Engineering Manager, Stateful Distributed Systems
About the role
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join this organization. Teams operate as autonomous pods, with engineering, product, and design working side by side on clear strategic goals. Teams have direct access to customer feedback, product usage data, business metrics, and design context.
We start with customer problems. We reason from first principles. We challenge assumptions. We aim for simple solutions to complex problems and avoid unnecessary abstraction.
Engineering owns execution, quality, and operations. There are no project managers, QA teams, or separate SREs. Ownership stays with the people building the product.
We value written thinking, dashboards, and demos over slide decks. We work openly using tools like Slack, GitHub, Mixpanel, Notion, Figma, and Zoom.
Requirements
- 10+ years engineering experience; 4+ years leading engineering teams
- Experience building and running infrastructure supporting real-world, customer-facing web applications
- Experience building and using AI-powered products in production environments
- Proven collaboration with product managers and designers on meaningful infrastructure
- Strong judgment in technical tradeoffs, backed by lessons learned
- Evidence of leadership through influence, alignment, and growing others
- Director candidates must have experience managing managers
- Skilled at navigating ambiguity, making tradeoffs, and bringing clarity to complex org structures
- High level of ownership, accountability, and product intuition
Qualifications
- Expertise in AI and machine learning
- Experience with distributed systems and backend engineering
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to lead and mentor a team
- Experience with agile methodologies and DevOps practices