Engineering Manager

It's a new day with a new opportunity at 8am!  About the role: This is a hands-on technical leadership role for a manager who can support engineers and delivery at a high level while still contributing technically when needed. Depending on your background and interests, you will lead a team focused on building end-to-end customer workflows across our core platform and/or developing AI-powered features and services that enhance how firms operate. This role is hired through an Employer of Record (EOR) partner in the Czech Republic. About us: 8am builds software that helps professionals run stronger businesses. Our platform powers payments, client experience, and operational workflows for legal, accounting, and other service-based businesses. U.S. based professionals count on our purpose-built solutions to simplify operations, ensure compliance, and fuel profitable growth, so they can focus on their clients and do more of the work that matters. More than 250,000 professionals across the U.S. rely on our products every day. As we continue to grow, we’re investing in the next generation of our platform and are looking for experienced engineers who want to help shape its future. What you'll do: - Lead and support a team of software engineers building customer-facing features and/or AI-driven solutions across the stack using modern technologies (e.g., Next.js, React, Ruby on Rails, Python). - Manage engineers through onboarding, coaching, feedback, career development, and performance management. - Partner closely with Product, Design, and stakeholders to deliver high-impact product features and/or translate business problems into AI-driven solutions. - Lead agile team rituals, improve planning, remove bottlenecks, and ensure predictable delivery. - Maintain strong technical understanding of systems and architecture to guide design decisions and execution. - Contribute technically through code reviews, architecture discussions, debugging, and hands-on implementation when needed. - Build and maintain high-quality engineering standards across testing, reliability, maintainability, and operational excellence. - Drive improvements to engineering processes, workflows, and team health to increase effectiveness and scalability. - Collaborate with UX, Product, and Cloud/DevOps teams to deploy features (including AI where applicable), monitor impact, and continuously improve them. - Drive technical initiatives expanding the platform with new capabilities, including AI-powered workflows where relevant, while ensuring performance and scalability. - Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and engineering context across teams. - Contribute to hiring and building a strong engineering organization. About you: - Experience managing software engineers and leading teams delivering production software in cross-functional environments. - Strong technical background in modern web application development, with the ability to engage in design and code discussions. - You likely bring experience in one or more of the following areas: - Platform / Product Engineering: - Experience building and scaling customer-facing web applications across frontend and backend systems. - Experience building APIs and backend services. - Proficiency with SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL). - Strong understanding of software design, testing, and maintainability. - AI / Data & ML Engineering: - Experience building and deploying production-ready AI/ML services. - Strong programming skills (e.g., Python or similar) and experience with data workflows and evaluation. - Experience integrating models into SaaS products and building scalable data infrastructure. - Experience working in cloud environments (e.g., AWS) and modern DevOps practices. - Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools and technologies to drive innovation. - Across both: - Experience working in agile teams and collaborating with distributed teams. - Strong communi