Senior Engineering Manager
About The Position
We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager who operates with a strong product mindset to lead, support, and scale our core engineering teams. Our engineering organization includes groups focused on customer-facing product development as well as a Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) function that moves fast across the full stack on high-priority enterprise initiatives. In this role, you will manage software engineers and tech leads building high-throughput systems that ingest large volumes of social data, run real-time AI agents, and deliver insights through analytics and automation. This is a senior management role that bridges technical execution, team development, and product strategy. You will be responsible for fostering a high-performing engineering culture, driving delivery excellence, and helping guide your teams as our engineering organization scales from ~50 people into our next phase of growth.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- 3+ years of direct people management experience leading software engineering teams
- Track record of recruiting, onboarding, and developing high-performing engineers and tech leads
- Ability to align technical execution with product goals, break down complex requirements into milestones, and manage team bandwidth effectively
- Solid technical background in software development to meaningfully evaluate architectural designs, guide technical decisions, and hold teams to high engineering standards
- Proven experience improving team delivery cadences, code review practices, and incident response processes in fast-paced environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical discussions across teams
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing engineering teams in B2B SaaS, social data platforms, developer tools, or marketing technology, or a passion for working in the social space, empowering brands to work with creators and connect with their communities.
- Familiarity with teams building or deploying AI-powered systems, real-time analytics platforms, or agentic frameworks.
- Familiarity with modern cloud and data stacks such as AWS, TypeScript/React, Postgres, and ClickHouse.
- Experience overseeing engineering teams working across both web and native mobile applications.
Responsibilities
- Directly manage, mentor, and grow a team of Software Engineers and Tech Leads.
- Conduct regular 1:1s, support career progression, and foster an inclusive, high-performance engineering culture.
- Partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, and engineering leadership to translate product roadmaps into executable engineering plans, manage capacity, and ensure predictable project delivery.
- Oversee technical design and code quality within your teams.
- Guide architectural trade-off decisions for high-volume real-time data systems and AI agentic workflows without needing to write production code daily.
- Establish and refine agile practices, sprint planning, and operational processes.
- Track delivery velocity, system reliability, and code quality metrics to continuously improve team performance.
- Work alongside Customer Success and Sales to understand customer pain points and ensure technical initiatives deliver strong business value.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition to recruit, interview, and onboard exceptional engineering talent to expand your teams.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
