The Engineering Manager will lead and mentor engineering teams, provide technical direction, and ensure project execution while fostering a collaborative work culture.
About the Company
At Flow, we’re reimagining what it means to live, work, and connect. More than just a real estate company, Flow is a brand, a technology platform, and an operations ecosystem spanning condominiums, hotels, multifamily residences, and office spaces. We’re building a new kind of living experience: one that’s flexible, connected, and designed to create genuine community and real value for the people who call Flow home.
Our mission is oneness: prioritizing our residents and their experiences, and fostering connection with ourselves, their neighbors, and the natural world. By putting people at the center of everything we do, we’re creating vibrant, human-centered communities where life, work, creativity, and play all come together in one place.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our engineering teams. This role combines strategic technical leadership with people management, requiring someone who can set technical direction, make critical architectural decisions, and build high-performing teams. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who remains technically engaged while empowering and developing engineers.
We believe employees are better together. Every position at Flow has an onsite or in-office requirement.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Technical Leadership: Provide technical direction for full stack systems, making key architectural and systems-level decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and security. Stay engaged with hands-on technical work on complex systems and critical projects.
- Team Leadership and Development: Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering their technical growth and ensuring high-quality output. Create a collaborative, high-performing culture that aligns with Flow's values of integrity, trust, and excellence.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, operations, and engineering teams to define clear requirements and translate them into scalable, maintainable software solutions. Effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Execution and Delivery: Balance technical excellence with pragmatic decision-making to deliver continuous value to the business. Drive projects forward, identifying and resolving blockers to maintain momentum.
- Talent Development: Contribute to recruitment and hiring of engineering talent. Foster an environment of continuous learning, accountability, and teamwork.
Qualifications
- Technical Expertise: 10+ years of software engineering & management experience with deep knowledge of full stack systems, distributed systems principles, high availability, fault tolerance, and system efficiency. Proficiency in multiple modern programming languages with ability to adapt to new technologies quickly.
- Leadership Experience: Proven experience managing and developing engineering teams, with demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, resolve conflicts, and drive performance improvements.
- Architectural Thinking: Strong track record of making high-level architectural decisions that balance technical feasibility with business goals. Experience working in fast-paced, product-driven environments.
- Communication Skills: Excellent ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly across teams and to non-technical audiences. Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
- Cultural Fit: Alignment with Flow's values of innovation, excellence, and teamwork. Demonstrated commitment to building positive, inclusive work environments.
Benefits
• Comprehensive Benefits Package (Medical / Dental / Vision / Disability / Life)
• Paid time off and 13 paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Access to HSA-compatible plans
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), free therapy through SpringHealth, acupuncture, and other wellness offerings
Flow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and hires regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity and/or expression, pregnancy, Veteran status any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, we provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.
Top Skills
Distributed Systems
Full Stack Systems
Programming Languages
Similar Jobs
Automotive • Professional Services • Software • Consulting • Energy • Chemical • Renewable Energy
The Engineering Leader will manage teams, drive process improvements, ensure compliance, and support sales through customer engagement in the electrical device industry.
Top Skills:
Electrical EngineeringEngineeringProject Management
eCommerce • Fintech • Information Technology • Payments • Software
The Payments Network Portfolio Engineering Leader is responsible for leading engineering teams, overseeing payment product development, ensuring compliance with standards, and driving innovation in payment solutions.
Top Skills:
APIsCloud PlatformsMicroservices Architectures
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead diverse technology projects and a team of developers, delivering cloud-based solutions and mentoring within the engineering community.
Top Skills:
AWSCSSDockerGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesNoSQLOpen Source RdbmsPythonSQLTypescript
What you need to know about the NYC Tech Scene
As the undisputed financial capital of the world, New York City is an epicenter of startup funding activity. The city has a thriving fintech scene and is a major player in verticals ranging from AI to biotech, cybersecurity and digital media. It also has universities like NYU, Columbia and Cornell Tech attracting students and researchers from across the globe, providing the ecosystem with a constant influx of world-class talent. And its East Coast location and three international airports make it a perfect spot for European companies establishing a foothold in the United States.
Key Facts About NYC Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 549,200; 6% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Capgemini, Bloomberg, IBM, Spotify
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, Fintech
- Funding Landscape: $25.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Greycroft, Thrive Capital, Union Square Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Tribeca Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Two Sigma Ventures
- Research Centers and Universities: Columbia University, New York University, Fordham University, CUNY, AI Now Institute, Flatiron Institute, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, NASA Space Radiation Laboratory
