Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager About Irth Solutions Irth Solutions is a leading provider of cloud-based SaaS software for damage prevention, asset integrity, stakeholder engagement and land management, helping energy, utility, telecom, and infrastructure companies protect their critical network infrastructure. With nearly three decades of industry experience, Irth serves customers across North America and continues to expand its platform with new data-driven and AI-powered capabilities. Location: Remote (US) Department: Insights (AI/ML) Reports to: Director of Science and Architecture About the Role Irth is building a new AI-driven threat and risk management platform for pipeline asset integrity. The platform brings together three capabilities that have never previously lived in one place at Irth: A governed, cross-product data platform built on Databricks and Azure. An AI-powered ingestion layer that normalizes, repairs, and enriches customer data without services-heavy onboarding. A reusable analytical layer that runs industry-standard, Irth-developed, and customer-built risk models against that data. We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the team building this platform. You will own delivery and technical execution across a small, senior team spanning data architecture, data engineering, data science, application engineering, and QA. You will be accountable for what the team ships against a phased, gated delivery plan. This is a player-coach role . You will spend a meaningful portion of each week in the codebase, reviewing designs, and participating in code reviews. We are not looking for someone who manages from a distance. We are looking for an experienced engineer who has grown into leading people and wants to continue doing both. The work is highly regulated. Pipeline operators use these outputs to determine where to dig, what to repair, and how to justify that spending to regulators. Every calculation therefore needs to be traceable, reproducible, and defensible under audit. If you enjoy solving problems where correctness genuinely matters, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact. Key Responsibilities 1. Delivery Ownership — Primary Responsibility Own delivery and technical execution against the phase plan, including scope commitments, sequencing, dependencies, and release readiness at each gate. Run the team's operating rhythm, including sprint planning, stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives, with clear visibility into blockers and schedule risk. Translate product requirements into technical workstreams and break them into achievable increments. Hold the line on scope when delivery plans are at risk. Manage team capacity and velocity across parallel workstreams spanning the data platform, ingestion layer, and analytical layer. Escalate risks early and with a clear recommendation; surface milestone risk to leadership before it becomes a missed gate. 2. Hands-On Engineering Contribute directly to the…