Tech Lead/Engineering Manager (EM)
About The Position
Our client is a fast-growing audio data research company building high-quality datasets for frontier AI labs and leading technology companies. Founded in 2024 by former large-scale AI data engineers and operators, the company has grown to roughly 50 employees, serves most major AI labs and technology leaders, generates eight figures of revenue, and has raised $80M from top-tier investors. We are hiring a hands-on Tech Lead and Engineering Manager to lead and grow a product-focused engineering team. Reporting directly to the CTO, you will shape technical direction, ship the core products behind an audio data research platform, and build a high-performing organization.
Requirements
- At least six years of product-focused engineering experience
- Strong web development fundamentals and experience shipping user-facing products end to end
- Experience leading technical teams through rapid growth at a high-growth startup or scale-up
- A track record of building zero-to-one products and scaling them successfully
- Comfort solving ambiguous, previously unsolved problems with clear customer impact
- A bias toward action paired with detailed, reliable execution
- Willingness to work five days per week from the San Francisco office
Nice To Haves
- At least two years of formal engineering management experience
- Experience as a founder or early technical leader
- Experience with large-scale data pipelines, audio systems, or AI infrastructure
- Familiarity with Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, WebRTC, or FFmpeg
Responsibilities
- Hire, structure, mentor, and grow the engineering team while maintaining high performance standards
- Remain hands-on technically and write code regularly, especially during the early months
- Scope and ship products that help researchers use high-quality audio data
- Build scalable processing pipelines that extract useful information from terabytes of audio data each day
- Architect systems for dramatically higher capacity across data collection, curation, and delivery
- Partner with the CTO to set technical direction and execute an ambitious product roadmap
- Lead zero-to-one product work and scale successful systems
Benefits
- Base salary of $250K-$300K
- Competitive equity
- Unlimited paid time off
- 100% health coverage
- Daily meals and fitness benefits
- Visa transfers, including OPT or H-1B transfers, are available
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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