Engineering Manager

Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We provide a full range of AWS services including: workload migrations & modernization, cloud native application development, DevOps, data engineering, security & compliance, and everything in between. At Caylent, our people always come first.

The Mission

We are seeking an exceptional Engineering Manager to join our growing Cloud Architecture & Engineering practice. The right candidate is someone who is technically strong, experienced in managing a team of Architects and Engineers, capable of overseeing delivery engagements, and passionate about working with our customers, partners, and employees to drive the business forward.

Your Assignment

• Manage a team of 5-8 cloud engineers and architects.
• Define and communicate the value of technical solutions through structured documentation, value charters, and roadmaps.
• Take on hands-on technical responsibilities, including technical tasks during sprints.
• Lead technical discussions with customers and guide solution direction.
• Handle code reviews and pull request management to ensure code quality.
• Manage task assignments within sprints and ensure timely delivery.
• Provide guidance on roadmap planning, best practices, and risk identification.
• Mentor team members within projects, sharing feedback and supporting growth opportunities.
• Serve as the point of technical escalation for client engagements.
• Kick off new projects and ensure alignment between technical delivery and business goals.
• Support pre-sales through proposal development, contract review, and client presentations.
• Conduct technical interviews for Architect and Engineer candidates.
• Perform 1:1s and support the career growth of your direct reports.
• Navigate customer and team challenges with strong conflict resolution and leadership skills.

Your Qualifications

Core Consulting Qualifications

Customer Experience 

• Develops strategies that link business goals to technical solutions and drive measurable value.
• Collaborates with client executives to plan initiatives and enable long-term success.

Collaboration

• Leads discussions with stakeholders to resolve competing priorities and align on outcomes. 
• Shapes customer engagement strategies by identifying needs and mapping Caylent capabilities to business goals.

Communication

• Creates clear, actionable roadmaps focused on customer deliverables.
• Confidently negotiates timelines and resources while providing recommendations rooted in technical and business expertise.

Technical Qualifications

• Deep experience in hands-on technical roles and working with AWS.
• Proven experience managing and mentoring technical teams.
• Naturally curious and committed to continuous learning.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

•  Experience with:
  • Migrations
  • CI/CD
  • IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Pulumi)
  • Scripting
  • Containers (Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, Fargate)
  • Cloud security best practices
  • Networking
  • Incident, release, problem, and change management processes.
• Experience working in client-facing and Agile project environments.
• Background in consultancy or advisory roles.

Benefits

• Pay in USD
• 100% remote work
• Generous holidays and flexible PTO
• Competitive phantom equity
• Paid for exams and certifications
• Peer bonus awards
• State of the art laptop and tools
• Equipment & Office Stipend
• Individual professional development plan
• Annual stipend for Learning and Development
• Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture

This role may require up to 25% travel, depending on business needs.