Overview :

We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager - Fullstack to lead a team of 4 - 6 engineers spanning our SaaS product and Voice AI platform. This is a working manager role - not a pure people manager, and not a hands-off strategist.

We have designed the role split transparently so you can plan for it :

- 40% Technical Leadership : Architecture reviews, design decisions, quality standards, release discipline, and cross-cutting technical strategy.

- 30% People Leadership : 1 : 1s, career growth, hiring, performance calibration, handling hard conversations, and protecting team focus time.

- 30% Direct Code : Hands-on contributions to code - focusing on sharp problems, spikes, tricky integrations, unblocking engineers, and building prototypes.

If you are looking to fully step out of code, this is not the right role. If you want to build an engineering organization from an early stage while keeping your hands on the system, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities :

- Delivery Ownership : Break down initiatives, sequence work, remove blockers, and reliably ship on committed dates without burning out the team.

- Technical Standards : Set the technical bar by driving a strong code review culture and defining high standards for quality, testing, observability, and on-call practices - enforcing them by example.

- People Growth : Run meaningful 1 : 1s, provide actionable feedback, define clear growth paths, and coach engineers to help them reach their potential.

- Hands-On Technical Contribution : Design and review architecture across our stack (web, backend services, and AI/voice integrations) and write code where it matters most.

- CTO Partnership : Translate product and business directions into executionable technical plans, surface trade-offs early, and own the follow-through.

- Operating Rhythm : Establish sprint planning, retrospectives, incident reviews, and release cadences as an efficient system to help a nimble team scale.

Requirements :

Must-Have Experience & Skills :

- 5 - 8 years of total engineering experience, with at least 1 - 2 years in a Lead, Tech Lead, or Engineering Manager capacity.

- Core Technical Stack : Strong hands-on proficiency in at least two of Node.js, Python, or React, with enough comfort in the third to review code and unblock team members.

- Working Engineering Leadership : Proven capability as a hands-on manager who directly writes code and engages in execution.

- Systems Judgment : Ability to analyze architectural designs, identify load-bearing assumptions, and catch potential points of failure early.

- People Management : Direct experience conducting 1 : 1s, mentoring, and managing performance feedback.

- Delivery & Trade-off Management : Proven track record of delivering projects on schedule and transparently communicating trade-offs when requirements change.

- Range Across Systems : Ability to hold technical context across both SaaS application layers and real-time Voice AI infrastructure.

Good-to-Have Skills & Qualities :

- Go (Golang) : Working knowledge of Go is a strong plus.

- Voice / AI Systems : Hands-on experience or familiarity with WebRTC, streaming pipelines, or LLM/ASR/TTS integrations.

- Startup Background : Prior experience in a fast-paced, small-to-mid-stage startup environment (e.g., as an early lead or founding engineer).

- Hiring Track Record : History of sourcing, hiring, and mentoring high-performing engineering talent.

- Production Operations : Serious experience with observability tools, on-call schedules, and post-incident reviews.