Fractional Engineering Manager
Compensation: $85-$115/hour
Location: New York; but open to remote
Time Commitment: 20-40 hours per week, with potential to expand
My client, a product-focused agency helping companies with design, development, and strategy, is looking for an Engineering Manager to support a fast-growing, AI-native services platform that supports complex, high-stakes workflows for individuals and service professionals. The company is scaling rapidly, moving from hundreds to thousands of active cases annually, and is building a category-defining operational platform..
What You’ll Do
Lead engineering for an AI-powered workflow platform supporting sensitive, time-critical processes in a regulated environment
Build and scale an engineering team partnering closely with operations, service teams, and domain specialists
Drive technical architecture for agentic workflow automation, document ingestion, classification, and compliance-aware systems
Own the roadmap for systems that manage multi-step, stateful workflows across multiple jurisdictions
Implement scalable engineering processes while maintaining a high-touch, human-centered service experience
Qualifications
7+ years of engineering leadership experience in regulated industries or complex workflow platforms
Strong background in AI/ML-enabled systems, document processing, and multi-tenant architectures
Deep understanding of compliance, auditability, and sensitive data handling
Experience scaling systems that support high-stakes, time-sensitive workflows
Comfort building technology that augments human expertise rather than replacing it