Engineering Manager, Data Activation

Mixpanel•San Francisco, CA

5d•Remote

About The Position

Mixpanel is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Data Activation team within the Infrastructure group. This team focuses on enabling customers to utilize their data effectively by building solutions for data movement out of Mixpanel and into other parts of a customer's technology stack. This includes developing Cohort Syncs to marketing and ad platforms, Data Pipelines to warehouses, and Real-Time Event Streaming. The mission is to empower customers to act on behavioral signals, driving personalization, lifecycle marketing, ad targeting, and AI agents. The Data Activation team is crucial in transforming Mixpanel from an analytics tool into critical data infrastructure. This role is part of a fast-moving, AI-first product engineering team that values end-to-end ownership, simplicity, and direct customer impact. The Infrastructure group as a whole is driving foundational initiatives in high-scale distributed systems and backend engineering to ensure Mixpanel's infrastructure is reliable, performant, and ready for an AI-driven future.

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

Responsibilities

Lead and build AI-first product experiences from inception to global scale.
Lead an engineering team and grow its scope over time.
Develop people and unlock their potential.
Build an exceptional team by hiring well, coaching deeply, and creating a culture where engineers feel ownership and pride in what they ship.
Shape direction alongside Product, turning big ideas into focused execution and helping teams move fast without losing quality.
Set the technical bar and protect the system.
Empower tech leads with clarity and trust (depending on level).