Engineering Manager

About NetX

NetX, part of Heritage Werks Group (HWG), is one of the longest-tenured and most trusted enterprise digital asset management platforms in the industry—with decades spent building the infrastructure that corporations, sports franchises, museums, government agencies, and cultural institutions rely on to organize, govern, and surface the content and knowledge that define them.

Based in Portland, Oregon, NetX is the digital foundation of the Heritage Intelligence ecosystem, making institutional knowledge secure, searchable, discoverable, and accessible across teams—and serving as the trusted content layer that powers NetX Authority AI, our enterprise AI product built on governed institutional knowledge.

Our team works with galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and many of the world’s most iconic brands to turn enterprise content into a trusted, connected asset.

NetX is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the day-to-day effectiveness of its engineering organization. This role combines strong people leadership, sound technical judgment, and disciplined operating practices across Java, Platform, Sys Ops, UI, QA, and Product. The Engineering Manager will create clarity, accountability, and healthy collaboration while enabling the CTO to focus on product strategy, architecture, innovation, and strategic partnerships.

This is a management-first role. The successful candidate must be technically credible and capable of reviewing work or contributing when needed, but sustained individual-contributor output is not the primary measure of success.

• Own people management for the engineering organization, including regular one-on-ones, coaching, performance reviews, development planning, recognition, and corrective action.
• Translate company and product priorities into clear team expectations, operating rhythms, and accountable execution.
• Raise engineering quality by identifying gaps early—before defects, unclear requirements, or incomplete work move downstream to Product, QA, or Sys Ops.
• Build a constructive, high-accountability culture in which senior employees communicate directly, resolve conflict professionally, and follow through on commitments.
• Reduce routine operational escalation to the CTO while preserving appropriate visibility into material technical, staffing, and business decisions.

• Directly manage engineering team members and team leads across Java, Platform, Sys Ops, UI, QA, and Product, with the final reporting structure determined as the organization evolves.
• Set role expectations and measurable goals; conduct timely performance reviews and maintain clear documentation of feedback, support, and outcomes.
• Coach employees and leads through performance, communication, and collaboration challenges; address concerns early and consistently.
• Own hiring, onboarding, development, succession planning, and—when necessary—disciplinary and separation processes in partnership with People Operations.
• Create an environment where feedback is direct, respectful, evidence-based, and oriented toward improvement.

• Partner with Product and technical leads to ensure project scopes, requirements, ownership, and acceptance criteria are understood before implementation begins.
• Establish practical quality gates for specifications, technical design, documentation, code review, testing, and release readiness.
• Review technical work at the appropriate level to identify obvious quality, process, or architectural concerns before they become downstream defects.
• Balance delivery speed, quality, technical debt, and operational risk; make decisions directly when they fall within the role’s authority.
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