Engineering Manager MVP Development Team

Roe: Engineering Manager MVP Development Team
Location: Remote (Pacific Time Zone required); preference for San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Seattle metro, with occasional travel to the local hub Engagement:
Duration: Long Term Contract
Contract Domain: Enterprise SaaS for the public sector financials, HR payroll, procurement, and workforce management for government agencies
About the Role
• We're standing up a development team to build an MVP demonstrating full enterprise ERP-style capability for the public sector.
• We need an Engineering Manager to lead that team, own technical execution, and make sure the MVP hits its demo milestone on a modern, well-architected stack.
What You'll Do
• Hire, lead, and manage the engineering team building the MVP (mix of local and offshore distributed engineers)
• Partner with the Product Manager to translate MVP scope into a technical plan, architecture, and delivery timeline Choose and stand up a modern, current-generation tech stack cloud-native infrastructure, modern frontend backend frameworks, CI CD, and scalable data architecture
• Drive engineering execution and unblock the team to hit the MVP demo deadline Set technical standards for code quality, security, and scalability appropriate for a future enterprise government-grade product Evaluate and incorporate AI ML tooling where it strengthens the product or accelerates delivery (nice to have, not required)
• Represent engineering in occasional in-person planning or demo sessions at the preferred coastal hub
What You Bring
• Proven experience managing engineering teams delivering SaaS products, ideally in ERP, GovTech, HR HCM, or other enterprise domains
• Hands-on technical depth to make architecture and stack decisions, not just people management
• Experience building an MVP 0→1 product, including managing scope and technical debt trade-offs under a deadline Comfort managing distributed and or offshore engineering resources
• Based anywhere in the continental US but able to work core hours in Pacific Time
• Strong preference for candidates based in or near San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Seattle, with willingness to travel occasionally to that location for in-person work
• Nice to Have Experience with AI ML integration into product features or developer workflows Background in public sector, civic tech, or compliance-heavy enterprise software

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