly defined.
Instinct to step toward ambiguous or unowned problems, including the unglamorous seams between teams.
Strong technical judgment and the ability to engage deeply in architectural discussions, understand trade-offs, and guide technical decisions.
Comfort working in a TypeScript/JavaScript ecosystem is a plus, though we value strong engineering fundamentals over experience with a specific language or framework.
Strong product sense: able to talk directly to customers, absorb inputs from many sources, and determine how a product should work.
Communication that keeps other teams informed on your team’s goals, needs, and progress, and that provides your team with enough context to make good decisions even if you aren’t in the room.
Experience managing in a remote environment, ideally with a globally-distributed team.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Market competitive salary bands
Meaningful equity program
Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family (99% coverage)
Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
Paid parental leave
Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites