Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pilotbase is a company focused on building a connected system for flight schools, pilots, and industry partners. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a high-performance engineering team, directing the software engineering function to meet business needs and ensuring the delivery of quality software applications and systems.
Responsibilities
- Lead your team to set goals, plan projects, and build timelines
- Hire and manage new team members and 3rd party contractors, and establish a culture of accountability
- Create and present budgets to upper management
- Hold coaching sessions and 1 on 1’s with tech leads
- Consistently deliver quality projects on time
- Work with your development team to establish and maintain the architectural vision
- Interface with the Product team to answer technical feasibility questions
- Own technical process and establish quality guidelines
- Stay current with industry best practices and determine when to adopt new technologies
- Maintain and increase development team velocity
- Create and maintain a high performance engineering team
- Ownership of the following areas:
- Engineering Backlog
- Application Performance / Availability
- Automated Test Coverage
- All Technical Processes (development, deployment, testing)
- Application and system security
- Infrastructure
- Project Level of Effort and Estimation
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree
- Experience as a technical manager
- Experience leading a team towards set deliverables
- Experience establishing and improving KPI's
- Amazon Web Services experience highly desired
- Strong leadership skills in coaching, influencing and delegation
- Willingness to continue to learn, adapt, and be coachable
- Have high standards and a strong work ethic with a positive attitude
- AWS
- Mongo Realm
- Mongo Atlas
- Jira Administration
- Working with geographically dispersed teams
- Aviation Experience
Benefits
- Full benefits package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401(k) plan)
- Equity Appreciation Plan
- Flexible Time Off policy
- Seven (7) company-wide paid holidays + two (2) floating holidays
- Two (2) wellness days
- Employee Assistance Program
- Professional Development Stipend
- Home Office Stipend
Company Overview
Expert Pilot Recruitment Solution Provider It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.pilotbase.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Pilotbase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 6 in 2026, 12 in 2025, 22 in 2024, 22 in 2023, 17 in 2022, 12 in 2021, 16 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.