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GigaGigaNew York, NY

Founding Engineering Manager

Lead engineering team, hire for Toronto site, drive technical strategy and architecture for AI agent platform. Requires 8+ years experience, hands-on coding, system design expertise, and scaling large systems.

210k – 500k/yr
On-site8+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex projects and make architectural decisions affecting the entire platform.
  • Hire and lead an elite engineering team at the Toronto site.
  • Drive technical initiatives including system architecture design, solving hard technical problems, technical strategy, and engineering quality standards.
  • Mentor engineers and work across team boundaries.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of engineering experience with track record of leading complex projects.
  • Experience hiring teams from scratch.
  • Strong opinions on system design with ability to articulate tradeoffs.
  • Ability to turn vague problems into clear technical approaches.
  • Write excellent code and maintain high standards.
  • Comfortable with hard problems, uncertainty, and hands-on coding.
  • Experience building scalable systems.

Tech Stack

Backend: Python (Django/FastAPI), TypeScript (Node.js) Infrastructure: AWS, Modal, Kubernetes, Postgres Frontend: TypeScript, Next.js

Perks & Benefits

  • Generous salary and equity
  • Commuter and meal benefits
  • Country-specific medical, dental, and vision coverage

Skills

PythonDjangoFastAPITypeScriptNode.jsAWSKubernetesPostgresNext.jsModal
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