Senior Engineering Manager

ABOUT THE ROLE

Lead a core engineering team building AI-powered products that turn complex tax documents into reliable structured data. This hands-on player-coach role combines team leadership with active technical contribution as the team grows.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Manage and develop a team of senior and staff-level engineers while contributing code, reviewing designs, and debugging challenging problems.
• Ship customer-facing, evaluation-driven AI products for processing unstructured tax documents.
• Coach engineers on technical and product judgment, provide direct feedback, and help them grow into larger roles.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, and team growth as the engineering organization scales.
• Work with tax professionals and customer-facing teams to connect engineering decisions to customer and business outcomes.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 10 or more years of software engineering experience, including substantial individual-contributor work and formal engineering management experience.
• Experience managing a team of at least five engineers and leading senior-level talent.
• Current hands-on production coding experience, with a background in design reviews, code reviews, and debugging.
• Backend, backend infrastructure, or backend-leaning full-stack expertise.
• Experience building or leading external, customer-facing products and hiring or scaling engineering teams.
• Exposure to AI or machine learning systems, such as document AI, retrieval-based systems, agentic systems, or evaluation-driven development.
• Python, TypeScript, and cloud infrastructure experience are useful.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Base salary: $415,000 to $450,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

LOCATION

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.