The RoleWe're looking for an inaugural
Engineering Manager to join a fast-growing AI infrastructure company at a pivotal moment. You'll work directly with the founders and a small, high-retention engineering team, including people who came up through Google, Meta, Cruise, and AWS and have chosen to stay. The culture here is intentional: high craft, high trust, and high ownership. Your job is to protect that while scaling it.
This is a hands-on role. You'll be close to the technical work, close to the people doing it, and close to the decisions that shape how the team grows. You will report directly to the co-founder and CTO, and this position has the opportunity to grow into a Director or VP of Engineering role down the road.
What You'll Own- Engineering Leadership - Mentor and grow a high-performing team across full-stack, customer, and forward-deployed engineering. Run regular 1:1s, give clear feedback, and build the conditions where engineers do their best work and stay.
- Team Scaling - Own onboarding for new engineers so they ramp quickly and become productive. Partner with founders on hiring and career development as the org grows beyond its founding core.
- Technical Execution - Spend at least 20% of your time doing IC work - staying close to the codebase and tooling. Drive project management for customer deliverables, especially work that spans multiple engineers or product areas.
- Engineering Acceleration - Create the environment and infrastructure for engineers to ship fast: code maintainability, internal documentation, development workflows, QA tools and automation. Lead by example on AI-accelerated development - advocate for using AI to improve velocity while maintaining reliability and quality.
- Security & Compliance - Own security and compliance alongside our Founding Operations Lead, including SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR.
- Distributed Collaboration - Manage project-based contract engineers and globally distributed connector contributors.
What You'll Bring- Significant software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading engineering teams in a startup or high-growth environment (even if you didn't hold a formal Manager title)
- You've led teams through complex technical initiatives and are excited to do it again
- Strong technical judgment - you can go deep on architecture and system design when it matters
- You build engineering culture and systems: ownership, craft, and accountability are things you've actually installed somewhere before
- Excellent written communication; the team is async-first and decisions travel in writing
- You have directly interfaced with customers before, and enjoy having close lines of communication with the people you build for
- Experience with Go, TypeScript, React, or similar stacks is a plus
- Background in developer tools, APIs, infrastructure platforms, or AI-native products is preferred
The Perks- Competitive salary and equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Free lunch on in-office days (Mon/Tue/Thu)
- 401(k) with company match, commuter benefits, HSA
- Up to 4 weeks PTO
- Team socials and retreats
