Engineering Manager
Kin Insurance · Remote · Remote (United States) ·
COMPENSATION
$140k – $190k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Engineering Manager
- Fully remote (US/Canada)
- Player-coach role
- AWS + Distributed Systems
- No visa sponsorship
Join Kin as an Engineering Manager to drive scalable architecture and elevate engineering execution. You will lead a full-stack team through the decomposition of monolithic systems into distributed, modular services, balancing rapid product development with long-term system reliability.
As a hands-on leader, you will contribute code while setting technical direction. The role requires partnering with Product to ship roadmap features and strengthening engineering standards across the organization.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop a high-performing full-stack engineering team
- Contribute meaningful production code as a player-coach
- Drive delivery of roadmap initiatives with predictable execution
- Champion API-first design and schema-first development practices
- Guide decomposition of monoliths into modular distributed services
- Establish best practices for observability and resilience
- Partner with Product to align technical strategy with business goals
- Participate in recruiting and hiring to strengthen the team
What you'll need
- Minimum 8 years of hands-on software development experience
- Proven experience managing or leading engineering teams
- Success acting as a player-coach contributing to codebase
- Experience building distributed systems and decomposing monoliths
- Hands-on experience with API-first workflows like OpenAPI
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and message queues
- Strong command of the full software development lifecycle
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks like React or Vue
- Familiarity with BI or big-data technologies such as Looker
- Experience with Ruby on Rails or similar backend frameworks
- Exposure to regulated industries like insurance or finance
Stack
- AWS
- OpenAPI
- Swagger
- React
- Angular
- Vue
- Ruby on Rails
- Looker
- BigTable
How you'll work
- Remote-first company with offices in Chicago and St. Petersburg
- Must reside in specific US states or Ontario, Canada
- Full-time position
What you get
- Competitive salary and company equity via RSUs
- 401(k) with company match up to 4%
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage options
- Company-funded HSA contributions
- Flexible PTO and 8 company-observed holidays
- Paid parental leave up to 14 weeks at full pay
- Professional development budgets for learning
Hiring process
- Resume screening by in-house recruiters
- Interviews with recruiters and hiring managers
- Skills assessment relevant to the position
- Interviews with team members