# Product Engineering Lead

**Company:** [Sesame](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sesame)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $250k – $320k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Python, TypeScript, GCP, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems, Web Infrastructure, Reliability Engineering, Software Architecture, Production Operations, Security Engineering
**Posted:** 2026-09-04

> Leads a hands-on product engineering team building and operating polished, scalable software products. Requires 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years managing teams, with depth in full-stack development, distributed systems, reliability, and product quality.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Drive product engineering outcomes and ship products customers love.
- Remain hands-on by prototyping, fixing bugs, de-risking projects, and improving engineering workflows.
- Set and maintain high standards for reliability, security, performance, and product polish.
- Own software end-to-end, including deployment, reliability, and production operations.
- Grow engineers through clear feedback, career development, and high performance standards.
- Attract and hire exceptional, diverse engineers.
- Partner closely with product and design on product quality and user experience.
- Set technical direction and make architectural decisions that keep the product stack simple, reliable, and fast to develop.

## Required Qualifications
- Experience managing engineers and leading teams through complex projects and measurable outcomes.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- 5+ years managing a team of 5+ engineers.
- Full-stack product engineering experience with deep expertise in scalable web infrastructure.
- Experience building distributed systems serving millions of users.
- Understanding of reliability engineering, secure software, and production-quality systems.
- Strong product judgment and an understanding of what makes products feel polished and intuitive.
- Experience shipping a product from zero to one or serving as a core engineer on a transformative project.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building AI-centered products.
- Consumer hardware product experience, particularly on the software side.
- Experience with Python, TypeScript, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary: $250,000–$320,000.
- Competitive stock options.
- 401(k) employer match up to 3.5% of compensation.
- Employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits for employees and dependents.
- Unlimited paid time off and sick time.
- Flexible spending account with employer matching up to $1,650 per year.
- Employee Assistance Program.

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