Engineering Manager, Search & Context Platform
Ladders · San Francisco, CA · 3 days ago
On-siteEngineering$280k–$330k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Lead a platform team managing search infrastructure and retrieval systems
- Set a roadmap balancing foundational investments and fast iterations
- Ensure high reliability and performance through measurable improvements
- Collaborate with product and AI teams to design interfaces and capabilities
- Anticipate product needs and invest in capacity and capabilities
- Build and lead a high-performing engineering team through hiring and coaching
- Contribute to broader engineering practices and infrastructure
Qualifications
- 4+ years leading engineering teams shipping high-quality systems in fast-paced environments
- Tech-leaning management style with strong coding and design capabilities
- Deep understanding of search, retrieval, or large-scale data/indexing systems
- Experience in product management for platform or infrastructure projects
- Strong systems judgment on scalability, performance, security, and enterprise readiness
- Experience collaborating with product and AI teams
Benefits
- Competitive cash compensation and equity options
- Health, wellness, and retirement plan benefits
- Opportunities to build innovative AI-era infrastructure