# Engineering Manager

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager

An Engineering Manager leads a team of engineers, most commonly in software or technology companies, balancing people management with technical oversight of products and systems. The role combines team leadership and mentorship with steering the software development lifecycle, running agile/scrum methodology ceremonies, and making decisions on technical architecture, all while keeping projects on schedule through solid project management. Engineering managers are usually former senior engineers who have transitioned into leadership roles that blend coaching, hiring, and cross-functional coordination.

Top skills: [Project Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/project-management), [Team Leadership](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/team-leadership)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [Aerospace Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/aerospace-engineer), [Automation Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/automation-engineer), [Industrial Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/industrial-engineer), [Lead Front End Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/lead-front-end-developer), [Manufacturing Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/manufacturing-engineer), [Mobile Application Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/mobile-application-developer), [Process Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/process-engineer), [Reliability Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/reliability-engineer), [Senior Android Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-android-developer), [Senior Android Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-android-engineer), [Senior Back End Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-back-end-engineer), [Senior Biomedical Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-biomedical-engineer), [Senior Blockchain Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-blockchain-engineer), [Senior Chemical Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-chemical-engineer), [Senior Civil Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-civil-engineer), [Senior Electrical Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-electrical-engineer), [Senior Electronics Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-electronics-engineer), [Senior Energy Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-energy-engineer), [Senior Environmental Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-environmental-engineer), [Senior Hardware Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-hardware-engineer), [Senior iOS Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-ios-developer), [Senior iOS Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-ios-engineer), [Senior Java Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-java-engineer), [Senior Mechanical Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-mechanical-engineer), [Senior Mobile Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-mobile-developer), [Senior Mobile Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-mobile-engineer), [Senior Validation Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-validation-engineer), [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer)
- Often leads to: [Director of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-engineering)

## Similar roles

[DevOps Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/devops-manager), [Director of Product Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-product-management), [IT Director](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/it-director), [Principal Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/principal-engineer), [Product Development Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/product-development-manager), [Software Development Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-development-manager), [Software Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineering-manager), [Staff Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/staff-engineer), [Technical Program Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/technical-program-manager), [UI/UX Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/ui-ux-manager)

## Open Engineering Manager roles (238)

- [Engineering Manager, GPU Infrastructure](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cohere/28239d75-5dd9-41fb-ba43-cb08b491be2b/application) at [Cohere](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cohere) — Full-time, United States, Canada, CA$330,000 – CA$400,000 (listed on Cohere's own careers site)
- [Engineering Manager, Billing Platform](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sentry/9b7ba790-75d1-404c-bf9f-c3776179f7f2/application) at [Sentry](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/sentry) — San Francisco, CA · Remote, $220,000 – $450,000 (listed on Sentry's own careers site)
- [Engineering Manager](https://jabil.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jabil_Careers/job/Memphis-TN/Engineering-Manager_J2460985) at [Jabil](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/jabil) (listed on Jabil's own careers site)
- [Senior Manager, R&D](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Crusoe/14e5f5a1-cb56-4b3e-ac4c-a31152b6fcbf/application) at [Crusoe](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crusoe) — Full-time, Denver, CO, $132,000 – $165,000 (listed on Crusoe's own careers site)
- [Engineering Manager](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/confido/10fbb497-7893-422f-bca5-1c72084faddc/application) at [Confido](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/confido) — New York, NY, $260,000 – $320,000 (listed on Confido's own careers site)
- [Engineering Manager](https://flir.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/flircareers/job/US---Exton-PA/Engineering-Manager_REQ35580-1) at [FLIR Systems](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/flir-systems) — Exton, PA (listed on FLIR Systems's own careers site)
- [Engineering Manager](https://group1001wd.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/Remote-Location/Principal-Engineer_R26_0272) at [Group 1001](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/group-1001) — Remote Location (listed on Group 1001's own careers site)
- [Nuclear Technical Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b865f04b-c276-4762-8de6-03c90609c0c9/nuclear-technical-manager-at-crane-co) at [Crane Co.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crane-co) — Twinsburg, OH
- [Senior Director, AI Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/87723469-075e-426b-8992-c95a4f48d75f/senior-director-ai-engineering-at-dataminr) at [Dataminr](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/dataminr) — Full-time, $229,600 – $337,000
- [IT Middleware Production Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5a64be6b-8148-4ea9-9e00-ca31ec5c354b/it-middleware-production-manager-at-american-international-group) at [American International Group](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/american-international-group) — Sumida-ku

All 238 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?q=Engineering%20Manager

## Likely next role (14)

Where Engineering Managers commonly go next: [Director of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-engineering).

- [Director of Engineering](https://mymvw.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MVW/job/Sheraton-Steamboat-Resort-Villas/Director-of-Engineering_JR92009) at [Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/marriott-vacations-worldwide-corporation) — Sheraton Steamboat Resort Villas (listed on Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation's own careers site)
- [Director, Core Digital Platforms](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/493ab8df-15ea-4e16-ac50-12d5b5fba4ff/director-core-digital-platforms-at-shake-shack) at [Shake Shack](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shake-shack) — Full-time, Atlanta, GA
- [Director, Autonomous Vehicles Platform](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d505544a-cb96-4e23-98b1-d19b79f2f6fa/director-autonomous-vehicles-platform-at-nvidia) at [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia) — Full-time, Santa Clara, CA, $320,000 – $488,750
- [Director, Cash-In Engineering Partner](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a5064548-77f2-4321-bf8b-88bf15b96ccf/director-cash-in-engineering-partner-at-lseg) at [LSEG](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lseg)
- [Director Product and Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d944c0d9-3c4e-416c-a345-e98da03cdde7/director-product-and-engineering-at-the-home-depot) at [The Home Depot](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/the-home-depot) — Atlanta, GA
- [Director, Infrastructure Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/21421b0c-0d87-4013-bfe1-3ee4a4219de2/director-infrastructure-engineering-at-columbia-sportswear) at [Columbia Sportswear](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/columbia-sportswear) — Full-time, Portland, OR
- [Director, Software Engineering & Architecture - FreeWheel](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/bdf4c849-b8c1-4f35-a2df-c7e47d4cc6ba/director-software-engineering-architecture-freewheel-at-comcast) at [Comcast](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/comcast) — Chicago, IL, $172,261 – $258,392
- [Director of Engineering – vSphere Kubernetes Service](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a88f4948-ff0c-4458-95b2-d162e181dd37/director-of-engineering-vsphere-kubernetes-service-at-broadcom-inc) at [Broadcom Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/broadcom-inc) — USA-CA - Promontory B, $174,400 – $279,000
- [Director of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8066011d-bbfe-449a-8885-7c2d461eea3c/director-of-forward-deployed-engineering-at-vercel) at [Vercel](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/vercel) — Full-time, New York, NY, $240,000 – $300,000
- [Director, AI Center of Excellence](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/24cbfdc3-cc69-4232-9285-af46d74bfe22/director-ai-center-of-excellence-at-instructure) at [Instructure](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/instructure) — US-REMOTE, $200,000 – $220,000

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- [Principal Engineer](https://elevancehealth.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ANT/job/GA-ATLANTA-740-W-PEACHTREE-ST-NW/Principal-Engineer_JR201269) at [Elevance Health](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/elevance-health) — Atlanta, GA (listed on Elevance Health's own careers site)
- [Software Engineering Manager](https://hpe.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jobsathpe/job/Durham-North-Carolina-United-States-of-America/Software-Engineering-Manager_1212912-2) at [Juniper Networks](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/juniper-networks) — Durham, NC (listed on Juniper Networks's own careers site)
- [Technical Program Manager](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/about/job-post?gh_jid=6155073004) at [Agility Robotics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/agility-robotics) — Salem, OR (listed on Agility Robotics's own careers site)
- [Staff Engineer](https://shipt.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Shipt_External/job/Staff-Engineer_R4160) at [Shipt](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shipt) (listed on Shipt's own careers site)
- [Product Development Manager](https://ur.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/URcareers/job/Remote-Office/Product-Development-Manager_98724-1) at [United Rentals](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/united-rentals) (listed on United Rentals's own careers site)
- [Senior Manager, Engineering Operations](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Crusoe/99d40269-cad3-4969-a166-f7ad47ef5668/application) at [Crusoe](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crusoe) — Full-time, San Francisco, CA, $230,000 – $280,000 (listed on Crusoe's own careers site)
- [Technical Program Manager](https://motorolasolutions.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/Richardson-TX-TX145/Technical-Program-Manager_R63062) at [Motorola Solutions](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/motorola-solutions) — Richardson, TX (listed on Motorola Solutions's own careers site)
- [Principal Engineer](https://jabil.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jabil_Careers/job/Chihuahua/Principal-Engineer_J2458969) at [Jabil](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/jabil) — Chihuahua (listed on Jabil's own careers site)
- [Staff Engineer](https://frostbank.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/external/job/San-Antonio-TX---One-Frost/Staff-Engineer_R260664) at [Frost Bank](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/frost-bank) (listed on Frost Bank's own careers site)
- [Senior Director, Intelligent Equipment - Sensing, Analytics, and Digital Innovation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a1df081e-743a-42a8-842e-0cd0d2227fd6/senior-director-intelligent-equipment-sensing-analytics-and-digital-innovation) at [Beckman Coulter](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/beckman-coulter) — $210,000 – $275,000

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