Software Engineering Manager
Spellbook · Remote · St. John's ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- St. John's based
- Technical leadership role
- AI & LegalTech focus
- Hands-on management
- Series B funded
Join Spellbook as an Engineering Manager to guide a small team developing AI-powered contract solutions for lawyers. You will balance technical direction with people management, focusing on product outcomes and engineering quality while staying hands-on with architecture and implementation.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with product and design to identify customer problems and define solutions
- Set technical direction based on customer impact and business value
- Lead delivery while ensuring code quality, reliability, and results
- Prototype features and contribute directly to architecture and implementation
- Evaluate and adopt coding agents and automation to improve development speed
- Define standards for reviewing and operating software produced by engineers and AI
- Mentor engineers on technical judgment, product thinking, and AI usage
What you'll need
- 5+ years of software development experience with technical leadership background
- Strong system design and web development skills in JavaScript/TypeScript
- Proficiency with React, Node, and AWS infrastructure
- Experience leading the development and operation of production software
- Regular use of coding agents or AI tools to enhance development workflows
- Ability to make pragmatic architecture decisions and prototype solutions
- Strong product judgment to translate ambiguous problems into shipped features
- Clear communication skills to align engineering, product, and design teams
Nice to have
- Experience building LLM-based products or agent workflows
- Familiarity with operating AI systems securely in production
- Track record of launching new products at scale
- Founder experience or roles with broad ownership responsibilities
Stack
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- Node
- AWS
How you'll work
- Candidates must be located in St. John's
- Flexible work environment focused on outcomes
- Holiday closure and generous time off policies
What you get
- Company-paid group benefits for employee and family
- $1,000 allowance towards mental health support
- Monthly paid meals and annual wellness allowance
- Parental leave top-ups
- Competitive stock option grants