Software Engineering Manager

Runwise is looking for a Software Engineering Manager (Backend) who is highly motivated, results-oriented, and passionate about building products that customers love.

Runwise (www.runwise.com) is a fast-paced, customer-focused climate-tech startup that controls and runs the key energy systems (heating, water, etc.) in 6000+ buildings throughout the US. Runwise's unique hardware and software service significantly reduces energy usage, substantially lowering costs and carbon output. As of today, Runwise's technology takes the equivalent of 50,000 cars worth of carbon emissions off the road each year. Runwise has offices in New York and Boston but is a remote-first product/engineering company, and has been since its creation.

We're seeking a Software Engineering Manager with strong experience in Go and AWS, and at least 2 years of people management, to lead and grow a high-performing backend engineering team. In this role, you'll balance hands-on technical leadership with coaching, mentoring, and guiding engineers to deliver scalable, reliable software. Your team's work will directly increase our customers' climate control savings, improve tenant comfort, and decrease carbon footprint.

Responsibilities

- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and technical excellence.

- Drive execution on product and infrastructure initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to a high standard.

- Provide hands-on technical leadership, particularly in Go and AWS serverless/cloud environments.

Partner closely with product, hardware, and operations teams to define requirements, scope projects, and align technical efforts with business goals.

- Ensure operational excellence by improving observability, monitoring, and alerting across our cloud and IoT infrastructure.

- Contribute to scaling and optimizing our systems that process and analyze billions of data points annually.

- Support career development through regular 1:1s, feedback, and performance management.

Lead by example: occasionally contribute to the codebase to guide architecture, best practices, and standards.

Who you are

- You have 2+ years of experience managing and developing software engineers, with a track record of building effective, motivated teams. - You have 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience, including 2+ years in Go.

- You have strong experience with AWS services (e.g., DynamoDB, SQS, Lambda, EC2, CloudFormation).

- You are passionate about building new products and working with distributed systems at scale.

- You value clear communication, team empowerment, and servant leadership.

- Bonus: Experience with BMS, Niagara, or BACnet, or exposure to IoT/climate control systems.

- Bonus: Experience with Python.

Salary: $160,000-$200,000 based on experience

What you believe:

- No job is too small.

- Sincerity builds trust.

- Setbacks fuel progress.

- Efficiency is vital.

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance

- HSA & FSA options

- Paid Parental Leave

- Access to Talkspace & Health Advocate

- Flexible PTO

- Commuter Benefits

- 401K

- Company-paid life insurance

- Voluntary supplemental life insurance

- Free in-office lunch on Wednesdays

- Hybrid work environment

- Summer Fridays

- Monthly L&D Series

- Employee Resource Groups (e.g. DEIB Committee, Run Club)

This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast-growing company, one of the true leaders within energy efficiency in the Northeast. You will be surrounded by talented people, including working very closely with our co-founder and sales leader. Your success will also make a tangible im