Engineering Manager, Coda - Formula Engine

Superhuman•San Francisco, CA

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Superhuman is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Formula Engine team within Coda. This role involves owning the computational backbone that powers millions of user-built applications, specifically the formula system that integrates data across the platform. Coda is a collaborative workspace where teams build living documents that replace scattered tools. The formula engine is central to this experience, enabling users to connect tables, buttons, automations, and views into custom applications. The Formula Engine team is responsible for the entire vertical, including the formula language, grammar, AST parser, execution planner, optimization, framework, and performance infrastructure. The manager will lead a team of 5+ engineers, focusing on problems at the intersection of programming language design, query optimization, and distributed systems to ensure an instant and intuitive user experience.

Requirements

3+ years of engineering management experience leading teams of 5+ engineers, with a track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong talent.
Deep technical experience in at least one of: programming language implementation, query planning/optimization, compiler design, or high-performance runtime systems.
Shipped and operated systems at scale where correctness and performance are non-negotiable — computation engines, database internals, or developer platforms.
Strong instincts for performance engineering — profiling, benchmarking, and systematically eliminating bottlenecks in complex systems.
Experience managing teams that own foundational infrastructure consumed by many other teams, with an appreciation for API design, backward compatibility, and developer experience.
Track record of managing ambiguity — defining strategy, making tradeoffs, and shipping in fast-moving product areas where user needs evolve quickly.
Communicates clearly and influences effectively across engineering, product, design, and leadership.
Energized by the challenge of building the invisible engine that makes a product feel magical — where success means users never think about performance because everything just works.

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a team of 5+ engineers, providing mentorship, career development, and fostering a high-performance engineering culture.
Own the technical direction for the formula engine — from language design and parsing through execution planning, optimization, and runtime performance.
Drive improvements to formula execution that keep millions of user-built applications responsive as document complexity and platform usage scale.
Build and refine evaluation and benchmarking frameworks to measure formula performance, correctness, and reliability across real-world workloads.
Shape the formula language itself — evolving its expressiveness and usability so users can build increasingly powerful applications without hitting walls.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and platform teams to ensure the formula engine enables new Coda building blocks and features.
Balance foundational investments in the execution engine with pragmatic delivery — shipping incremental performance wins and language improvements while building toward a best-in-class computational platform.
Define strategy for how the formula engine evolves as Coda grows — anticipating the demands of new use cases, larger documents, and tighter integration across the Superhuman ecosystem.

Benefits

Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
Disability and life insurance options
401(k) and RRSP matching
Paid parental leave
20 days of paid time off per year
12 days of paid holidays per year
Two floating holidays per year
Flexible sick time
Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)
Annual professional development budget and opportunities