Senior Engineering Manager, Product Platform

Mixpanel•San Francisco, CA

1d•$279,000 - $377,000

About The Position

The Product Platform team builds the foundation that every Mixpanel product experience runs on. Their work spans the core systems that power the entire company, from AppDB to the infrastructure and security layers that enable teams across engineering to ship quickly and reliably. This team shapes how product development happens at Mixpanel and unlocks the speed and scale required for the next phase of company growth. As Mixpanel evolves into a larger platform company, this group plays a central role in enabling innovation across every product surface and strengthening the technical foundation that supports our long-term trajectory. Product 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. Our team is distributed across North America, with strong clusters in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Austin.

Requirements

10+ years engineering experience; 4+ years leading engineering teams
Experience building and running 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 user-facing work.
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 a product engineering team and grow its scope over time. This role is for someone who loves developing people and unlocking 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 and Design, turning big ideas into focused execution and helping teams move fast without losing quality.
Set the technical bar and protect the system. Depending on level, this may mean hands-on technical leadership or empowering tech leads with clarity and trust.