Engineering Manager - Scalable Search & Storage

Tensec; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 217,000 - 303,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

401k with Employer Match

Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off

Generous Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Tensec is looking for an experienced leader to manage engineering teams focusing on backend infrastructure and storage systems in San Francisco. The role requires 3+ years of people management and over 7 years of backend experience, particularly with high-scale environments. Key responsibilities include guiding projects, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across teams. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, 401k matching, and generous parental leave. The salary range is $217,000 – $303,000 USD.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in people management of high-performing engineering teams.
• 7+ years experience on backend infrastructure focused on storage systems.
• Experience in storage systems for full-text and vector similarity search (ANN).
• Strong focus on scalability, performance, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Work with the team to select and drive high-leverage projects.
• Build out your team to create efficient and reliable storage systems.
• Mentor your team and provide leadership.
• Collaborate with various teams across Reddit Engineering.
• Learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.

Skills

People management of high-performing engineering teams

Backend infrastructure experience

Storage systems experience

Scalability and performance advocacy

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Kubernetes

Go

Rust

C++

Java

Job description

Tensec is looking for an experienced leader to manage engineering teams focusing on backend infrastructure and storage systems in San Francisco. The role requires 3+ years of people management and over 7 years of backend experience, particularly with high-scale environments. Key responsibilities include guiding projects, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across teams. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, 401k matching, and generous parental leave. The salary range is $217,000 – $303,000 USD.