Engineering Manager

Agave•San Francisco, CA

12d•$200,000 - $260,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Agave is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a team of full-stack engineers building AI and agent products for the construction industry. The manager is expected to remain a strong individual contributor, spending 50–60% of their time shipping code and tackling the team’s hardest technical problems. They will lead a team of 4–6 engineers, own delivery for the team’s area, and help establish a strong engineering culture. Agave builds applied AI products and proprietary integration rails for construction financial systems, many of which are older, on-premise platforms without APIs or documentation. Its agents automate back-office work such as invoice matching, expenses, compliance, billing, and financial reporting. The company says more than 550 contractors use its products and that it handles millions of API requests per day. The role involves work across AI agents, integrations that unify fragmented systems, on-prem connectivity, and systems scale and performance. The technology stack includes TypeScript, React, Redis, Postgres, and AWS CDK/EC2. Candidates in the Bay Area are expected to work in person at the San Francisco office five days per week; the role is remote optional for candidates outside the Bay Area. Agave offers relocation support for people moving to the Bay Area.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience as a back-end or full-stack engineer.
At least 1 year managing or leading engineers, either as a manager or as a tech lead with mentoring responsibility.
Strong individual-contributor skills, including experience designing and building production systems.
Real experience with cloud infrastructure, such as AWS, and distributed systems.
Experience debugging difficult production issues end-to-end, including database performance, memory, concurrency, and third-party API failures.
Experience leading projects with other engineers, including scoping work, dividing it across the team, and delivering it.
Experience mentoring engineers and giving direct feedback, including difficult feedback.
Ability to explain tradeoffs to founders and customers, not only engineers.
Self-motivated, high ownership, and low ego, with a desire to work on a fast-paced, intense, fun team.
Passion for building a world-class engineering culture.
Candidates in the Bay Area must be willing to work in person at the San Francisco office five days per week.

Responsibilities

Spend 50–60% of working time as an individual contributor, shipping code and owning the team’s hardest technical problems.
Lead a team of 4–6 engineers, including conducting 1:1s, providing feedback, managing performance, and supporting career growth.
Own delivery for the team’s area by scoping and sequencing work and shipping against commitments made to customers.
Set the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and pairing.
Help interview and onboard engineers as the team grows.
Lead projects with other engineers by scoping work, dividing it across the team, and delivering it.
Mentor engineers and provide direct feedback, including handling difficult conversations.
Explain technical tradeoffs to founders and customers as well as engineers.

Benefits

Competitive equity.
Annual performance bonuses when company growth goals are met; the stated 2026 bonus is 15% of base salary or OTE.
401(k) match of 100% of employee contributions, up to 4% of annual salary.
Company covers 90% of healthcare costs, offers several plan options, and covers a portion of dependent costs.
Company HSA contribution of $100 per month.
Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for new parents, including adoptive and foster parents.
Relocation bonus for moving to the Bay Area, with an additional bonus for moving within a 15-minute walk of the office.
Pre-tax commuter contributions and full cost coverage for a Muni pass when commuting by public transit.
Company-sponsored trips to the San Francisco headquarters at least every other month for remote teammates.
Visa sponsorship for candidates who are a good fit.
Breakfast and dinner stipends through DoorDash, plus office coffee, snacks, and drinks.
On-site gym with Peloton, squat rack, Tempo, and a yoga setup.