Engineering Manager

Jobtailor; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Lead Engineering Manager to guide inclusive, high-performing software teams and deliver the product roadmap with a strong focus on architectural integrity and AI-enabled workflows.

You will balance speed with long-term health, mentor engineers, and partner with Product and Design to solve customer problems while driving operational excellence and reliable on-call readiness.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software architecture and code quality.
• Experience guiding teams through system decoupling.
• Demonstrated capability in coaching and mentoring engineers.
• Ability to build an inclusive environment anchored in psychological safety.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Track record of translating business goals into clear engineering execution plans.
• Experience maintaining platform health and managing technical debt.
• Experience supporting reliable operational standards.
• Practical approach to adopting new workflows, including AI engineering practices.
• Participation in an on-call roster.

Responsibilities

• Lead inclusive, high-performing software engineering teams to deliver the product roadmap.
• Uphold operational excellence and act as a technical anchor for the team.
• Balance rapid delivery speed with long-term system health.
• Foster a sustainable environment where engineers can do their best work.
• Integrate AI-native workflows across the software development lifecycle.
• Tackle complex technical challenges.
• Align team outcomes with broader business goals.
• Partner with Product and Design to solve customer problems and deliver seamless software experiences.
• Support decentralized decision-making, clear communication, and early dependency resolution.
• Decouple legacy monolithic systems into modern, scalable API-first microservices.
• Embed AI tooling across documentation, automated testing, and the wider software development lifecycle.
• Elevate developer experience by removing technical toil and environment friction.
• Manage technical health, operational excellence, and incident response to maintain high service availability.
• Participate in an on-call roster supporting products 24/7.

Skills

Software Architecture

System Decoupling

Coaching And Mentoring

Inclusive Environment

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Business Alignment

Operational Excellence

AI Engineering Practices

On-Call Readiness

Working Rights

Tools

AI Tooling

Automated Testing

Job description

• Lead inclusive, high-performing software engineering teams to predictably deliver the product roadmap


• Uphold operational excellence and serve as a technical anchor for the team


• Balance rapid delivery speed with long-term system health


• Foster a sustainable environment where engineers can do their best work


• Integrate AI-native workflows across the software development lifecycle


• Tackle complex technical challenges


• Align team outcomes with broader business goals


• Partner closely with Product and Design to solve customer problems and deliver seamless software experiences


• Support decentralized decision-making, clear communication, and early dependency resolution


• Decouple legacy monolithic systems into modern, scalable API-first microservices


• Embed AI tooling across documentation, automated testing, and the wider software development lifecycle


• Elevate developer experience by removing technical toil and environment friction


• Manage technical health, operational excellence, and incident response to maintain high service availability


• Participate in an on-call roster supporting products 24/7

Requirements

• Strong technical background with software architecture and code quality


• Experience guiding teams through system decoupling


• Demonstrated capability in coaching and mentoring engineers


• Ability to build an inclusive environment anchored in psychological safety


• Proven cross-functional collaboration skills


• Track record of translating business goals into clear engineering execution plans


• Experience maintaining platform health and managing technical debt


• Experience supporting reliable operational standards


• Practical approach to adopting new workflows, including AI engineering practices


• Participation in an on-call roster


• Must have working rights for the role location


• Position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in software architecture, code quality, and operational excellence while fostering an inclusive environment for high-performing engineering teams. Capable of integrating AI-native workflows and managing technical health to align engineering execution with business goals.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Software Architecture


• API-First Microservices


• AI Engineering Practices


• Coaching And Mentoring


• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Hard Skills

• Code Quality


• System Decoupling


• Technical Debt Management


• Operational Standards


• Incident Response

Soft Skills

• Inclusive Environment Building


• Psychological Safety


• Clear Communication


• Problem Solving

Industry Keywords

• Software Development Lifecycle


• Technical Health


• Service Availability


• Product Roadmap

Tools & Technologies

• AI Tooling


• Automated Testing