Engineering Manager (US Remote)

Job Description

Job Description

Who we are :

Alignable is the largest online network of small business owners, with over 9 million members across North America. Our mission is to empower small businesses by helping them build trusted relationships and grow through referrals, connections, and community.

We don't just connect business owners—we unlock the hidden potential in their existing networks by revealing second- and third-degree relationships that drive real business growth. Think of it like this : when a software engineer realizes their college roommate's older brother is the hiring manager at the startup they want to join, or when a founder discovers their neighbor's former colleague is exactly the technical co-founder they need—that's our platform at work, but for small businesses. We built the technology that makes those invisible connections visible.

Here's the technical challenge we've solved : we're processing relationship data across 30,000+ communities , building recommendation engines that surface the most valuable connections, and creating trust-based networking algorithms that actually work. This isn't just social networking—it's relationship intelligence at scale.

With 20,000+ new freemium members joining each week, we're entering a new phase of scale where product-led growth (PLG) is core to our transformation. As a profitable Series C company, we're not burning cash hoping to find revenue—we're scaling proven technology that millions of real entrepreneurs depend on to build their businesses.

Your work here directly impacts the backbone of the American economy. Small businesses employ nearly half of all American workers, and when your code helps them find customers, suppliers, or services through trusted referrals, you're making a tangible difference in millions of lives.

If you want to empower the small business owner through a networking platform unlike any other, let's talk.

What you will be doing :

Hybrid team manager and individual contributor.

You'll be leading a team of 3-5 software engineers and its delivery toward driving positive outcomes while being hands-on enough to commit code regularly. You're joining Alignable as we're integrating AI throughout our platform, bringing AI-powered features to life for 9+ million small business owners.

Your People Leadership : You'll conduct regular 1 : 1s with your direct reports, helping assign projects that play to their individual strengths while building their skill sets. You'll run performance reviews and provide career coaching while fostering a collaborative team environment. You'll be the person your engineers come to for both technical guidance and professional development.

Your Technical Leadership : You'll perform code reviews, make architectural decisions, and jump into technical challenges when your team needs senior expertise. You'll manage team delivery cadence using tools such as JIRA while personally tackling complex React / TypeScript problems and debugging challenging issues that require deep technical knowledge. You'll take clear goals with ambiguous details, turn them into actionable technical steps, and own its execution while setting technical standards for your team.

Your Cross-Functional Leadership : You'll be a partner to Product Managers and UX Designers on feature teams, influencing technical approaches and product decisions. When Marketing shares what excites prospects in demos, or when a PM discovers that restaurant owners using AI recommendations generate 3x more referrals, you'll architect the solution and guide your team's execution while ensuring the end-to-end system meets both user needs and engineering excellence standards.

What you’ll be using day-to-day :

• Frontend : Typescript, React, Jest
• Backend : Ruby on Rails, Elixir, Phoenix, Go
• Databases : Postgres, Redis, DynamoDB, OpenSearch

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Why Alignable?

What we offer :

Our culture in action :

Alignable is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all applicants from every background and life experience without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.