Senior Engineering Manager

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ABOUT THE ROLE Lead a core engineering team building AI-powered products that turn complex tax documents into reliable structured data. This hands-on player-coach role combines team leadership with active technical contribution as the team grows. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Manage and develop a team of senior and staff-level engineers while contributing code, reviewing designs, and debugging challenging problems. - Ship customer-facing, evaluation-driven AI products for processing unstructured tax documents. - Coach engineers on technical and product judgment, provide direct feedback, and help them grow into larger roles. - Lead hiring, onboarding, and team growth as the engineering organization scales. - Work with tax professionals and customer-facing teams to connect engineering decisions to customer and business outcomes. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 10 or more years of software engineering experience, including substantial individual-contributor work and formal engineering management experience. - Experience managing a team of at least five engineers and leading senior-level talent. - Current hands-on production coding experience, with a background in design reviews, code reviews, and debugging. - Backend, backend infrastructure, or backend-leaning full-stack expertise. - Experience building or leading external, customer-facing products and hiring or scaling engineering teams. - Exposure to AI or machine learning systems, such as document AI, retrieval-based systems, agentic systems, or evaluation-driven development. - Python, TypeScript, and cloud infrastructure experience are useful. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary: $415,000 to $450,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.