Senior Engineering Manager
Title: Senior Engineering Manager
Location: Boston, MA [hybrid]
Reporting Structure: This role reports to the Head of Product & Engineering
Company Description
CivilGrid is a venture-backed SaaS construction tech company building the "Google Maps for the Underground." Come help us disrupt a $4.7T US industry segment that desperately needs innovation. This opportunity has tremendous upside as it scales.
CivilGrid aggregates public and proprietary utility, geotechnical, environmental, and jurisdictional data. The consolidated information is sold via our collaborative SaaS mapping platform to engineers and developers who need it to make early-stage decisions on real estate and infrastructure projects. Real time data access reduces labor and project delays, accelerates decision making and reduces project risk. Collaborative features ensure faster information flow and decisioning inside and outside the organization and better project insight retention over time.
Responsibilities
As a small team, we all wear many hats and enjoy tackling new challenges. We're seeking an experienced engineering leader who thrives in a hands-on environment who’ll shape the direction of the engineering organization and how we operate as we scale. We don't expect you to have a background in everything we use, but we do expect strong technical skills, exceptional communication, and a track record of leading high-performing engineering teams through ambiguity and scale. We're looking for builders who still know how to code even if it's not part of the day-to-day.
You will be responsible for:
Lead and develop a fast-paced engineering team, providing clear direction, feedback, mentorship, and coaching
Own planning and execution across projects while helping engineers stay unblocked, focused, and aligned
Define and evolve our hiring process, standards, and team structure as we grow
Build the processes, expectations, and culture that will support CivilGrid's next phase of growth
Is this you?
You’re technical and have minimum 3 years experience in engineering leadership
Proven track record of growing and managing high-performing engineering teams
Comfortable in a greenfield environment and excited to shape, design, and stand up new systems
Strong communication skills - verbal and written
Have a few war stories to share on running high scale production systems
Bonus: BS/MS in Computer Science or similar
Bonus: Prior startup or founder experience
Perks
Interesting and challenging work
Lots of room for growth
Competitive salary and equity
Health insurance
Flexible and remote-friendly work environment
FSA (health and dependent care)
Unlimited PTO