Software Engineering Manager

About SINAI

SINAI is a San Francisco–based climate technology company helping enterprises measure, analyze, and reduce carbon emissions. Our platform supports complex reporting, modeling, and regulatory workflows that enable companies to meet ambitious decarbonization targets.

We value ownership, collaboration, and pragmatic execution. We look for leaders who care deeply about people, create clarity in ambiguous environments, and help teams deliver reliable software without unnecessary process.

The Role

We're hiring a mid-level Engineering Manager to support the growth of our Engineering organization. This is a newly created role, designed to split management responsibilities as the team scales.

You'll manage a cross-functional team of Frontend Engineers, Backend Engineers, and Quality Engineers, with a strong focus on predictable delivery, team health, and execution quality. You'll partner closely with Tech Leads, Product Managers, and the Engineering Director to ensure the team ships reliably while continuing to improve how we work.

This role is people-first, but not hands-off. You'll spend up to 40% of your time contributing code in non-critical-path areas (e.g. vulnerability patches, upgrades, maintenance work), and the rest focused on leadership, delivery, and team development.

This is a fully remote role, hiring out of Brazil, and requires strong English communication skills.

What You'll Do
People & Team Leadership

• Manage and support a team of engineers across frontend, backend, and quality disciplines
• Own hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development for your direct reports
• Foster a healthy, inclusive, and psychologically safe team environment
• Maintain regular 1:1s, provide actionable feedback, and support individual growth

Delivery & Execution

• Own execution and delivery for projects led by your team
• Partner with Tech Leads to ensure plans are realistic, risks are visible, and work is well-sequenced
• Drive predictable delivery while balancing quality, scope, and team sustainability
• Be accountable for team-level OKRs and delivery outcomes

Technical Contribution (Hands-On)

• Contribute code up to ~40% of your time, primarily in:
  • Vulnerability updates and dependency upgrades
  • Maintenance and system hygiene work
  • Non-critical-path production code
• Be technically credible and able to review designs and pull requests, without acting as the primary technical decision-maker

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Managers on capacity planning, prioritization, and delivery tradeoffs
• Participate in product discovery alongside Product and Design
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders about progress, risks, and timelines

Process & Improvement

• Own and support SOC 2 compliance activities relevant to your team
• Identify delivery, quality, or communication challenges and experiment with process improvements
• Evolve team processes pragmatically, in alignment with the Engineering Director
• Help reduce tech debt and improve known friction points in how the team operates

Required Qualifications

• Prior experience as an Engineering Manager managing software engineers
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams
• Strong people leadership skills, with a focus on team health and sustainable delivery
• Comfort working in early-stage or scaling environments with high ambiguity
• Enough technical depth to contribute code, review work, and partner effectively with Tech Leads
• Experience owning delivery, hiring, and performance management
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Experience working effectively with remote teams

Nice to Have

• Experience managing frontend, backend, and QA roles together
• Experience in SaaS or enterprise software environments
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2
• Prior experience scaling teams or reducing manager span of control
• Background as a software engineer before moving into management

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