Engineering Manager - AI-Driven Platform Leader (Hybrid)

Collective; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Fresh lunch

Commuter support

Health & wellness

Flexible PTO

Medical, dental, vision

Parental leave

Equity + 401k

Team events

Job summary

Collective, based in San Francisco, is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead core product experiences for our member platform. You will hold ownership across Product, Design, and Operations to ship quickly while iterating on real customer needs.

You’ll encourage modern AI tools and agent-based workflows to accelerate development, improve code quality, and unlock new product capabilities. This role blends hands-on coding with people leadership.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in management.
• Ability to own end-to-end systems including architecture, design, and data modeling.
• Experience leading teams delivering solid products and collaborating with non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as a player-coach, balancing hands-on technical contribution and people leadership.
• Lead, mentor, and grow ICs, fostering a culture of high-performance and empathy.
• Work with teams of engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver a robust platform.
• Define, own, and ensure timely delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
• Drive clarity about architecture, design, and product decisions across teams with full-stack capability (Python/Django backend, React frontend).
• Manage team processes and interface with non-technical stakeholders, including Operations teams.
• Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives and drive conversations to executive leadership.

Skills

Player-coach

People leadership

Full-stack capability

Architectural thinking

Tools

Python/Django

React

Job description

Collective, based in San Francisco, is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead core product experiences for our member platform. You will hold ownership across Product, Design, and Operations to ship quickly while iterating on real customer needs.

You’ll encourage modern AI tools and agent-based workflows to accelerate development, improve code quality, and unlock new product capabilities. This role blends hands-on coding with people leadership.