Technical Lead

About the Company

Our client is an early-stage, venture-backed AI startup. Their platform blends workflow automation, financial operations, and integrations. The core challenge is building a reliable, intelligent AI engine that handles messy real-world data and processes at scale.

If you love organizing teams, architecting solutions, and working with founders who care deeply about quality and impact, this Engineering Manager role may be a fit for you.

The Role

We're looking for a
hands-on Engineering Manager
who has deep technical experience to mentor and guide a high-performing team. While most of the work is people management related, you'll spend a significant portion (up to 30%) helping to architect, especially in the early days. You'll be shaping the engineering culture and helping to hold a high bar with interviewing and people development.

This is a role for an
actively technical
leader role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, loves early-stage chaos, and has previously helped scale a VC-backed or YC-style startup.

What You'll Do

• Mentor and guide product engineers who build and own core systems across
  Python (FastAPI)
  ,
  React
  ,
  Postgres
  , and
  AWS
• Architect reliable, scalable backend services and data workflows with Staff Engineers
• Guide, mentor, and raise the bar for a small but high-talent engineering team
• Implement and iterate on AI-driven features, including
  RAG
  , LLM-powered automation, and workflow intelligence
• Shape engineering culture, processes, and technical standards from the ground up alongside the founders

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of engineering experience
  , including technical leadership or project ownership
• Hands-on startup experience
  at a VC-backed, YC, or other high-growth tech company
• Strong coder with deep experience in
  Python backend
  work and comfort across the full stack
• Experience shipping production systems on
  AWS
  and owning real-world reliability
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects end-to-end and influence product direction
• Interest in (or direct experience with)
  AI/LLM systems
  , especially retrieval-augmented workflows
• Bonus: experience managing or mentoring engineers in small teams

Why Join

• You'll shape the technical DNA of a rapidly growing AI company
• Massive ownership over architecture, features, and engineering culture
• Work directly with founders and early team members
• Competitive comp + meaningful early equity
• High-talent, low-ego team focused on shipping real value