# Engineering Manager/Senior Manager

**Company:** [Collective Intelligence Project](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/collective-intelligence-project)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $220k – $260k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Python, Django, React, full stack development, System Architecture, Data Modeling, AI Tools, agent-based workflows
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Lead and mentor engineering teams as a player-coach to deliver Collective's core member platform. Drive architecture, product decisions, and AI-enhanced development while collaborating across Product, Design, and Operations.

## Job Description

## What you'll do
- Act as a player-coach, balancing hands-on technical contribution and people leadership.
- Lead, mentor, and grow ICs, fostering a culture of high-performance and empathy.
- Work with teams of talented engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver a robust platform.
- Define, own, and ensure the timely delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible engineering projects.
- Drive clarity about architecture, design, and product decisions across teams, utilizing full-stack capability (e.g., Python/Django backend, React frontend).
- Manage team processes and interface effectively with non-technical stakeholders, including Operations teams.
- Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives and drive conversations from engineering teams to executive leadership.

## What you'll bring
- 8-10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2+ years of management experience.
- Technical depth to drive end-to-end systems ownership, including architecture, design, and data modeling.
- Demonstrated success in operating as a player-coach, maintaining hands-on technical proficiency.
- Experience managing a team that has delivered a great product with solid foundations.
- Organizational leadership experience, including experience collaborating with non-technical stakeholders and weighing tradeoffs.
- A track record of encouraging a healthy work environment that is both supportive and challenging.

## What we offer
- Hybrid Work Model: Based in San Francisco with a balance of in-office and remote flexibility.
- Fresh Lunch: Provided on in-office days.
- Commuter Support: $150 monthly reimbursement for transit expenses.
- Health & Wellness: $200 quarterly reimbursement to support your well-being.
- Time Off: Flexible PTO plus 14 company holidays.
- Comprehensive Coverage: 100% medical, dental, and vision for employees; 75% coverage for dependents.
- Parental Leave: 16 weeks fully paid.
- Retirement & Ownership: 401k plan plus an equity package.
- Team Connection: Quarterly virtual events and an annual in-person summit.

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