Hands-on Software Engineering Manager // Must be near Cambridge MA

Kelly Services Inc.
Cambridge, MA, United States
5 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Cloud Engineering Distributed Systems Node.Js Online Databases Software Engineering TypeScript ReactJS Apache Spark Backend Apache Flink Real Time Data
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Apache Kafka Vertica

Requirements

  • Significant experience working on scalability and performance projects, P99 latency, etc.
  • Demonstrated track record leading software projects with teams of 5-6 engineers, driving technical execution and cross-functional collaboration
  • Background working on teams that own online databases, platform infrastructure, or customer-facing backend services
  • Experience working at product-focused technology companies rather than internal IT organizations

Desired Skills & Experience

  • Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS
  • Experience with Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink, Spark, or similar real-time data infrastructure technologies

What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • React
  • AWS
  • Distributed Systems
  • Real-Time Data Infrastructure
  • Cloud-Native Architecture
  • High-Scale Backend Services

Benefits & conditions

  • 40% Designing and building scalable backend services and cloud infrastructure
  • 25% Leading technical projects and coordinating efforts across teams of 5-6 engineers
  • 15% Architecting new product features and platform capabilities
  • 10% Performance tuning, scalability improvements, and system reliability initiatives
  • 10% Mentoring engineers, conducting design reviews, and contributing to technical strategy

The Offer

  • Competitive base salary and extremely generous equity package
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible PTO and paid holidays
  • Hybrid Boston office environment
  • Opportunity to influence architecture and technical direction at an early-stage company
  • Strong career growth opportunities into technical leadership and organizational influence

LI-ME1

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

About the company

This employer is a 50 person AI-driven startup building a modern CRM platform that helps businesses better manage, activate, and leverage their customer data. By combining automation, intelligent insights, and scalable infrastructure, the organization is redefining how teams engage with customers and make data-driven decisions. They are actively hiring Senior and Staff Software Engineers to help build out their Boston engineering office, focusing on highly scalable backend systems and cloud-native applications using TypeScript, Node.js, React, and AWS.

This is an opportunity to join a high-growth engineering team tackling complex distributed systems and large-scale data challenges. Ideal candidates will bring experience building mission-critical backend services at scale, leading engineering initiatives, and mentoring teams. Engineers coming from product-focused technology companies or startups solving difficult systems, infrastructure, analytics, or scalability problems will find significant ownership, impact, and growth opportunities in this role.

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