AI Engineering Lead & Tech Manager — On-Site SF

Syndesus, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Syndesus, Inc. in San Francisco is seeking an Engineering Lead/Engineering Manager to own day-to-day engineering execution and lead a 4+ engineer team, while remaining 20–30% hands-on with code.

This on-site role requires 5 days/week in San Francisco and a background as a senior engineer at a tech company or scale-up. The ideal candidate has 4–12 years of software engineering experience, strong backend focus with Python and cloud technologies, and the ability to balance people leadership with

Qualifications

• 4–12 years of software engineering experience.
• Experience leading 4+ engineers and mentoring teams.
• Strong backend focus with Python and cloud tech.
• Ability to balance leadership with hands-on coding.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day engineering execution for a small, high-performing team.
• Own priorities, roadmaps, 1:1s, and project delivery.
• Guide architecture and maintain code quality, performance, and design.
• Introduce processes to ship quickly without sacrificing quality.
• Collaborate with senior leadership on technical and business priorities.
• Remain hands-on, contributing production code ~20–30% of time.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Hands-on coding

Python

Cloud technologies

Architecture & design

Communication

Strategic prioritization

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Syndesus, Inc. in San Francisco is seeking an Engineering Lead/Engineering Manager to own day-to-day engineering execution and lead a 4+ engineer team, while remaining 20–30% hands-on with code.

This on-site role requires 5 days/week in San Francisco and a background as a senior engineer at a tech company or scale-up. The ideal candidate has 4–12 years of software engineering experience, strong backend focus with Python and cloud technologies, and the ability to balance people leadership with