Engineering Manager
Job Summary
We are seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager to lead a squad of 8-15 senior engineers in a fully remote, fast-paced environment. This is a dedicated people-management role focused on hiring, career development, performance management, and fostering a high-velocity, AI-native engineering culture. You will operate as a peer on a tight management team that collectively owns engineering direction and outcomes.
Essential Functions
- Lead and grow a squad of 8-15 engineers, owning hiring, career development, performance management, and headcount planning
- Serve as a peer on the engineering management team, participating in frequent meetings to drive department-wide decisions
- Create an environment that challenges the status quo and enables engineers to ship quickly while learning from rapid iteration
- Drive predictable, high-quality delivery of customer-critical work and stand behind team timelines and results
- Build an AI-native team culture that translates individual experimentation into measurable gains in throughput and quality
- Partner closely with Product, Delivery, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure work remains tightly aligned to customer value
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years leading software engineering teams of 8+ engineers with direct responsibility for hiring and performance management
- Significant early-stage or high-growth startup experience, ideally joining at around 20 people and scaling through 100+
- Prior credible experience as a hands-on software engineer with technical depth that earns respect from senior engineers
- Strong servant-leadership orientation with focus on people development, team health, and performance rather than day-to-day coding
- Proven ability to operate in a fully remote, high-velocity environment with frequent collaboration
- US or Canada location with willingness to travel for in-person meetings every six weeks
- 10+ years total software engineering experience including at least 5 years in management
Preferred Qualifications
- Founder or co-founder experience with real execution in building products from zero to one
- Hands-on fluency with modern AI tools, models, and their practical application in production
- Background in conversational AI, telephony, machine learning, or real-time infrastructure
- Specialty that adds unique value to a peer management team such as career frameworks, performance calibration, or process improvement
- Demonstrated success building teams that rapidly deliver innovative, boundary-pushing products
Technical Skills
- Conversational AI
- Telephony systems
- Machine Learning
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Voice AI
- Haskell
- JavaScript
- Python
- AI tool integration and evaluation
Education & Certifications
Strong technical foundation equivalent to a computer science or engineering degree is expected. No specific certifications are required, but demonstrated hands-on AI fluency and prior software engineering experience are essential.
Compensation & Benefits
Base compensation range is 220000 to 280000 USD depending on experience and location. This is a direct-hire opportunity with potential for equity in a high-growth environment.