Job Description

Tech Lead Manager

• Title of Role: Tech Lead Manager
• Location: San Francisco, CA, onsite
• Company Stage of Funding: Series C — Software Development
• Office Type: Onsite
• Salary: [To be confirmed with final candidates]

We're representing a dynamic AI-powered hiring platform that is redefining how talent connects with opportunity. By leveraging intelligent matching technology, our client helps organizations find the right candidates faster and assists individuals in landing roles that align with their skills and ambitions. This company operates at the intersection of AI and talent, building products that significantly impact workforce dynamics at scale.

What You Will Do

• Write and ship high-quality production code across backend systems and core product infrastructure, ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Mentor, manage, and scale a distributed team of engineers, fostering individual growth and enhancing organizational capability.
• Lead technical design and architecture decisions, conducting rigorous code reviews to maintain high standards.
• Prototype and scale evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and reinforcement learning environments to support product development.
• Establish engineering guardrails that facilitate rapid growth while maintaining system stability.
• Hire and onboard top-tier engineering talent across geographies efficiently and effectively.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects with product, data, and operations teams to achieve high-impact results.

Ideal Candidate Background

• 6–10 years of backend engineering experience, specifically with Python/Django or a comparable stack, with a proven track record of shipping production code at scale.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and scaling engineering teams while actively contributing as an individual contributor.
• Strong ability to balance technical depth with business priorities in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Proven coaching skills for both individual contributors and engineering managers, with measurable impacts on team performance.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of translating complex technical concepts into clear business terms for non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

• Familiarity with LLM internals, fine-tuning, and evaluation benchmarks.
• Experience building and managing distributed engineering teams across multiple geographies.
• Prior startup or founding experience at a high-growth company.

Compensation and Benefits

Visa sponsorship is available for qualified candidates, along with a competitive salary and benefits package designed to attract top talent.