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AirtableAirtableSan Francisco, CA

Engineering Manager, Admin & Governance

Lead and grow an engineering team building Airtable's Admin & Governance control plane, including the new AI Governance framework, enterprise trust infrastructure (Admin Panel, SSO, audit systems), and controls that enable secure AI adoption for large enterprise customers.

281k – 366k/yr
Hybrid7+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

What you'll do

  • Lead, manage, and grow a team of high-functioning engineers responsible for systems and frameworks.
  • Partner with engineering leaders to drive technical decisions and initiatives to build high-quality, sustainable products.
  • Nurture passionate engineers: multiply impact of senior engineers and coach early-career engineers.
  • Partner with cross-functional peers (product, design) to define and execute short- and long-term strategy.
  • Implement processes to help the team scale while maintaining agility in a dynamic environment.

Who you are

  • 5+ years experience as an engineer (previously in a staff or TL level IC position) and 2+ years as a manager, or a similar combination.
  • Strong customer focus and experience working closely with Product Managers to define products, manage tradeoffs, and drive adoption.
  • Experience navigating large systems.
  • Experience leading high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience growing and mentoring engineers.
  • Experience managing, organizing, and prioritizing multiple projects and work streams.

Skills

engineering managementstaff engineeringTechnical LeadershipmentoringProduct Strategylarge scale systemsenterprise governanceSSOaudit systems
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