Engineering Manager

About the role:

We are looking for Engineering Managers to help lead the next generation of our MyCase practice management platform. This role supports two closely related areas: core product platform development and AI-driven capabilities.

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:

At 8am, our vision is to power a world where professionals thrive. We start every day on a mission to empower professionals with the most trusted, innovative technology to deliver world-class outcomes for their clients and exceptional financial results for their business. They 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.

Founded in 2005, 8am™ (formerly AffiniPay) is the professional business platform built to help legal, accounting, and other client-focused professionals run stronger, more profitable businesses. Today, more than 250,000 professionals across the U.S. trust 8am to help them work smarter, serve clients better, and unlock their full potential. We have been recognized as one of Inc 5000’s fastest growing companies in the U.S. for 13 years in a row, and as a result, our teams continue to grow as well!

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 share 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 communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.

Nice to haves:

• Experience managing multiple teams or larger engineering domains.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
• Experience with modern web technologies (React, Next.js, Ruby on Rails).
• Experience building scalable SaaS systems.
• For AI-focused candidates:
  • Experience delivering, fine-tuning, or optimizing LLMs.
  • Background in NLP or real-time/streaming data systems.
• For platform-focused candidates: 
  • Experience improving engineering processes and development workflows.
  • Exposure to fintech or legal industry domains.
  • Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Why join our new 8am Brno hub?

• Founding Team Impact: Be a founding engineer of our new Brno R&D hub. After a brief 1-6 month integration with U.S. based teams, you will help form fully autonomous, locally-led squads with clear paths to Staff and leadership roles
• Drive our "AI-First" Transformation: We are building a secure, massive-scale "Unified AI Platform". Depending on your squad, you will either help architect this core infrastructure (LLM routing, RAG, agent orchestration) or build directly on top of it.
• Build the Next Generation of Our Platform: Help shape the systems powering products used by more than 250,000 professionals. You’ll work on complex platform capabilities across payments, workflow automation, and AI-powered features as we expand into new professional service markets.

Benefits and Perks

We offer a competitive, locally relevant benefits package designed to support your life in the Czech Republic while giving you access to global opportunities:

• Flexible Time Off (FTO) and 13 paid public holidays aligned with the Czech calendar
• Paid sick leave with additional support through the Czech social security system
• Maternity, paternity, and parental leave in line with Czech regulations, plus additional paid paternity leave from 8am
• Full statutory benefits, including public health insurance, social security, pension, and work accident coverage
• Performance bonus opportunities and employee referral rewards

Grow Your Career

• Access to Coursera (including Gen AI Academy) and ongoing professional development
• Clear growth paths, regular feedback, and opportunities for advancement

What Makes 8am Different:

• International company environment with collaboration across Europe and the U.S.
• Opportunities to travel for company events (including potential U.S. visits)
• Engaging team culture with local events, outings, and community initiatives
• High-quality company swag and programs focused on wellness, learning, and connection

Diversity, equity & inclusion at 8am:

At 8am, we recognize that innovation occurs with a strong team of people who are diverse in background, personality, talent and ideas. Experience comes in many forms and ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we continue to learn from each other is an integral part of our culture. We are committed to creating a welcoming and transparent environment for all that embraces those differences through education, equal access to opportunities and information, inclusionary programs, and community outreach. 

Security advisory:

Our hiring teams at 8am are dedicated to recruiting top talent that share our passion for serving the professional services industry through innovative financial technology.  As such, our Talent Acquisition Team only follows legitimate hiring practices.  We will always communicate with our candidates using emails with the 8am domain and will never ask for sensitive/personal data during the application process.  All interviews take place over phone call, Zoom/Google Meet or in person.  All offers are communicated verbally by our Talent Acquisition Specialists with a written offer letter as a follow up.