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Engineering Manager, Voice Agents Platform

Fast-growing AI technology company Redwood City, CA Direct Hire Engineering Up to $250,000

Job Summary

Lead the engineering vision and execution for a cutting-edge Voice AI Agents platform that powers conversational experiences across voice, chat, and multi-channel interactions. You will manage a team of 4-8 engineers while staying hands-on with system design, code, and architecture, building production-grade systems that transform customer experiences. This role offers the chance to own reliability, real-time orchestration, and innovative agent capabilities in a high-growth environment.

Essential Functions

  • Lead architecture and development of voice AI agent platform spanning voice, chat, and multi-channel experiences.
  • Contribute to system design, code reviews, and implementation, focusing on LLM orchestration and real-time streaming pipelines.
  • Manage, mentor, and guide a team of software engineers, supporting their career growth and professional development.
  • Own technical direction for agent reliability, including session lifecycle management, real-time orchestration, and automated degradation strategies.
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to plan future initiatives and translate customer needs into agent capabilities.
  • Drive agile delivery in fast-paced, chaotic environments.

Required Qualifications

  • 6+ years of engineering management experience, ideally at both larger and smaller companies.
  • 8-15 years of experience in software engineering, building and operating complex, production-grade systems.
  • 3+ years leading software engineering teams.
  • Still technical with hands-on code reviews and deep dives when needed.
  • Proven experience in a rapidly evolving, high-growth startup.
  • Ability to work in a hybrid model.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience at both large enterprises and startups.
  • Background in property management or similar industries.
  • Hands-on contributions to production AI systems.

Technical Skills

  • Real-time, low-latency systems (streaming, WebSockets)
  • LLM-powered applications in production
  • Distributed systems fundamentals
  • Voice infrastructure (WebRTC, STT/TTS pipelines)
  • AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude)
  • Session lifecycle management
  • Real-time orchestration
  • Automated degradation strategies
  • Agile delivery in fast-paced environments

Education & Certifications

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field.

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive compensation up to $250,000, commensurate with experience. Comprehensive benefits package for direct hire role.

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