Team Leader, Engineering

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Detroit, MI
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech • Financial Services
Helping clients achieve homeownership and financial freedom with simple, fast and trusted digital solutions.
The Role
Lead a team of engineers to drive AI-powered mortgage technology solutions while balancing hands-on development and leadership responsibilities.
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Ready to lead the future of AI-powered mortgage technology? Join our team and make an impact today!
 

Role Summary
As a Team Leader of Engineering at Rocket Pro, you will drive critical AI initiatives including the Agentic AI Portal Experience, Pricing Experience, and Rocket Assist. You'll be a hands-on servant leader who balances technical excellence with people leadership, spending some of your time as an individual contributor while dedicating a majority to leading a team of 6 engineers. You will champion technical innovation while mentoring your team to deliver AI-powered solutions that enhance our clients experience and business outcomes.
 

About the Role

  • Lead and mentor an Agile team that leans into data-driven experimentation, innovation, quality and craftsmanship

  • Drive critical initiatives for Rocket Pro, including AI-powered solutions within the portal experience

  • Balance hands-on engineering work (30%) with leadership responsibilities (70%) to maintain technical credibility

  • Promote iterative, thoughtful decision making within a self-organized team

  • Recognize trends affecting delivery goals and support team decisions on short- and long-term resolutions

  • Drive performance in areas such as quality, predictability, flow and velocity

  • Coordinate response and communication of tech incidents to stakeholders

About You
Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, information technology, or a related field

  • 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with latest Angular, C#, .NET, Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS

  • Experience mentoring and developing team members

  • Knowledge of organizational technology standards, including testing and deployment

  • Experience using Agile metrics to improve team performance

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ years in a people management role, developing high performing engineers

  • Strong front-end development background with current engineering standards and best practices

  • Experience with AI technologies including AWS Bedrock models, Claude, and Git Copilot

  • Knowledge of architectural design and integration patterns

  • Experience working on teams that meet organizational engineering standards

  • Working knowledge of multiple Agile development methodologies

  • Certified in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile practices

 

What you’ll get 

Our team members fuel our strategy, innovation and growth, so we ensure the health and well-being of not just you, but your family, too! We go above and beyond to give you the support you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live your best life. We are proud to offer eligible team members perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: We’ve got your back. Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks. 

 

About us 

Rocket Mortgage® was founded in 1985. Today, we’re a Detroit-based, publicly traded company with a mission to Help Everyone Home. At Rocket Mortgage, we believe that home is more than the house you live in. Our wide variety of home loan options, tools and resources empower our clients to achieve their homeownership dreams. We’re known as experts in the mortgage industry, but we’re also innovators – we strive to create the best experiences for our clients from beginning to end. And we’re not your typical employer. We’re insistently different in how we look at the world and are committed to an inclusive workplace where every voice is heard. Apply today to join a team that offers career growth, amazing benefits and the chance to work with leading industry professionals. 

 

This job description is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position and may be modified at the discretion of the company at any time.  Decisions related to employment are not based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.  The company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.  Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations in completing the application and/or participating in the application process should contact a member of the Human Resources team, at [email protected].

Top Skills

.Net
Angular
AWS
C#
Node.js
Typescript
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The Company
HQ: Detroit, MI
364 Employees

What We Do

Rocket Companies® is a Detroit-based company made up of businesses that provide simple, fast and trusted digital solutions for complex transactions. The name comes from our flagship business, now known as Rocket Mortgage®, which was founded in 1985. Today, we’re a publicly traded company involved in many different industries, including mortgages, fintech, real estate, automotive and more. We’re insistently different in how we look at the world and committed to an inclusive workplace where every voice is heard.

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