Engineering Manager - AI-Driven API-First Platform

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

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.