Senior Engineering Manager, Onebrief

• You thrive in complex, high-stakes environments where clarity of purpose and ownership matter most. You’re energized by the challenge of building high-performing teams that solve deeply technical and user-centered problems. You have a bias for action and can balance the demands of delivering immediate results with building the foundation for future scale
• You’re comfortable working in ambiguous problem spaces, mapping technical unknowns, making deliberate tradeoffs, and steering teams toward high-leverage outcomes. You communicate directly and clearly, creating shared understanding so your team can operate with autonomy. You expect excellence from yourself and others, and you help your team grow into that standard
• Above all, you care about impact. You take pride in building systems that empower military staffs to plan faster and execute with confidence, knowing that their work directly supports national security outcomes
• 4+ years managing engineering teams delivering complex web applications
• 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience, including production work with React and Node.js
• Proven ability to lead teams through ambiguous, high-impact projects with clear direction and accountability
• Strong collaborator who partners effectively with Product, Design, and QA
• Experience managing the full talent lifecycle: hiring, growth, performance management, promotions, and off-boarding
• Skilled at setting expectations, aligning priorities, and maintaining sustainable velocity
• Solid grasp of modern web technologies, system design, and API-driven architecture
• Experience with data-rich, interactive applications or real-time collaboration tools
• Familiarity with scaling performance and reliability for complex front-end systems
• U.S. Citizenship required (clearance eligible), with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance (not required on day one)

Desirable

• As a Senior Engineering Manager for the Creator team, you’ll lead the group responsible for the core building blocks of operational planning inside Onebrief: the systems that manage geospatial and temporal data, and the various visual representations of fundamental data entities that underpin our planning workflows.
• This team’s mission is to make Onebrief indispensable to military staffs by enabling them to plan, synchronize, and visualize complex operations with confidence, speed, and precision
• You’ll lead the delivery of high-impact projects that strengthen Onebrief’s foundation as a first class operational planning tool, and work hand-in-hand with Product and Design to drive alignment and execution across ambitious initiatives. In parallel, you’ll scale the team effectively, maintaining high standards of quality and autonomy as it expands
• This role reports to the Director of Application Engineering and works in close partnership with Product, Design, and other Engineering leadership peers
• Lead and grow a team of full-stack engineers building Onebrief’s core planning artifacts, including Maps, Timelines, Cards (modular units of data), Card Lists, and Data Tables
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and QA to turn complex user problems into elegant, reliable, and performant solutions
• Develop and coach engineers, raising the bar for technical excellence, autonomy, and accountability across the team
• Scale the team by defining processes, boundaries, and ownership lines that enable the Creator team to split into two independent, high-velocity teams in the near future
• Shape the technical direction, partnering with architecture leads to modernize critical systems that underpin staff planning workflows