[Remote] Engineering Manager – Modernization & AI Enablement

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sched is a profitable event management platform evolving its engineering organization with a focus on AI-assisted development practices. The Engineering Manager will lead a small team to modernize a legacy system, improve workflows, and increase engineering throughput. Responsibilities • Assess the current PHP codebase and infrastructure • Identify legacy areas, high-risk sections, and modernization priorities • Document technical debt in a way the business can act on • Define where AI tools can realistically speed up documentation, refactoring, and testing • Establish a predictable development workflow that blends human judgment + AI output • Build a modernization plan we can execute in phases alongside normal product work • Lead and coach a small engineering team with clear expectations • Help engineers adopt and use AI tools effectively • Build a culture of accountability, learning, and ownership • Hire, retain, and develop strong talent • Improve the health of our legacy PHP system through structured cleanup and documentation • Reduce technical debt in a prioritized, business-aligned manner • Use AI tools for code explanations, prototypes, tests, and refactors • Work with Product to scope work realistically and unblock roadmap items • Strengthen logs, monitoring, and alerting • Partner with Business Operations to ensure secure use of AI tools • Reduce incident frequency and improve time-to-resolution • Maintain strong on-call and incident management practices • Work closely with Product to align on scope, sequencing, and priorities • Partner with Sales and Customer Success to understand customer needs and unblock revenue • Plan around Schedmin and other internal tools so product work, back office workflows, and data all stay in sync • Identify where automation or lightweight middleware solves problems faster than core engineering • Communicate tradeoffs clearly to business partners Skills • Experience leading engineers in a SaaS environment (1–3 years is great if your IC background is strong) • Strong technical foundation in PHP or similar web stacks • Experience modernizing or refactoring legacy systems • Comfortable jumping into code when needed • Deeply integrates AI into daily engineering workflows so it's a default part of how you design, code, review, and communicate • Clear, proactive, and direct communicator who surfaces risks early, thinks upstream, and translates impact for internal and external users • Strong prioritization, sequencing, and tradeoff skills; can explain what moves now versus later and why • Bias toward action and iterative improvement Company Overview • Sched powers thousands of events with scheduling software, mobile applications, and personal agenda builders. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship • SCHED has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job