Engineering Manager (AI)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (AI): Leading and scaling a high-performing engineering team building real-time AI systems for enterprise financial services with an accent on technical leadership, architecture, and team development. Focus on driving engineering execution, maintaining hands-on technical contributions, and ensuring compliance in regulated environments.

Location: Must be based in San Francisco, CA

Salary: $200,000–$250,000

Company

A fast-growing AI startup building voice and communication infrastructure for enterprise financial services.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team through hiring, mentorship, and performance management.
• Remain hands-on by contributing code, driving architecture decisions, and supporting incident response.
• Partner with leadership on technical strategy, team scaling, and engineering execution.
• Own engineering operations including KPIs, 1:1s, performance reviews, and delivery metrics.
• Drive compliance and security initiatives across regulated enterprise environments.

Requirements

• Must be based in San Francisco, CA
• Experience leading engineering teams through rapid growth and scaling.
• Strong technical background with the ability to contribute as an individual contributor when needed.
• Experience managing backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems teams.
• Strong communication, leadership, and team development skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary up to $250k.
• Meaningful equity package.
• Collaborative onsite culture.
• Opportunity to shape a high-performing engineering organization.
• Fast-moving and ambitious team environment.