Senior Engineering Manager, AI-Powered Platform

Playlist; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 191,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

Playlist is seeking an experienced Sr Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team across web, mobile, and backend products. You will own delivery from planning through production readiness, partner with Product and Design to prioritize work, and establish technical direction with senior engineers.

You will champion AI-assisted development, drive reliability and security, and foster an inclusive, autonomous engineering culture while balancing speed and technical debt to deliver value for

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering customer-facing products end-to-end.
• Ability to recruit, onboard, manage performance, and grow engineers.
• Experience guiding architecture and engineering practices across web/mobile and backend systems.
• Comfort with AI-assisted development tools and responsible production tool usage.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing engineering team across web, mobile, and backend systems.
• Own delivery from planning to production readiness and ongoing improvement.
• Partner with Product and Design to translate customer needs into clear priorities and releases.
• Set technical direction with senior engineers balancing speed, maintainability, and reliability.
• Build foundations of a business-critical product including payments, scheduling, and integrations.
• Promote an AI-forward culture with clear testing, review, and data privacy guardrails.

Skills

Leadership

Recruiting

Performance management

Coaching

Delivery ownership

Architecture guidance

AI-assisted development

Cross-team communication

Tools

TypeScript/JavaScript

React/Next.js

React Native

AWS & DynamoDB

Claude Code & MCP

GitHub, CI/CD

Job description

Playlist is seeking an experienced Sr Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team across web, mobile, and backend products. You will own delivery from planning through production readiness, partner with Product and Design to prioritize work, and establish technical direction with senior engineers.

You will champion AI-assisted development, drive reliability and security, and foster an inclusive, autonomous engineering culture while balancing speed and technical debt to deliver value for