Engineering Manager

The Engineering Manager leads the agency’s software development practices and engineering operations, ensuring code quality, secure deployment, and scalable systems. This position establishes engineering standards and workflows, and provides hands-on technical leadership. The role works with agency leadership, community partners, and cross-functional teams to align software solutions with organizational priorities.

• Collaborate with executive staff and community partners to establish strategic direction, policies, and deliverables for data systems programs and initiatives.
• Oversee software development and delivery of secure, scalable solutions; support incident response and troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Establish coding standards, development workflows, and best practices for security by design, data privacy, and technical risk management.
• Work with product management, design, and other teams to define requirements and priorities; participate in architectural and technical design decisions.
• Manage project timelines, resources, and risks; adjust plans, escalate issues, and report progress and engineering performance to leadership.
• Ensure code, systems, and processes are documented for maintainability and knowledge sharing, and meet applicable policies, security standards, and regulations.
• Develop requests for proposals, scopes of work, and technical specifications; evaluate proposals, negotiate contracts, and monitor vendor compliance and service quality.
• Develop and monitor program budgets, cost estimates, projections, and expenditures; coordinate vendors and subcontractors within available funding.
• Plan and manage subcontractors; set goals, monitor quality and timeliness